Complete Results
Team Scores
La Salle 172
Rhode Island 128
How It Happened
Sophomore
Rylee Kelly and junior
Hannah Benavides both won a pair of races, but Rhode Island fell at La Salle 172-128 Saturday.
In Rhody's lone in-season competition against an Atlantic 10 school, the Rams won four of the first six events to get off to a strong start. Junior
Maddie Tetreault got URI's first victory with her time of 10:51.27 in the 1000-yard Freestyle. Kelly followed that by winning the 200-yard Freestyle. Later in the meet, she came back to win the 500-yard Freestyle.
Benavides and freshman
Julianna Tyler kept the early momentum going. Benavides won the fifth event of the day, the 100-yard Breaststroke, which Tyler followed by winning the 200-yard Butterfly.
Benavides later added a win in the 200-yard Breaststroke, but La Salle won six of the final 10 events to pull away down the stretch.
Standouts from the Pool
- Junior Maddie Tetreault won the 1000-yard Freestyle with a time of 10:51.27, while freshman Cate Carboni added a third-place finish in the event.
- Sophomore Ella Hacker had a pair of second-place finishes, scoring in both the 200- and 100-yard Butterfly events.
- Sophomore Lily Hsu won the 3-meter dive with a score of 282.15.
- In addition to her Freshman Julianna Tyler won the 200-yard Butterfly with a time of 2:06.91 and was nearly five second ahead of the field.
- Tyler also was second in the 200-yard Individual Medley.
What's Next
Rhode Island has finished the 2023 portion of its schedule. The Rams are off until they travel to New Hampshire for a head-to-head meet on Jan. 13 at 1 p.m.
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