Complete Results

Team Scores
Vermont 172.5
Rhode Island 124.5

How It Happened
Junior Hannah Benavides and sophomore Lily Hsu each won a pair of events, but Rhode Island was unable to keep up with Vermont, falling to the Catamounts 172.5 to 126.5 Saturday.

Vermont won each of the first four events, building a 36-point lead in the team standings in the process. Benavides won the 100-yard breaststroke to give the Rams their first victory of the day. Freshman Julianna Tyler followed that by winning the 200-yard butterfly as Rhody cut the deficit to 21 points at 66.5-45.5.

However, that was as close as URI would get. Vermont won seven of the final 10 events to steadily pull away.

Standouts from the Pool

• Junior Hannah Benavides won both the 100- and 200-yard breaststroke events.
• She has five wins in the 100 and six in the 200 on the season.
• Benavides also was part of the 400-yard medley relay team that finished second, giving her a team-high 22 team points on the day.
• Sophomore Lily Hsu swept the diving events. It is the third time this season she has won both the 1-meter and 3-meter diving events.
• Rhode Island outscored Vermont 32-6 in the two diving events.
• Freshman Julianna Tyler won the 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 2:05.08, beating Vermont's Haily Laney by .52 seconds.
• Tyler also was second in the 200 Individual Medley and part of the second-place 400 Medley Relay team, contributing 17 team points.
• Sophomore Rylee Kelly was second in the 100 Freestyle and 200 Freestyle. She also placed third in the 500 Freestyle and was part of the second-place team in the 200 Freestyle relay.

What's Next
Rhode Island closes out its regular season against Central Connecticut State in the Tootell Aquatic Center on Saturday, Jan. 27. The Senior Day meet begins at 2 p.m.