Compete Results

Team Scores
Connecticut 155
Rhode Island 134

How It Happened
Connecticut won the first five events of the day and was able to hold off a game Rhode Island squad Saturday, holding off the Rams 155-134.

The Rams (2-2) got a pair of victories from sophomore Julianna Tyler. She won both the 200-yard Butterfly and 400-yard Individual Medley while contributing a team-best 20 points to URI's score.

In the 200 Butterfly, Tyler and Rhody junior Ella Hacker provided a 1-2 finish for the Rams. Tyler finished in 2:01.71, while Hacker posted a time of 2:05.39, touching the wall .09 seconds before UConn's Julia Fondersmith.

Hacker later added a win in the 100-yard Butterfly with her time of 57.10 seconds.  

Standouts from the Pool

• Senior Hannah Benavides outdueled Connecticut's Sydney Perkins to win the 200-yard Breaststroke. Benavides had a winning time of 2:16.55, 1.33 seconds ahead of Perkins.
• Benavides added a second-place finish in the 100 Breaststroke. Her time of 1:03.89 was just .36 seconds behind UConn's Kiera Liesinger.
• Junior Rylee Kelly scored in several events for URI. She was third in the 200 Freestyle, 100 Freestyle and 500 Freestyle, earning three team points in each event.

Up Next
Rhode Island will host the four-day Harold Anderson Invitational from Nov. 21-24 at the Tootell Aquatic Center.