Compete Results

Team Scores
Rhode Island 150
Central Connecticut State 110

How It Happened
A Rhode Island surge in the second half of the meet led the Rams to a 150-110 win at Central Connecticut State in the regular-season finale Saturday.

Central Connecticut State won five of the first six events and held a 63-49 lead after the 50-yard Freestyle. From there, Rhode Island went on a surge, winning five straight events.

The URI divers got things started with a 1-2-3 sweep in the 3-meter dive. Olivia Winslow won the event with a score of 273.53, followed by Anna Petke (267.38) and Lily Hsu (253.50).

That was the first of back-to-back 1-2-3 sweeps for Rhody. Ella Hacker (58.04) won the 100-yard Butterfly and was followed to the wall by teammates Julianna Tyler (58.40) and Logan Norrid (1:00.57).

Avery Potyrala won the 100-yard Freestyle with a time of 54.65 seconds, and Rylee Kelly followed with a win in the 500-yard Freestyle (5:07.21).

The run continued with the 200-yard Freestyle Relay team of Julia Havice, Abby Zadorozny, Kelly and Potyrala. The quartet won an absolute thriller, touching the wall in 1:39.19, just .01 ahead of CCSU.

During the five-event stretch, Rhody outscored CCSU 64-20, moving the Rams ahead, 113-83.

Despite a Central Connecticut State win in the 100-yard Backstroke, Rhody's Jackie Triglia, Lily Mair and Lauren Biglow finished 2-3-4, respectively. This meant CCSU made up just one point and URI led by 29 with two events to go.

A 1-2 finish for Rhode Island by Hannah Benavides (1:05.53) and Gracie Maughan (1:06.60) helped URI score 15 points in the 100-yard Breaststroke and clinch the team win.

Standouts from the Pool

• Six individuals and one relay team recorded wins for Rhode Island.
• Anna Petke won the 1-meter dive in a 1-2-3 finish for URI. Petke scored a 290.03. Olivia Winslow was second (273.98) and Lily Hsu third (271.20).
• Avery Potyrala was part of two wins and had a second-place finish. She won the 100-yard Freestyle, anchored the winning 200 Freestyle relay team, was part of the second-pace 400-yard Freestyle relay and took third in the 200-yard Freestyle.
• She had a hand in 27 team points.

Up Next
Rhode Island will spend the next few weeks preparing for the Atlantic 10 Championship, which will run from Feb. 19-22.