Dukes Fall in Dual Meet at Duquesne

Friday, October 22

Pittsburgh, Pa.

4 p.m. Swimming / 5:30 p.m. Diving

James Madison University

123.5

176.5

Duquesne

10/22/2021 8:35:00 PM | Swimming & Diving

PITTSBURGH, Pa. – The James Madison swim & dive team fell to Duquesne, 176.5-123.5, in its second meet of the season Friday afternoon at Towers Pool.

The Dukes drop to 0-2 overall while they hold a 0-1 record in Colonial Athletic Association meets.

JMU took home three first-place finishes and only placed outside of the top two finishes in three events.

Maddie Yager placed first in the 1-meter for the second straight meet with a NCAA Zone qualifying score of 294.38 while Alexa Holloway also took home a first place in the 3-meter with a score of 269.03. Yager's score is the highest in the CAA so far this season on either board. Lindsey Hammar joined Yager with a second straight NCAA Zone qualifying score by placing third with a 265.50.

The team of Karen Siddoway, Alaina Park, Grace Bousum, and Jordyn Schnell narrowly took first in the 400-freestyle relay by one millisecond, with a time of 3:33.15. Siddoway also best her season-opening time in the 100-freestyle with a 52.58 to place second.

A trio of second-place finishes were earned by Jessica Pryne, as she went three-for-three in placing in events she competed in. She recorded a time of 10:30.00 in the 1000-freestyle, 5:08.10 in the 500-freestyle, and 2:08.16 in the 200-IM.

Quoting Head Coach Dane Pedersen
"We had a tough opponent and they challenged us at every turn. Our divers continued to progress and perform great as we had two more Zone qualifying scores recorded by them. There were some positives individually from the meet, but as a whole we were lacking something and Duquesne capitalized."

Up Next
The Dukes will be back in the pool on Nov. 6-7 as they compete at the CAA Pod Meet in Wilmington, N.C. Delaware, William & Mary, and hosts UNCW will join them. Saturday, Nov. 6 will feature two swim sessions at 10 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. with a dive session in between from 12-3 p.m. On Sunday, Nov. 7 there will be a single swim session at 10 a.m.