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Men's Swimming & Diving Kevin Beattie, Associate Athletic Director

Swimming & Diving Hosts Saint Rose on Sunday

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MEET TIME (Nov. 11, 2018): The Engineers host a dual meet for the second time this season as the Golden Knights of The College of Saint Rose visit from Albany.

TWO IN TWO: Rensselaer competed at Vassar in a dual meet on Saturday and both RPI teams were victorious.

IN POUGHKEEPSIE: Kaitlyn Joyce, Alex Aung and Jessica Kugelman each registered multiple individual victories and the RPI women's and men's swimming & diving teams both won dual meets at Vassar, defeating the Brewers, 150-140 and 186-99, respectively ... Aung also had a first place performance in the 200 medley relay (1:38.36).

IN OCTOBER: The Engineers had a pair of dual meets in the season's first month ... The men went 2-0, while the women were 1-1.

RPI VS. RIT: Eleven student-athletes won at least once, including two who boasted four victories, and the RPI men defeated the Tigers, 203-96 ... Junior Jessica Kugelman won off of both diving boards and three others each had individual victories, but the Engineers dropped its first meet of the season, 157.5-141.5, to RIT.

STANDOUTS: Seniors John Alberta and Noah Pan both won two individual events and were part of a pair of first place relays ... Junior Graham Zola added three victories, including two relays ... Junior Jessica Kugelman earned 234.70 points to win from 1-meter and 242.90 to capture the 3-meter competition.

HONORED: Senior Noah Pan captured Liberty League Men's Swimmer of the Week, freshman Alex Aung garnered Rookie of the Week and sophomore Weston Brousseau earned Diver of the Week for their efforts in defeating RIT ... Junior Jessica Kugelman was chosen as the Women's Diver of the Week.

RPI VS. ITHACA: Freshman Kat Lopez won three individual events and two of her teammates had a pair of wins to help Rensselaer women edge Ithaca, 153-147 ... RPI's men had four individuals with multiple wins on its way to beating the Bombers, 204-96. 

STANDOUTS: Kat Lopez Lopez was first to touch the wall in the 100 breaststroke, 200 breaststroke and 200 individual medley ... Senior Amanda Wang won in both the 100 and 200 backstroke ... Sophomore Kaitlyn Joyce won the 50 free and 100 free ... Pan won the 100 backstroke and the 200 back ... Trevor Maxfield won the 1000 free and 500 free.

RECOGNIZED: Noah Pan was named the Liberty League Men's Swimmer of the Week and Kat Lopez and Steven Yu earned their respective Rookie of the Week awards after the trio helped the Engineers sweep Ithaca.

SAINT ROSE TO DATE: The Golden Knights men began the season at the Hartwick Relays, where they finished second of four schools ... Saint Rose has since gone 2-3 in dual meets with wins over Utica and Cobleskill ... The women are also 2-3 with wins over the Pioneers and Fighting Tigers ... They were fourth at Hartwick ... Both Golden Knights teams have been idle since November 4.
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Players Mentioned

John Alberta

John Alberta

FR/BK
5' 10"
Senior
Weston Brousseau

Weston Brousseau

DIVE
5' 10"
Sophomore
Trevor Maxfield

Trevor Maxfield

FR
5' 11"
Junior
Noah Pan

Noah Pan

BK
5' 11"
Senior
Graham Zola

Graham Zola

FR
6' 1"
Junior
Steven Yu

Steven Yu

BR/IM
5' 8"
Freshman
Jessica Kugelman

Jessica Kugelman

DIVE
5' 3"
Junior
Amanda Wang

Amanda Wang

BK
5' 7"
Senior
Kat Lopez

Kat Lopez

BR/IM
5' 2"
Freshman
Alex Aung

Alex Aung

FLY
5' 7"
Freshman

Players Mentioned

John Alberta

John Alberta

5' 10"
Senior
FR/BK
Weston Brousseau

Weston Brousseau

5' 10"
Sophomore
DIVE
Trevor Maxfield

Trevor Maxfield

5' 11"
Junior
FR
Noah Pan

Noah Pan

5' 11"
Senior
BK
Graham Zola

Graham Zola

6' 1"
Junior
FR
Steven Yu

Steven Yu

5' 8"
Freshman
BR/IM
Jessica Kugelman

Jessica Kugelman

5' 3"
Junior
DIVE
Amanda Wang

Amanda Wang

5' 7"
Senior
BK
Kat Lopez

Kat Lopez

5' 2"
Freshman
BR/IM
Alex Aung

Alex Aung

5' 7"
Freshman
FLY