WASHINGTON - It was a festive and memorable Senior Day for the Gallaudet University women's swimming program as the Bison hosted a double-dual meet featuring two Atlantic East Conference opponents in the Field House pool.

Gallaudet (1-10, 0-6 Atlantic East) got swept by Cabrini University (5-6, 4-1 Atlantic East), 136-58, and Marywood University (4-7, 2-4 Atlantic East), 89-77. The Cavaliers from Cabrini defeated the Pacers from Marywood, 123-60.

Those results were through 23 of the 28 events scheduled for the double-dual meet with the men's and women's teams from all three schools on Saturday. The women's 50-yard butterfly finished at 3 p.m. and that is when the power went out on campus. While emergency lights provided enough safe light to get fans and teams out of the pool it was not safe enough to continue the meet. The coaches and officials huddled after 30 minutes to make the final decision to cancel the remainder of the meet and accept the results as they stood.

The five events that didn't take place include the men's 50-yard butterfly, the men's and women's (M/W) 100-yard IM and the M/W 200-yard freestyle relay. 

A first for the Gallaudet swim program the power outage will be a fond memory for this year's graduating seniors on the swim teams. Head coach Brian Bennett recognized the graduating seniors during the 15-minute break midway through the meet. On the women's team the three swimmers recognized were Samantha Moore (Tucson, Ariz.), Dakota Ronco (La Mesa, Calif.) and Sonya Szywala (Phoenix, Ariz.).

In the 12 events that took place here are the highlights for the Bison.

Sophomore Amelia Oliver (Elkridge, Md.) won two events for the Bison. Oliver finished first in the 50-yard freestyle (28.56) and the 50-yard butterfly (32.43).

Ronco finished third in the 1,000-yard freestyle (15:11.36) and placed fourth in the 500-yard freestyle (7:32.46).

Freshman Amanda Hardin (Snellville, Ga,) finished third overall in the 50-yard backstroke (1:00.95).

Freshman Molly Headrick (Vista, Calif.) took third in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:28.72).

BISON TRACKS

• Gallaudet's 200-yard medley relay team of Hardin, Katie Seffens (Castro Valley, Calif.), Moore and Szywala finished second with a time of 3:05.52
• Ronco was fourth in the 100-yard butterfly (1:27.95)
• Moore was fourth in the 100-yard backstroke (1:39.26) and fifth in the 100-yard butterfly (1:38.39)
• Headrick placed fourth in the 200-yard freestyle (2:30.15) and fifth overall in the 50-yard freestyle (31.03)
• Szywala finished fourth overall in the 50-yard breaststroke (1:06.91), fifth in the 50-yard butterfly (1:00.23) and 100-yard freestyle (1:32.13)
• Hardin was sixth in the 100-yard freestyle (1:51.37)

UP NEXT
Gallaudet will close out the regular-season schedule next Saturday, Jan. 28, at Goucher College for a non-conference meet at 1 p.m.