Jan. 16, 2015
| PENN STATE 94, YALE 92 | |
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| Fri., Jan. 16 Sat., Jan. 17. - 11 a.m. ET | |
Werblin Recreation Center| Piscataway, N.J. | |
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PISCATAWAY, N.J. - Aided by senior Nate Savoy's two first place finishes, the Penn State men's swimming and diving team leads Yale 94-92 after day one of the two day meet, which is being hosted by Rutgers. Savoy (Reading, Pa.) touched the wall first in the 100 back with a 48.65 time and then was fastest in the 200 IM with a 1:50.51 performance.
As a whole the Lions had a half dozen top finishes in their first ever meeting with the Bulldogs, including freshman Bob Bantley (Maple Glen, Pa.) who was fastest in the 200 free with a season best time of 1:40.04. Junior Shane Ryan (Havertown, Pa.) added to his team's first place tally with a 20.49 swim in the 50 yard free. The 200 free relay team compired of Savoy, Jeff Young (Hershey, Pa.), Bantley and Ryan also struck gold with a 1:21.66 time.
In the diving portion of the program, the Nittany Lions swept the top three spots in the one meter with freshman Travis Wright (Derby, N.Y.) earning a season best 288.70 score. Connor Scanlon (Laurel, Md.) and T.J. Schenkel (Richboro, Pa.) placed second and third with 272.70 and 268.30 scores respectively.
Additionally, PSU two more second place finishes on Friday as freshman Matt Stasiunas (Avondale, Pa.) was less than a second off his teammate's pace in the 200 free at 1:40.56. Sophomore Andrew Schuehler (Camden, N.J.) was runner up in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 57.18.
The Penn State 400 yard medley relay team also placed second Friday night at Rutgers' Werblin Recreation Center with their time of 3:19.88. That team was comprised of Ryan, Schuehler, Kyle Madley (Madison, N.J.) and Young. Madley also had another strong performance, this time in the 200 fly with his 1:52.10 performance, which was good enough for third place, Penn State's fastest finisher in the event.
Head coach Tim Murphy's squad will be back in action Saturday morning as they try to finish off the Bulldogs with a total of nine events on tap. Competition starts at 11:00, with the 200 yard medley relay. Live results as well as a live video stream of day two of the meet will be available by clicking this link on the Scarlet Knights' official website.