Swimming & Diving Splits With New Hampshire
Oct. 25, 2002
KINGSTON, R.I. - Senior Matt Benedict (Tempe, Ariz.), junior Matt Emmert (Jacksonville, Fla.) and freshman Matt Sorice each won two events as the Rhode Island men's swimming & diving team defeated New Hampshire 160-136 in the season opener Friday at the Tootell Aquatic Center.
Sophomore Jodi Tveitmoe (Free Westminister, Colo.) won two events, but the Rhode Island women's swimming & diving team lost its season opener to New Hampshire 208-88 Friday.
Benedict won the 200-yard butterfly in 1 minute, 58.13 seconds and finished first in the 100 butterfly in 53.34 seconds. Emmert took first in the 200 breaststroke (2:15.84), along with the 200 individual medley (2:03.3). Sorice won the 1,000 freestyle in 10:29.65 and placed first in the 500 freestyle in 5:02.38.
Tveitmoe won the women's 200 butterfly in 2:10.16 and finished first in the 200 IM in 2:14.12. Rhode Island sophomore Ben Robinson (Sinking Springs, Pa.) won the 200 freestyle in 1:46.46, edging out Emmert (1:47.96).
The Rhode Island men's 400 freestyle relay team of freshman Chris Healy (Middletown, R.I.), Benedict, Robinson and Emmert took first in 3:17.45.
The Rhode Island men's swimming & diving team moves to 1-0 and the women's team starts 0-1. New Hampshire's men's team drops to 0-2, while the women improve to 2-0.
The Rams return to action Sunday morning at 11 a.m., when they host Maine at the Tootell Aquatic Center.
