FINAL RESULTS
MEN
Monmouth 148
La Salle 114
 
WOMEN
La Salle 174
Monmouth 87
 
WEST LONG BRANCH, NJ – The Monmouth University men's and women's swimming teams closed out their regular season against visiting La Salle on Senior Day on Saturday afternoon at Steadman Natatorium. 
 
The men's team won its fourth-straight meet of the season as it earned a decisive 148-114 victory over the visiting Explorers. The women's team came up short, losing 174-87.

Jensen Ritter, Owen Dyson, and Cole Dyson each contributed two individual victories.
 
MEET NOTES AND QUOTES
"We had a really strong performance on both sides and it was great to acknowledge our seniors for their contributions to the program over their careers. We knew coming into the meet that La Salle was a strong team and I was proud of the way we elevated our performance. We knew it would be tight on the men's side and they really stepped up in a big way today. The women also put forth a great effort and we are right where we need to be with the CAA Championships less than a month away."
-Head Coach Matt Nunnally

- Monmouth recognized eight seniors as part of its Senior Day celebration. Katie Parker, Alexa Ploskonka, Maggie Young, Connor Currie, Cole Dyson, Dylan Edge, Blake Reynolds and Thomas Svane-From were honored prior to the meet.
 
- Kristen Gullickson placed first in the 1000-yard freestyle in a time of 10:52.55. This is Gullickson's sixth win of her career.
 
- Freshman Ziv Cohen now has eight individual wins after taking first in the 1000-yard freestyle (9:39.16).

- Owen Dyson placed first in both backstroke events. In the 100-yard backstroke he finished in 51.01 and in the 200-yard backstroke he hit the wall at 1:53.00. These wins give Dyson his eighth win of the season and ninth of his career.
 
- Blake Reynolds won his 40th career race in the 50-yard freestyle with his time of 21.06. It was Reynold's eighth win this season.
 
- Cole Dyson earned the top spot in both the 200-yard freestyle (1:42.23) and the 500-yard freestyle (4:41.32), giving him his 26th career win.
 
- Jensen Ritter won her tenth individual race of the year after placing first in both the 100 (58.31) and 200-yard butterflies (2:06.86). These wins give Jensen 20 career victories.
 
UP NEXT
Monmouth will travel to the Hampton Aquaplex in Hampton, VA to compete in the CAA Championships beginning on February 28.