Wildcats Move to 2-0 with 245.5-107.5 Win at Central Connecticut

Saturday, October 29

New Britain, Conn.

11 AM

University of New Hampshire

245.5

107.5

Central Connecticut

Shelby Kasse

Photo by: Andrew Yourell

Wildcats Move to 2-0 with 245.5-107.5 Win at Central Connecticut

10/29/2022 8:24:00 PM | Women's Swimming and Diving

Shelby Kasse takes three individual events.

NEW BRITIAN, Conn. – The Wildcats won 17 of the 19 events as the University of New Hampshire swimming and diving team defeated Central Connecticut, 245.5-107.5, in a two-day meet on Friday and Saturday at Jack Suydam Natatorium.

The Wildcats are now 2-0 overall, while CCSU falls to 1-1.

UP NEXT:

The Wildcats return to action on Saturday, Nov. 5, when they take on Siena and Merrimack at 11 a.m. at Swasey Pool.

MEET INFO:
Score: New Hampshire 245.5, Central Connecticut 107.5
Location: New Britain, Conn. (Jack Suydam Natatorium)
Date: Friday and Saturday, Oct. 28-29, 2022
Records: UNH (2-0), CCSU (1-1)

RESULTS

HOW IT HAPPENED:

Graduate student Shelby Kasse (Hoofddorp, Netherlands) was a triple individual winner placing first in the 200 IM (2:09.63), 100 backstroke (58.00) and 200 backstroke (2:03.61) as she won the 200 back by more than six seconds.
Freshman Sophia Routzahn (Frederick, Md.), senior captain Madison Linstedt (Marion, Ohio) and senior captain Jamy Lum (Honolulu, Hawaii) were outstanding each winning two events. Routzahn won the 100 breaststroke (1:06.27) and the 200 breaststroke (2:22.84), while Linstedt captured the 200 butterfly (2:08.78) and the 400 IM (4:35.68). Lum was strong in the distance events placing first in the 500 freestyle (5:12.48) and 1000 freestyle (10:41.08).
Four Wildcats each won one event with freshman Audrey Mahoney (Downers Grove, Ill.) winning the 50 freestyle (24.63), senior Olivia Stille (Stockholm, Sweden) taking the 100 freestyle (53.44), sophomore Emma Clarke (Avon, N.Y.) posting a career-best score of 225.75 in the three-meter diving event and sophomore Chiara Maria Pradissitto (Milan, Italy) finishing first in the 100 butterfly (57.74).
UNH dominated the relays winning all four events. Routzahn, Pradissitto, sophomore Maddie Fritz (Lansdale, Pa.) and Mahoney recorded a winning time of 1:38.46 in the 200 freestyle relay.
The 400 medley relay team of Kasse, Routzahn, junior Abby McKinney (Westfield, N.J.) and Stille posted a time of 3:54.29 to take the event.
Kasse, Routzahn, McKinney and Mahoney won the 200 medley relay with a mark of 1:47.76.
The 400 freestyle relay team of McKinney, Stille, Pradissitto and Mahoney concluded the meet with a winning time of 3:34.16.