Orange Clashes With Pittsburgh in First BIG EAST Dual Meet
10/27/2006 9:57:55 AM | Swimming / Diving
The Syracuse swimming and diving team heads to Pittsburgh this weekend to face the Panthers in its first BIG EAST dual meet of the season, Saturday at 11 a.m. The Orange had a strong showing at the Red Fox Invitational last weekend, earning several top finishes in the non-team scoring event against Marist and Army. Freshmen Arda Isiksalan and Alex Taraskin led the men with multiple top times. Graduate student Alida DiPlacido won both diving competitions in her second meet with the Orange and freshmen Carolyn Delkus and Katelyn Schumacher also continued their promising early seasons.
The men's team (1-0) is 21-23 against Pittsburgh all-time, while the women's team (0-1) is 3-20. Last season, Pittsburgh swept a meet at Syracuse, with the men winning 169-74 and the women, 173-70. Luk Boral broke his own Webster Pool record in the 200 yard breaststroke with a time of 2:03.08.
The Orange has two weeks off after this weekend as it prepares for its largest meet of the early season, the Nike Cup. The multi-team event take place October 16-18 at the University of North Carolina.
