Nov. 9, 2007
PITTSBURGH, Pa. – Wins in nine events – including eight individual victories propelled the 17th-ranked Notre Dame men’s swimming and diving team to a 169-131 win over Pittsburgh at Trees Pool on Friday evening.
Sophomores John Lytle and MacKenzie LeBlanc each racked up a pair of wins as Lytle was also part of the winning 200 Free Relay squad to help give the Irish (1-3) their first dual meet win of the season.
Notre Dame enjoyed its fourth straight win over the Panthers after dropping the first seven meetings between the two programs. The Irish are now 4-4 against Pittsburgh under head coach Tim Welsh.
After a week of rest, the men will return to the pool as the team hosts Cleveland State on Nov. 16 at the Rolfs Aquatic Center.
400 Medley Relay: Notre Dame took the second and third spots in the opening relay … Andrew MacKay, Ross Moore, Ray Toomey, and Lytle were second in 3:26.14 … one spot back were Jeff Wood, Daniel Rave, LeBlanc, and Joshua Nosal (3:30.21).
1,000 Free: Zach Phillips of Pittsburgh took the top spot in 9:36.79 … Andrew Deters was Notre Dame’s highest finisher, coming in second with a time of 9:42.26 … Steven Brus was fifth (9:51.27) and Christopher Douville checked in at 9:51.95 … Rob Seery (9:58.22) followed with a sixth-place finish.
200 Free: Nosal won the event in 1:43.25 and teammate Andrew Hoffman was the next swimmer to touch the wall, leaving the pool with a 1:43.42 finish.
100 Back: Three Irish swimmers earned points in the event … second-place finisher Wood had a time of 52.28 … Michael Sullivan (52.52) was third and Bill Bauman (53.57) was fifth.
100 Breast: A third-place finish from Moore (58.61) and a fifth-place completion by Daniel Rave (59.95) earned four points for Notre Dame.
200 Fly: LeBlanc led the pack in 1:51.83 … MacKay (1:56.43) finished behind a third-place time of 1:54.89 by Christopher Wills.
50 Free: The first of Lytle’s two wins came with a time of 21.20 … Ray Toomey (21.72) was third.
100 Free: Lytle (45.60) and Hoffman (46.26) were the top two finishers in the event … Nosal was fourth with an effort of 47.92.
200 Back: Sullivan, a freshman, had a time of 1:50.59 to lead the field … Wills was third in 1:53.73 … Wood got in on the scoring with a time of 1:55.74, which was good for fifth.
200 Breast: Rave (2:05.48) had a second-place finish and freshman Joseph Raycroft was the next highest finisher for Notre Dame … he was fourth with a time of 2:11.35.
500 Free: LeBlanc breezed through in 4:36.87 for his first-place finish … Deters was third after touching the wall in 4:43.78 … Brus earned a point with his fifth-place finish in 4:47.29.
100 Fly: Moore and Toomey finished first and second, respectively, with times of 49.89 and 50.51.
200 Individual Medley: A time of 1:54.08 was good for a second-place finish by Moore … Sullivan (1:57.29) and Wills (1:57.42) placed in the next two spots.
200 Free Relay: Lytle, Hoffman, Nosal, and Toomey teamed for the fastest time of the event in 1:24.60 … third-place went to the quartet of Bauman, Wood, Thomas Van Volkenburg, and Seery … that crew notched a mark of 1:26.69.
3-meter Diving: Off the 3-meter board, Michael Bulfin collected 226.65 points for top medalist honors … Sam Stoner was second with 215.80 points … Steven Crowe got in on the action by rounding out the scoring efforts with a 175.15 total.
1-meter Diving: Stoner (204.40) was second behind Pitts’ Alex Volovetski (248.84) … the next two spots were staked by the Irish, as Eric Lex (193.95) and Bulfin (189.35) secured points for the squad.
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