November 15, 1996
Irish Fall To Pittsburgh
NOTRE DAME, Ind. — Notre Dame’s men’s swimming team sawits record fall to 2-2 when Pittsburgh defeated the Irish 180-115at the Rolfs Aquatic Center today.
The Irish never got on track against the powerful Panthers, whofinished third at the Big East championships in 1996. Matt Roseand Herb Huesman were the only winners for the Irish. Roseedged out teammate Steele Whowell for the 100 breaststroke,while Huesman claimed the one-meter diving.
Rose also placed second in the 200 breaststroke, while ScottZumbach took two second-place finishes in the 200 butterfly andthe 400 individual medley.
Notre Dame returns to the pool when it hosts the Notre DameInvitational Dec. 5-7 at Rolfs Aquatic Center.
PITTSBURGH 180, NOTRE DAME 115
Event: 200 Medley Relay 1. UP (Elko, Cherep, Haggerty, Koller) 1:34.86 2. ND (Fugate, Whowell, Page, Royer) 1:36.48 3. UP (Stefanski, VanEpps, Hammontree, Nooning) 1:37.40 4. ND (Donovan, Rose, Kuna, Doyle) 1:40.84 5. ND (Mehok, Toothaker, Bard, Fitzpatrick) 1:41.61 6. UP (Faruq, Landy, Heynes, Eisenstein) 1:41.70 7. ND (Saylor, Revers, Stolz, Cahill) 1:44.26After One Event:Pittsburgh 13, Notre Dame 4Event: 1000 Freestyle 1. Regan Drew, UP 9:33.90 2. John Lubker, ND 9:48.19 3. Adam Kotkiewicz, UP 9:51.97 4. Adam Love, UP 9:55.86 5. Sean Casey, ND 10:01.81 6. Mike Tortorici, UP 10:04.93 7. Wes Richardson, ND 10:09.62 After Two Events:Pittsburgh 27, Notre Dame 9Event: 200 Freestyle 1. Jerry Koller, UP 1:44.42 2. Robert Fetter, ND 1:46.29 3. Brendan Lupetin, UP 1:47.11 4. Bob Nooning, UP 1:47.62 5. Vince Kuna, ND 1:48.23 6. Brett Collins, UP 1:48.31 7. Ray Fitzpatrick, ND 1:50.07 8. Mike Driscoll, ND 1:53.70After Three Events:Pittsburgh 41, Notre Dame 14Event: 100 Backstroke 1. Brian Elko, UP 51.41 2. Jonathan Haggerty, UP 53.16 3. Pete Hezky, UP 53.82 Ex Aren Faruq, UP 55.41 4. Josh Saylor, ND 56.53 5. Mike Donovan, ND 56.72 6. Steve Cardwell, ND 57.93 7. Mike Revers, ND 58.61After Four Events:Pittsburgh 57, Notre Dame 17Event: 100 Breaststroke 1. Matt Rose, ND 1:00.67 2. Steele Whowell, ND 1:00.91 3. Michael Pron, UP 1:01.27 4. Kevin McCluskey, ND 1:02.16 5. Tim Tallman, UP 1:02.56 6. John Kennedy, ND 1:03.31 7. Doug Landy, UP 1:03.59 8. Mike Speerschneider, UP 1:05.78After Five Events:Pittsburgh 61, Notre Dame 32Event: 200 Butterfly 1. Preston Hammontree, UP 1:54.70 2. Scott Zumbach, ND 1:54.91 3. Regan Drew, UP 1:56.23 4. Chris Fugate, ND 1:58.36 5. Andy Cherep, UP 1:58.36 6. Jeff Page, ND 2:03.50 7. Chuck Bard, ND 2:11.89After Six Events:Pittsburgh 74, Notre Dame 38Event: 50 Freestyle 1. Eric Stefanski, UP 21.51 2. Johnathan Haggerty, UP 21.74 3. Ron Royer, ND 21.83 4. Mike Doyle, ND 22.13 5. Scott VanEpps, UP 22.44 6. John Steffan, ND 22.59 7. Peter Clearkin, ND 22.78 8. Aren Faruq, UP 23.11After Seven Events:Pittsburgh 88, Notre Dame 43Event: One-meter Diving 1. Herb Huesman, ND 303.150 2. Andy Anderson, UP 285.750 3. John Soulakis, UP 252.975 4. Tyler Maertz, ND 227.400 5. Rob Lambert, ND 189.150 6. Jeff Raynes, UP 187.275 7. Jim McInerney, ND 164.475 8. Joe Schuhert, UP 161.410 9. Howard Patterson, UP 128.250After Eight Events:Pittsburgh 95, Notre Dame 55Event: 100 Freestyle 1. Bob Nooning, UP 47.89 2. Ron Royer, ND 48.18 3. Josh Heynes, UP 48.46 4. Brendan Lupetin, UP 49.37 5. John Steffen, ND 49.71 6. Peter Clearkin, ND 50.42 7. Brian Kolle, ND 50.90 8. Mike Eisenstein, UP 52.24After Nine Events:Pittsburgh 109, Notre Dame 60Event: 200 Backstroke 1. Eric Stefanski, UP 1:52.57 2. Pete Hezk, UP 1:57.93 3. Mike Collins, UP 2:00.72 4. Jeff Page, ND 2:00.76 5. Peter Mehok, ND 2:01.40 6. Josh Saylor, ND 2:02.88 7. Aren Faruq, UP 2:03.82 8. Mike Donovan, ND 2:04.11After 10 Events:Pittsburgh 125, Notre Dame 63Event: 200 Breaststroke 1. Scott VanEpps, UP 2:10.28 2. Matt Rose, ND 2:13.11 3. Andy Cherep, UP 2:13.12 4. Antonio Fonseca, ND 2:15.84 5. Kevin McCluskey, ND 2:19.16 6. Steve Cardwell, ND 2:19.19 7. Mike Speerrschneider, UP 2:21.44 8. Doug Landy, UP 2:32.87After 11 Events:Pittsburgh 137, Notre Dame 70Event: 500 Freestyle 1. Regan Drew, UP 4:42.92 2. Tim Tallman, UP 4:47.83 3. Chris Fugate, ND 4:55.83 4. Sean Casey, ND 4:57.39 5. Wes Richardson, ND 4:57.63 6. Brian Najarian, ND 4:58.87After 12 Events:Pittsburgh 150, Notre Dame 76Event: 100 Butterfly 1. Brian Elko, UP 51.46 2. Preston Hammontree, UP 53.07 3. Josh Heynes, UP 54.61 4. Steve Cardwell, ND 54.65 5. Chuck Bard, ND 54.92 6. Brice Toothaker, ND 55.79 7. Slade Stolz, ND 58.14After 13 Events:Pittsburgh 166, Notre Dame 79Event: Three-meter Diving Ex John Soulakis, UP 280.20 1. Herb Huesman, ND 270.825 Ex Andy Anderson, UP 223.575 2. Tyler Maertz, ND 220.05 3. Rob Lambert, ND 192.675 Ex John Schochert, UP 192.675 Ex Jeff Raines, UP 178.425 Ex Howard Paterson, UP 175.05 4. James McInerney, ND 139.275 After 14 EventsPittsburgh 166, Notre Dame 95Event: 400 Individual Medley 1. Adam Kotkiewiez, UP 4:08.17 2. Scott Zumbach, ND 4:08.25 3. Mike Pron, UP 4:12.50 4. Michael Tortorici, UP 4:12.65 Ex Adam Love, UP 4:13.50 5. Chris Fugate, ND 4:16.98 6. Robert Fetter, ND 4:20.38 7. John Lubker, ND 4:22.48After 15 Events:Pittsburgh 180, Notre Dame 100Event: 400 Freestyle Relay Ex UP (Tallman, Lupetin, Hammontree, Drew) 3:13.19 1. ND (Kuna, Rose, Fitzpatrick, Royer) 3:13.87 2. ND (Kennedy, Page, Najarian, Whowell) 3:19.49 3. ND (Doyle, Kolle, Steffan, Clearkin) 3:19.78 Ex UP (Heynes, Eisenstein, Speerschneider, Cherep) 3:24.35 4. ND (Cahill, Donovan, Stolz, Driscoll) 3:27.29