November 15, 1996

Women’s Swimming Defeats Pittsburgh

NOTRE DAME, Ind. — Notre Dame’s women’s swimming teamdefeated Big East foe Pittsburgh at the Rolfs Aquatic Center onFriday, 187-113. With the victory, the Irish improve to 3-1.

Notre Dame never trailed as it claimed every non-diving event. The Irish opened up a 13-4 lead after the first event in the 200medley relay.

Linda Gallo was a double winner for Notre Dame as she claimedfirst place in both the 1,000 freestyle and the 500 freestyle.

Courtney South won the 100 and 200 freestyle, while freshmanShannon Suddarth won the 200 breaststroke and 400 individualmedley.

Other freshman winners for the Irish were Laura Shepard in the50 freestyle and Leticia Herrera in the 100 butterfly.

Notre Dame returns to the pool when it hosts the Notre DameInvitational Dec. 5-7 at Rolfs Aquatic Center.

NOTRE DAME 187, PITTSBURGH 113

Event:  200 Medley Relay    1.  ND (Brooks, Suddarth, Barger, South)                    1:50.56    2.  UP (Grube, Bissel, Perry, Brennan)                      1:52.27    3.  ND (Eckstein, Reodersheimer, Beeler, Shepard)           1:53.07    4.  UP (Clifford, Palombo, Banks, Dejo)                     1:53.68    5.  UP (Opiola, Sokol, Fielder, Burns)                      1:56.04    6.  UP (Crombie, Senior, Heyns, Koser)                      1:56.57    7.  ND (Rozzoni, Glynn, Najarian, Ricks)                    1:59.40        ND (Hollis, Kline, Relay, Daylor)                          DQAfter One Event:Notre Dame 13, Pittsburgh 4Event:  1000 Freestyle    1.  Linda Gallo, ND               10:07.54    2.  Samantha Chabotar, UP         10:11.21    3.  Alison Newell, ND             10:24.87    4.  Megan McNallen, UP            10:30.86    5.  Nyah Zekus, UP                10:47.74    6.  Kate Landon, UP               10:53.29    7.  Jill Matavalage, ND           11:11.65    8.  Laurie Kelleher, ND           11:46.09After Two Events:Notre Dame  25, Pittsburgh 11Event:  200 Freestyle    1.  Courtney South, ND             1:55.81    2.  Jen Slack, UP                  1:56.42    3.  Jenny Banks, UP                1:58.23    4.  Erin Brooks, ND                1:58.63    5.  Lindsay Swiderski, UP          1:58.94    6.  Melissa Burns, UP              1:59.43    7.  Kate O'Scannanlain, ND         2:02.22    8.  Alyssa Peterson, ND            2:03.39After Three Events:Notre Dame 36, Pittsburgh 19Event:  100 Backstroke    1.  Allison Hollis, ND               59:45    2.  Beth Grube, UP                   59.98    3.  Megan Eckstein, ND             1:01.42    4.  Kristy Opiola, UP              1:01.89    5.  Jenna Rozzoni, ND              1:02.75    6.  Liz Perry, UP                  1:02.89    7.  Chrissy Holmberg, ND           1:03.05    8.  Aimee Crombie, UP              1:03.93After Four Events:Notre Dame 49, Pittsburgh 25Event:  100 Breaststroke    1.  Brittany Kline, ND             1:06.98    2.  Shannon Suddarth, ND           1:07.43    3.  Erin Bissel, UP                1:09.38    4.  Rachel Fielder, UP             1:11.82    5.  Lynn Sokol, UP                 1:12.15    6.  Becca Roedersheimer, ND        1:12.27    7.  Shannon Glynn, ND              1:17.69        Nicole Palombo, UP                  DQAfter Five Events:Notre Dame 62, Pittsburgh 31Event:  200 Butterfly    1.  Lauren Relay, ND               2:05.32    2.  Liz Barger, ND                 2:08.60    3.  Nikki Cliford, UP              2:10.10    4.  Becca Heyns, UP                2:10.49    5.  Irene Stergios, UP             2:12.11    6.  Jen Slack, UP                  2:14.37    7.  Karen Foley, ND                2:15.16    8.  Anne Iacobucci, ND             2:17.34After Six Events:Notre Dame 75, Pittsburgh 37Event:  50 Freestyle    1.  Laura Shepard, ND                24.76    2.  Heather Brennan, UP              24.94    3.  Isabel Dejo, UP                  25.29    4.  Judy Amorosa, ND                 25.43    5.  Megan Senior, UP                 25.72    6.  Leticia Herrera, ND              25.91    7.  Melinda Koser, UP                26.06    8.  Kim Ricks, ND                    26.17After Seven Events:Notre Dame 86, Pittsburgh 45Event:  One-meter Diving    1.  Jaime Tomazich, UP             258.075    2.  Gina Kettelhohn, ND            234.560    3.  Rhiana Saunders, ND            222.375    4.  Cheryl Anderson, UP            199.800    5.  Kelly Crowhurst, ND            144.375After Eight Events:Notre Dame 94, Pittsburgh 56Event:  100 Freestyle    1.  Courtney South, ND               53.78    2.  Laura Shepard, ND                54.60    3.  Heather Brennan, UP              54.64    4.  Karen Daylor, ND                 55.42    5.  Eileen Stergios, UP              55.60    6.  Allison Hollis, ND               55.84    7.  Melissa Burns, UP                56.15           8.  Aimee Crombie, UP                56.49After Nine Events:Notre Dame 109, Pittsburgh 60Event:  200 Backstroke    1.  Erin Brooks, ND                2:03.95    2.  Beth Grube, UP                 2:08.09    3.  Nikki Clifford, UP             2:09.81    4.  Molly Beeler, ND               2:11.10    5.  Meghan Eckstein, ND            2:11.30    6.  Lindsay Swiderski, UP          2:13.36    7.  Kristy Opiola, UP              2:13.73    8.  Jenna Rozzoni, ND              2:15.92After 10 Events:Notre Dame 121, Pittsburgh 67Event:  200 Breaststroke    1.  Shannon Suddarth, ND           2:23.49    2.  Erin Bissel, UP                2:25.79    3.  Anne Iacobucci, ND             2:32.38    4.  Rachel Fielder, UP             2:32.51    5.  Nicole Palombo, UP             2:33.71    6.  Lynn Sokol, UP                 2:34.87    7.  Shannon Glynn, ND              2:46.51After 11 Events:Notre Dame 133, Pittsburgh 74Event:  500 Freestyle    1.  Linda Gallo, ND                5:00.23    2.  Samantha Chabotar, UP          5:02.64    3.  Megan McNally, UP              5:13.58    4.  Kate Langdon, UP               5:17.95    5.  Kate O'Scannalain, ND          5:18.17    6.  Lauren Newman, UP              5:22.59    7.  Jill Matalavage, ND            5:33.18    8.  Laurie Kelleher, ND            5:50.98After 12 Events:Notre Dame 143, Pittsburgh 83Event:  100 Butterfly    1.  Leticia Herrera, ND              58.98    2.  Lauren Relay, ND                 59.55    3.  Liz Perry, UP                    59.84    4.  Molly Beller, ND               1:00.28    5.  Jenny Banks, UP                1:00.37    6.  Natalie Najarian, ND           1:00.52    7.  Erin Bissel, UP                1:02.36    8.  Isabel Dejo, UP                1:03.01After 13 Events:Notre Dame 158, Pittsburgh 87Event:  Three-meter Diving    1.  Jaime Tomazich, UP             275.325    2.  Gina Kettelhohn, ND             242.10    3.  Rhiana Saunders, ND             230.75    4.  Cheryl Anderson, UP            204.075    5.  Kelly Crowhurst, ND            148.425    After 14 EventsNotre Dame 166, Pittsburgh 98Event:  400 Individual Medley    1.  Shannon Suddarth, ND           4:33.68    2.  Samantha Chabotbar, UP         4:34.41    3.  Nikki Clifford, UP             4:37.69    4.  Jen Slack, UP                  4:42.04     5.  Liz Barger, ND                 4:42.55    6.  Becca Heyns, UP                4:46.16    7.  Karen Foley, ND                4:49.21After 15 Events:Notre Dame 176, Pittsburgh 107Event:  400 Freestyle Relay    1.  ND (Newell, Gallo, Shepard, South)                  3:37.85    2.  UP (Dejo, Banks, Stergios, Perry)                   3:41.30    3.  UP (Brennan, Opiola, Grobe, Burns)                  3:41.33    4.  ND (Beeler, Hollis, Herrrera, Brooks)               3:44.40    5.  ND (Ricks, Holmberg, Najarian, Matavalage)          3:46.64    6.  UP (Koser, Swiderski, Senior, Crombie)              3:46.84    7.  UP (McNallen, Zekus, Fedorchak, Lencioni)           3:56.11