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Senior Brad Reitz continues to dominate his competition as he walked away with three victories in the team's first scored meet.  (Courtesy UMBC Athletic Communications)

M. Swimming and Diving Beats Maryland and Towson, Women’s Lose

Brad Reitz won three individual events against the two local rivals.

Swimming And Diving Sweeps Boston U In Duel Meet

Swimming And Diving Sweeps Boston U In Duel Meet

Clearly the men’s swimming and diving team has dominated the America East Conference since joining, but if any team has come close to dethroning the Retrievers, it’s been Boston U, who was actually picked to finish first last season before losing to UMBC in the Championships. This year the Retrievers were picked to win their [...]

Men’s And Women’s Swimming And Diving Lose To Navy

Men’s And Women’s Swimming And Diving Lose To Navy

Well, at the Naval Academy swimming and diving is a career, not a sport, so it’s not surprising the see the men’s swimming and diving team lose 158-131 and the women’s swimming and diving team lose 161-131. Actually, it’s quite comforting that the swimming and diving team’s lost to the United States’ future military. In [...]

Women’s 200 Free Relay Breaks Record

Women’s 200 Free Relay Breaks Record

The women’s swimming and diving team, which has not one a conference championship since 2008, started the 2010-11 season with a 174-100 victory over Rider in their first scored meet. Highlighting their dominating victory was the 200 free relay team of Kathryn Moorby (27.84), Talor Tadena (29.59), Sarah Ryan (25.41), and Abbey McKenney (23.86), which [...]

Five Swimmers Named Mid-Majo All-American Honorable Mention

Five Swimmers Named Mid-Majo All-American Honorable Mention

CollegeSwimming.com named five UMBC swimmers to their Honorable Mention Mid-Major All-American list. Seniors Jennifer Esposito, Sam Maccherola, and Matt Mattingly, junior Brad Reitz, and sophomore Abbey McKenney were all honored by the Website. Mattingly finished first in the 100 breast in 55.21 at the 2010 America East Conference Championships, breaking a UMBC record. He also [...]

UMBC Sports Blog Winter Awards

UMBC Sports Blog Winter Awards

You may consider it to have been a down winter but there was plenty of action going on. This season’s sports were men’s basketball, women’s basketball, men’s track and field, women’s track and field, men’s swimming and diving, and women’s swimming and diving. The men’s swimming and diving team certainly had a lot of success [...]

Fan’s Choice Athletes Of The Winter

Fan’s Choice Athletes Of The Winter

Polls will close Monday, March 22, 2010 @ 12:00 am. Fan’s Choice Male Athlete Of The Winterpolls Fan’s Choice Female Athletes Of The Winterpoll

Women’s Swimming And Diving Finish In Second At AEC Championships

Women’s Swimming And Diving Finish In Second At AEC Championships

For the second straight year the women’s swimming and diving team finished in second place behind the champion Boston U Terriers. This year they finished with 681 points as Boston U finished with 765.

Women’s Swimming And Diving Has Seven Seniors Go Out With Sweep of Delaware and William and Mary

Women’s Swimming And Diving Has Seven Seniors Go Out With Sweep of Delaware and William and Mary

In their final home meet, Sam Maccherola, Lindsay Sherman, Tina Cantwell, Kate Chialastri, Jennifer Esposito, Brittany Johnson, and Tereza Kaplanova left with two wins as they beat Delaware (177-123) and William and Mary (164-130) to improve their record to 6-3 on the season.

Women’s Swimming and Diving Beat Marist, 159-139

Women’s Swimming and Diving Beat Marist, 159-139

In a jam packed weekend of competition, the women’s swimming and diving team followed up a third place finish in the Swimming World Magazine College Conference Carnival at Rutgers with a dominating 159-139 victory over Marist to improve their head to head record to 4-3 on the season.