Owls Top Golden Bears, 122-109

Johnstone, Peterson, Sheinhait and Boucher post individual event wins for Western New England

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (November 9, 2016) – The Western New England University women's swimming team fell to Westfield State University, 122-109, in dual meet action this evening at the Alumni Healthful Living Center Pool.

Top Performers
• Junior Erika Sheinhait (Framingham, Mass.) accounted for one of Western New England's four event wins with her first place finish in the 50-yard butterfly, as she met the New England Championship A cut standard with her time of 29.85 seconds.
• Junior Jacquelyn Peterson (Beverly, Mass.) won the 500 freestyle (6:10.77), while also posting a B cut effort in the 50 freestyle and improving on her time from earlier in the season by three seconds (28.60 seconds).
• Junior Janelle Lief (San Jose, Calif.) recorded her fastest time of the season in the 50 butterfly (30.89 seconds), finishing second to Sheinhait and earning an A cut as well. Lief also dropped four seconds off her best time of the season in the 100 backstroke, clocking in at 1:20.62.

Westfield State won nine of the 14 events, led by senior Anna Boucher (Suffield, Conn.) and sophomore Shannon Fitzsimmons (Andover, Mass.), who claimed three each.  

Up Next
Western New England (1-1) will be back in action on Saturday at noon.