NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Southern Connecticut State University women's swimming and diving placed third in a tri-meet against Division I competitors Central Connecticut State University and Wagner College, in a meet where the Owls had seven top-three finishes.

Sophomore Ellynn Baker won the 200-yard breaststroke in 2:25.68 seconds to lead the Owls. Baker out-touched Wagner's Brooke Woolfe (2:26.23) and Central's Grace Young (2:28.94) for the win. She also finished second in the 100 breaststroke in 1:08.31, just nine-hundredths behind Young, who won in 1:08.22.

Senior Molly Kennedy paced Southern in the freestyle events. Kennedy won the 200 freestyle in 1:55.44 ahead of Central's Maggie Rutledge (1:56.35). She placed second in the 100 freestyle in 52.34, finishing just three-tenths behind Central's Grace Young (52.04), and added a third-place finish in the 100 butterfly in 1:00.20. Kennedy anchored the Owls' A 400 freestyle relay that placed fourth in 3:44.05 with Aralyn Vogel, Julia Tejeda and Reina Loiacano.

Sophomore Julia Tejeda took second in the 1,000 freestyle in 11:04.14, trailing only Central's Maggie Rutledge (10:30.67), and placed seventh in the 200 backstroke in 2:14.60. Senior Emma St Hilaire contributed across three events, finishing third in the 200 butterfly in 2:17.62, fourth in the 200 breaststroke in 2:31.18 and fifth in the 200 individual medley in 2:17.25.

Senior Abby Lyons finished third in the 100 backstroke in 1:02.83 and sixth in the 200 backstroke in 2:14.18. Reina Loiacano placed third in the 50 freestyle in 25.24, while Sierra DuCharme finished fifth in the 500 freestyle in 5:29.92 and eighth in the 200 freestyle in 2:03.30. Giuliana Vavalle took sixth in the 200 IM in 2:19.11 and seventh in the 100 breaststroke in 1:12.21.

In the 200 medley relay, Southern's A relay of Lyons, Allyson Quitos, Sara Roney and Vavalle finished fourth in 1:54.33, edging the Owls' B relay of Vogel, Baker, Loiacano and Tabitha Nalepa, which was fifth in 1:54.96. Central Connecticut won both the 200 medley relay in 1:46.36 and the 400 freestyle relay in 3:34.29.

Southern also got exhibition swims from Ava Emmerich, who posted 11:30.19 in the 1,000 free and 5:35.59 in the 500 free, and Claire Hanna, who went 2:23.71 in the 200 IM and 2:21.74 in the 200 butterfly. Jade Ventura added an 11:30.21 in the 1,000 free and 5:35.43 in the 500 free.

Southern Connecticut returns to the pool on Saturday Nov. 7 when they travel to Staten Island, NY to compete against the College of Staten Island and East Stroudsburg University in a tri-meet beginning at 1 PM. The Owls return to the Hutchinson Natatorium on Nov. 13 to host Worceter Polytechnic Institute (WPI) at 6:30pm