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2011-12 Men's Swimming Roster

Matthew Sorena

  • Position IM/Butterfly
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Brookfield, Conn.
  • High School Brookfield

Biography

As a Junior in 2010-11:
Northeast-10 Conference Swimmer of the Year...Most Outstanding Performer of the Northeast-10 Conference Championships...Northeast-10 Conference champion in the 500 yard freestyle, the 400 yard medley relay, 200 yard butterfly and the 400 yard freestyle relay...Metropolitan Conference champion in the 1650 freestyle...Northeast-10 Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll selection...Finished first in the 400 yard IM, second in the 1650 yard freestyle and 200 yard butterfly, as well as third in the 500 yard freestyle at the Werblin Invitational...Recorded a second place finish in the 400 and 800 yard freestyle events against Harvard...Took first place honors in the 200 yard butterfly against Saint Rose...Led SCSU to a first place finish in the 200 yard freestyle relay while placing second in the 200 yard IM and third in the 100 yard freestyle against Yale...Registered first place victories in the 200 yard medley relay, 200 yard freestyle and 500 yard freestyle as well as a second place finish in the 200 yard butterfly versus TCNJ...Recorded a first place finish in the 400 yard IM along with second place finishes in the 200 yard medley relay and 100 yard freestyle at the USMMA Invitational...Won the 200 and 1650 yard freestyle events as well as the 400 yard IM at the NE-10 Invitational...Collected first place honors in the 1650 yard freestyle, the 100 yard butterfly, the 200 yard butterfly and the 200 yard freestyle relay against Marist...Placed first in the 400 yard medley relay, the 200 yard butterfly and the 200 yard freestyle to go along with placing second in the 200 yard freestyle versus Conn. College...Recorded first place honors in the 400 yard IM, 1650 yard freestyle and 200 yard IM to go along with a third place finish in the 200 yard medley against West Chester...Led SCSU to a first place finish in the 200 yard medley relay while collecting first place honors in the 1000 yard freestyle against Queens...Finished second in the 200 yard freestyle relay and the 200 yard freestyle to go along with a third place finish in the 800 yard freestyle relay at the Northeast-10 Conference Championships...Took first place honors in the 1650 yard freestyle event at the Metropolitan Championships.

As a Sophomore in 2009-10:
All-American – 500 freestyle, 800 freestyle relay; Metropolitan Champion – 1650 freestyle; Northeast-10 Champion – 200 freestyle relay, 500 freestyle, 400 medley relay, 200 medley relay, 100 butterfly, 800 freestyle relay, 200 butterfly…Finished fourth in the 200 yard IM and second in the 500 yard freestyle at the Sonny Werblin Invitational…Took first in the 200 yard freestyle and the 200 yard butterfly at St. Rose…Placed first in the 1000 yard freestyle and the 400 yard freestyle relay at The College Of New Jersey…Finished first in the 400 yard IM at the USMMA Invitational…Took first in the 800 yard freestyle relay at the Bentley Invitational…Placed first in the 1650 yard freestyle, second in the 200 yard butterfly and first in the 200 yard freestyle relay against Marist…Finished first in the 100 and 500 yard freestyle at the Maine and Connecticut College meet…Captured first in the 1000 and 100 yard freestyle events against West Chester…Took first in the 200 yard freestyle relay (set new NE-10 record), the 200 yard freestyle (set new NE-10 record), the 200 and 400 yard medley relay, the 800 yard freestyle relay (set new NE-10 record) and the 200 yard butterfly at the NE-10 championships…Finished 12th in the 400 yard medley relay, second in the 800 yard freestyle event and first in the 1650 yard freestyle at the Metropolitan championships…Placed 20th in the 1000 yard freestyle, 19th in the 400 yard IM, 15th in the 500 yard freestyle and 13th in the 800 yard freestyle relay at the NCAA championships…

As a Freshman in 2008-09:
Honorable Mention All-American in the 1,650 freestyle…Metropolitan Conference and Northeast-10 Conference champion in the 1,650 freestyle…Placed fifth in the 500-yard freestyle, sixth in the 200-yard freestyle and was part of the third place 200-yard medley relay team at the Sonny Werblin Invitational…Finished sixth in the 200-yard butterfly and was a member of both the winning 400-yard medley and 400-yard freestyle relay teams at the Bentley Invitational…Won the 1000-yard freestyle, placed third in both the 100-yard butterfly and the 400-yard individual medley and was part of the winning 200-yard medley relay team against Springfield…Finished third on the 500-yard freestyle, fourth in the 200-yard butterfly and sixth in the 100-yard butterfly against the College of New Jersey…Won the 200-yard individual medley, placed third in the 200-yard breaststroke and sixth in the 200-yard freestyle at the USMMA Invitational…Won the 1000-yard freestyle and finished fifth in the 100-yard butterfly against Yale…Won the 1650-yard freestyle, placed second in the 400-yard individual medley, third in the 500-yard freestyle and fourth in the 200-yard butterfly at the Northeast-10 Conference Championships…Won the 1000-yard freestyle, finished second in the 500-yard freestyle and eighth in the 100-yard butterfly against Connecticut College…Placed second in the 1650-yard freestyle, third in the 500-yard freestyle and was part of the winning 400-yard freestyle relay team against Marist…Finished third in the 400-yard individual medley relay, fifth in the 200-yard butterfly and was part of the winning 400-yard freestyle relay team and both the second place 400-yard medley relay team and the 800-yard freestyle relay team against West Chester…Won both the 100-yard freestyle and the 1000-yard freestyle against Queens College and St. Rose…Won the 1650-yard freestyle, placed third in the 500-yard freestyle and fifth in the 400-yard individual medley at the Metropolitan Championships…Finished 14th in the 1650-yard freestyle at the NCAA Championships.

Before SCSU:
All-State selection in the 200 individual medley and 500 freestyle at Brookfield (Conn.) High School...Finished in first place at the Class M meet...Team captain as a senior.

Personal:
Son of Melena and Joseph Sorena...Majoring in music.

Historical Player Information

  • 2008-2009Freshman

    IM/Butterfly
  • 2009-10Sophomore

    IM/Butterfly
  • 2010-11Junior

    IM/Butterfly
  • 2011-12Senior

    IM/Butterfly