Pioneers Down Widcats in the Pool

Pioneers Down Widcats in the Pool

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Utica, NY (12-3-11) - The Utica College men's swim team edged Cazenovia Friday night,101-98, in Cazenovia, NY for its second victory of the season. Sophomore Josh Mannarino led UC with two wins.

The Pioneers improved to 2-3 on the season and will return to action Saturday Dec. 10 when they welcome Rochester Institute of Technology to the Utica College Pool. The competition is set to begin at 1 p.m.

Mannarino took first in the 400 yard individual medley and the 1650 yard freestyle with final times of 5:10.34 and 19:37, registering 18 points.

Freshman Kaleb Bright won the 100 yard butterfly as he recorded nine points with a finishing time of 59.13.  He also took second in the 200 yard freestyle with a time of 2:06.16.

Luke Sullivan tallied a win in the 100 yard breastroke with a final time of 1:14.82 and grabbed nine team points.

Junior Ricky Verbeeck posted second in the 100 yard backstroke as he tallied four points with a time of 1:07.91 for Utica.