VILLANOVA, Pa. – Villanova Swimming & Diving's have both the men and the women competing against Georgetown on Saturday. This will be the second time both teams compete this season, and the first meet at home for the men. The Wildcats defeated the Hoyas on the women's side 172-128 last year, but the men fell 100.5-199.5.
Anna Kilponen looks to continue her winning ways both this season and against Georgetown. Kilponen was Villanova's top scorer against UConn last weekend, winning both of her individual events. The sophomore swam 2:00.80 to win the 200 Fly and 54.84 to take the 100 Fly. She also won the 100 Fly last year against the Hoyas, joining the all-time performance list by finishing at 54.73.
Imogen Duffy and
Carlota Colomer Guasch won events last week as well, with Duffy leading a sweep in the 200 IM and Colomer Guasch taking the 50 Free win.
Justin Nowicki and
Zach Sutter are names to watch for the men, as they both earned event victories at the season opening NJIT Invitational. Sutter won the 100 Fly in 48.79, and the school record holder aims to continue to touch first in this competition. Nowicki broke the 400 IM pool record at NJIT, touching the wall at 3:53.84. Last year, the senior paced the competition in the 200 Fly against Georgetown, winning in 1:51.48.
The event will start at 11:00 a.m. with diving and will be followed by swimming.
A live stream of the meet can be found
here, and live results can be found on MeetMobile.