Feb. 18, 2007

Boston, Mass. - The Loyola men's and women's swimming and diving teams concluded competition at the ECAC Championships with several championship finalists in Boston, Mass. Sunday's results left both the men and women with Top-10 finishes at the meet.

The women picked up 195.5 points and placed seventh overall while the men scored 159 points en route to a ninth-place finish. Harvard won both the men's and women's competition while MAAC foe Marist took second on both sides.

Junior Megen Hadley was one of three women's swimmers to score points in the 1650-yard freestyle, leading the way with her championship final time of 17:46.86. Hadley took sixth in the race while freshman Megan Shovlin (15th) and sophomore Clare Ostrom (16th) picked up consolation finalist points.

The women also had three consolation finalists in the 200-yard backstroke with freshman Melissa White taking 11th (2:10.07), Victoria Kamauff placing 12th (2:11.82) and Mary Jane Pijanowski placing 15th overall.

On the men's side, junior Doug Alban earned a sixth-place finish in the 1650-yard freesyle and a 13th-place finish in the 200-yard backstroke. Alban swam a 16:53.63 in the 1650 Free and a time of 1:58.55 in the 200 Back.

The Greyhounds also had consolation finalists in the 1650 with Ian Perazzelli's eight-place showing and freshman Greg Thomasson's ninth-place finish in the event.

The Reeser brothers garnered championship points in the 100-yard freestyle with senior Ryan Reeser taking seventh (47.09) and freshman Brad Reeser taking 15th (47.58). Ernest Verrico finished 14th in the 200-yard breaststroke and Patrick Hicks placed 15th to round out Loyola's individual scoring.

Women - Final Team Scores  
Place School                                          Points
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1 HARVARD UNIVERSITY                 HARV            648
2 MARIST COLLEGE SWIMMING/DIVING     MAR             589.5
3 RIDER UNIVERSITY                   RIDER           409.5
4 TOWSON UNIVERSITY                  TU              401.5
5 UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT              UVM             370
6 UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA         UPENN           197
7 LOYOLA COLLEGE                     LOY             195.5
9 UNIVERSITY OF MAINE                MAINE           177
10 YALE UNIVERSITY                    YALE            158
11 BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY              BING            104
12 FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY               FU               97
13 UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE        UNH              42
14 BOSTON UNIVERSITY                  BU               33
15 NIAGARA UNIVERSITY                 NI               30
16 MANHATTAN COLLEGE                  MAN              10

Men - Final Team Scores
Place School                                          Points
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1 HARVARD UNIVERSITY                 HARV            513
2 MARIST COLLEGE SWIMMING/DIVING     MAR             458.5
3 COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY SWIMMING       COL             387.5
4 JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY           JHOP            378
5 RIDER UNIVERSITY                   RIDER           369
6 BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY              BING            366
7 YALE UNIVERSITY                    YALE            358
8 UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA         UPENN           236.5
9 LOYOLA COLLEGE                     LOY             159
10 IONA COLLEGE                       IONA            114.5
11 SAINT PETER'S COLLEGE              SPC             107
12 NIAGARA UNIVERSITY                 NI               95
13 BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY                BUSDT            77
14 BOSTON UNIVERSITY                  BU               40
15 FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY               FU               38
16 UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS        UMASS            25
17 PENN STATE BEHREND                 PSB              23
18 UNIVERSITY OF MAINE                MAINE            18