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Women's Swimming and Diving

Pernsteiner & McGahie Help Bentley to 4th Straight, 148-79 over Brandeis

WALTHAM, Mass. – Sophomore Meg Pernsteiner (Highland Heights, Ohio/Hawken School) and freshman Kaitlin McGahie (Boylston/Tahanto Reg. HS) each won two events and participated in a winning relay as the Bentley University women's swimming team captured its fourth straight meet, 148-79 over visiting Brandeis University Friday night at the Dana Center pool.

Pernsteiner finished first in both backstroke events, with times of 30.11 seconds in the 50 yard race and a season-best 1:03.89 in the 100. She also swam a leg in the Falcons' 200 free relay that finished in 1:51.37.

McGahie's wins came in the 50 and 100 freestyle races, with times of 25.63 and 56.60. Earlier in the meet, she helped Bentley to a winning time of 1:58.88 in the 200 medley relay.

Sophomore All-America diver Nicola Mancini (Falmouth, Maine/Falmouth HS) just missed the school record she set earlier this season at Le Moyne, finishing with a combined score of 491.80 in the two one-meter events. Classmate Courtney Stone (Andover/Andover HS) was second to her in both with her total of 406.70 qualifying her for the NCAA Division II pre-qualifying meet in March.

Bentley's other individual winners were sophomore Michelle Giordano (Alfred, Maine/ Cheverus HS) in the 1000 free (11:52.96), senior Amelia Suda (Monroe, Conn./Masuk HS) in the 40 breast (36.75), sophomore Kelly Culkin (Avon, Conn./Avon HS) in the 100 butterfly (1:03.65), senior Caroline Lewis (Westfield/Westfield HS) in the 100 breast, sophomore Melissa Clauss (Oakland, N.J./ Bergen County Academies) in the 50 fly (28.29) and senior Heather Exley (Oceanside, Calif./Vista HS) in the 100 individual medley (1:06.88).

Bentley, 4-1 on the season, will finish the 2013 portion of the schedule with the WPI Invitational Dec. 7-8.

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Players Mentioned

Melissa Clauss

Melissa Clauss

Fly, Free
Sophomore
Kelly Culkin

Kelly Culkin

Fly, Free
Sophomore
Heather Exley

Heather Exley

Distance, Breast, Ind. Med.
Senior
Michelle Giordano

Michelle Giordano

Distance
Sophomore
Caroline Lewis

Caroline Lewis

Back, Free
Senior
Nicola Mancini

Nicola Mancini

Diving
Sophomore
Kaitlin McGahie

Kaitlin McGahie

Free
Freshman
Meg Pernsteiner

Meg Pernsteiner

Back, Ind. Medley
Sophomore
Courtney Stone

Courtney Stone

Diving
Sophomore
Amelia Suda

Amelia Suda

Free, Ind. Med.
Senior

Players Mentioned

Melissa Clauss

Melissa Clauss

Sophomore
Fly, Free
Kelly Culkin

Kelly Culkin

Sophomore
Fly, Free
Heather Exley

Heather Exley

Senior
Distance, Breast, Ind. Med.
Michelle Giordano

Michelle Giordano

Sophomore
Distance
Caroline Lewis

Caroline Lewis

Senior
Back, Free
Nicola Mancini

Nicola Mancini

Sophomore
Diving
Kaitlin McGahie

Kaitlin McGahie

Freshman
Free
Meg Pernsteiner

Meg Pernsteiner

Sophomore
Back, Ind. Medley
Courtney Stone

Courtney Stone

Sophomore
Diving
Amelia Suda

Amelia Suda

Senior
Free, Ind. Med.