Teams: Men's Swimming & Diving: Schedule & Results

COLLEGE MEN'S SWIMMING & DIVING RESULT
MIT 168, Tufts 127

At Medford, MA
Saturday, January 23, 2010

Meet Results

Senior diver Rob Matera topped 300 points with his score in the three-meter event

MEDFORD -- The Tufts men's swimming & diving team got a busy weekend started with a 168-127 loss to MIT on Saturday afternoon at Hamilton Pool. Coach Adam Hoyt's men are right back at in on Sunday when they travel to Division I Boston College for their annual meeting with the Eagles.

The Jumbos won three events against a strong  MIT squad. Two came in the diving events, which were held at MIT. Jumbo divers Trevor Stack (Northbrook, IL) and senior quad-captain Rob Matera (Trumbull, CT) waged an excellent competition off the one-meter board. The junior Stack upset his All-American teammate by a 286.42 to 286.13 score. Matera later left no doubt about the winner of the three-meter event with a strong 306.83 score. Stack took second at 276.

Senior quad-captain Lawrence Chan (Fresh Meadows, NY) continued his excellent season with a victory and two seconds. He was fastest in the 200 individual medley with 2:01.14 finish. He had previously posted runner-up efforts in the 100 breaststroke (1:00.16) and in 200 breaststroke (2:15.52). Seniors Patrick Kinsella (Hinsdale, IL) was 0.67 seconds out of first place in the 100 butterfly event.

Matera, Chan, and Kinsella were three of 11 Tufts competitors who were saluted on Seniors' Day at Hamilton Pool. Tufts now has a 4-2 record in dual meets.

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