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| The Dolphins improved to 2-1 with the win over New Rochelle on Monday. |
The Dolphins opened and closed the meet on Monday with relay victories against New Rochelle. The Mount took the 200-yard medley relay event to open the contest, with the team of Cabahug, Meaghan Soccoa (Brooklyn, N.Y.), Danielle Murphy (Brooklyn, N.Y.) and Andrea De La Torre (Valley Stream, N.Y.) besting the field in a time of 2:20.26.
Mount Saint Vincent would bookend the meet with victories when the 400-yard freestyle relay team of Costa, Angelica Iribarne (Hasbrouck Heights, N.J.), Cabahug and De La Torre swan to a first place finish.
Individually on Monday the Dolphins collected seven first place finishes, including the two each from Cabahug and Costa. Cabahug took the top spot in the 50-yard and 100-yard backstroke events, while Costa cruised to victories in the 50-yard breaststroke and the 100-yard individual medley.
In addition to participating in the medley relay, Murphy picked up a win in the 100-yard freestyle on Monday and rounded out a solid swim with a second place finish in the 50-yard butterfly. Soccoa also secured a victory for Mount Saint Vincent with a win in the 100-yard breaststroke.
As a team the Dolphins posted two 1-2-3 finishes at the meet, including Soccoa and Gabrielle James (Marysville, Wash.) following Costa in the 50-yard breaststroke. The Dolphins also swept the top three positions in the 50-yard freestyle with Iribarne pacing the field in first. She was followed by De La Torre in second and Lourdes Lazo in third.
The win pushes Mount Saint Vincent to 2-1 overall on the season. The Dolphins will swim against their first Skyline Conference opponent on Saturday afternoon when they travel to Purchase. The league meet with the Panthers is scheduled for 2:00 p.m.
