Both the College of Staten Island Men's and Women's Swimming & Diving teams will be looking for big wins tonight as they welcome in defending-CUNYAC Champions Baruch College into the Sports & Recreation Center for a 6pm showdown. The men will be looking to stay undefeated while the women will be looking to rebound after a tough loss to Hunter.
CSI VS BARUCH COLLEGE AT-A-GLANCE
Matchup: CSIM (3-0), CSIW (3-1) vs Baruch College M (5-2), W (5-4)
Where: Sports and Recreation Center - 2800 Victory Boulevard, Staten Island, NY
Live Video: www.csidolphins.com/CSISportsNet
All-Time Series: CSI Men lead, 12-5 / Baruch Women lead, 13-5
Last Meeting: November 16, 2018 - Baruch men won, 117-86 and Baruch Women won 107-52
Players to Watch (CSI): On the women's side,
Deirdre McCafferty has been perfect in 10 individual races this season and she will look to stay on task again tonight. Fellow frosh
Sabella Vaserman has been impressive as well as she,
Kathleen Bridgman and
Lisnette Solano all have eight Top 3 finishes in individual events.
Gabriella Bartley is tied with Bridgman, McCafferty and
Melissa Poggioli with three wins in relay competition as well. On the men's side,
Michael Stora leads CSI with 67.5 total points earned with a total of six first-place finishes.
Peter Carle and
Michael Blacharski both have over 50 points this season as well falling next in line. Carle has seven Top 3 finishes in individual events while Blacharski and freshman
Chris Ivanov each have six. Ivanov leads all in relay events with four first-place finishes.
Players to Watch (BAR): No statistics are available for Baruch, but look for them to be led on the men's side by their series of seven seniors that include Gregory Becker, Matthew Greenfield, Julio Hernandez, Jonathan Jaramillo, Erik Kantar, Eddy Min and Joseph Vasile. On the women's side, there are also seven seniors, including Nicole Astudillo, Andrea Gasic, Asimina Hamakiotes, Iris Leung, Debbie Li, Shirley Louke, and Nicole Ousmanova.
What's Next?: Both teams will have a nice long break before returning for their next event on Thursday, December 5, against Lehman College in a meet that will take place in the Bronx, at 6pm.