EASTON, Pa. – The Long Island University women's swimming team had a big win over a Patriot League foe Friday night, beating Lafayette, 167-127. The Sharks won 11 of the 16 events, and beat the Leopards even with the diving disadvantage.
 
LIU started the day by winning the 200 medley relay by nearly five seconds. The Shark squad of Amanda Peren, Tara Cabiling, Jacqueline Grabowski and Noemie Lacroix-Moreau won the events in 1:50.60. LIU then picked up more points in the 1000 free, as Amanda San Juan and Maja Uduc went 2-3, with times of 10:49.80 and 11:00.25 respectively. The Sharks also went 2-3 in the 200 free; junior Jeanne Touchette-McGowan finished just fourth tenths of a second out of first place, in 1:59.47, while freshman Reyna Iwamoto took third in 2:01.06.
 
The Sharks swept the podium in the 100 back, as Peren (59.40), Grabowski (1:02.23) and freshman Aidan Condit (1:02.81) went 1-2-3 in the event. Peren and Condit also went 1-2 in the 200 backstroke, with times of 2:07.70 and 2:12.55.
 
Freshman Tara Cabiling and senior Noemie Lacroix-Moreau were also double winners for LIU. Cabiling swept the breaststroke events, winning the 100 in 1:09.41, and the 200 in 2:30.78. Lacroix-Moreau won the 50 free for LIU in 25.02, and then took the top spot in the 100 butterfly, winning in 58.90.
 
LIU also had first place finishes in the 200 butterfly (Amanda San Juan – 2:13.08) and the 200 IM (Jeanne Touchette-McGowan – 2:13.08), and saw another podium sweep in the 500 free. Iwamoto won the event in 5:18.90, while Uduc came in second (5:1.98) and Emily Shoup finished third (5:28.92).
 
The Sharks capped the night with an emphatic win in the 400 free relay, as the squad of Lydia Amon, San Juan, Lacroix-Moreau and Peren won by nearly five seconds, in 3:39.62.
 
Up next, LIU hosts Army in a dual meet in downtown Brooklyn, Saturday, November 9 at 2 p.m.