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Red Dragon Women Earn 166-129 Dual Victory at Oneonta

Ashley Zachgo earned first-place points in both sections of the 1-meter diving competition and finished with an 11-dive total of 455.55 points
ONEONTA, N.Y. – Four athletes posted multiple wins as the Cortland women's swimming and diving team defeated host Oneonta, 166-129, in dual meet action. Cortland wraps up the regular season next Saturday at 1 p.m. when it hosts Fredonia in a meet that was originally scheduled to be on the road.
 
Madi Monaghan (Chili/Gates-Chili) won both the 200-yard freestyle (2:04.54) and 100-yard freestyle (58.05), and she also had the top time in the 200-yard individual medley (2:20.65) but did not count toward the team scoring in that event since Cortland had already clinched the team victory.
 
Kailyn Anselment (Queensbury/Glens Falls) was victorious in both the 1,000-yard freestyle (11:36.78) and 500-yard freestyle (5:36.66), and Marissa Kordal (Eden) won the 200-yard butterfly (2:24.67) and 100-yard butterfly (1:04.47). Kordal also finished second as an exhibition entry in the 200 IM (2:25.38).
 
Ashley Zachgo (Clifton Park/Shenendehowa) earned first-place points in both sections of the 1-meter diving event. With no 3-meter event, the 1-meter competition was broken down and scored as two parts. She won both sections with scores of 186.38 points and 269.17 points for a combined 11-dive score of 455.55 points. She met the NCAA qualification standard for the first time this year and can qualify for regionals if she hits the standard again (395 points for 11 dives, 255 points for six dives for the 1-meter board; 410 points for 11 dives, 265 points for six dives for the 3-meter board).
 
Cortland's other winners included Nicole Murphy (Saratoga Springs) in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:14.02), Sophia Boccio (Garden City) in the 50-yard freestyle (27.16) and Mackenzie Dickman (Montgomery/Valley Central) in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:42.47).
 
Caitlin Elsasser (Merrick/Sanford H. Calhoun) posted two second-place finishes with times of 2:25.90 in the 200-yard butterfly and 1:07.26 in the 100-yard butterfly. Josie LaPolt (New Paltz) finished second in the 200-yard backstroke (2:24.93).
 
Cortland swept the top three spots in both diving sections. In addition to Zachgo's wins, Taylor Williams (Slate Hill/Minisink Valley) was second in both with scores of 183.08 and 252.52 points (435.60 total), and Nicole Bellettiere (Slate Hill/Minisink Valley) was third with scores of 167.85 and 226.13 points (393.98 total).
 
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