ROCHESTER, N.Y.— The William Smith College swimming & diving team traveled to Rochester to take on RIT in its final tune-up before Liberty League Swimming & Diving Championships on Feb. 15-18. The Herons fell to the Tigers 215-67 in Judson Pool this afternoon to move to 7-3 on the season.

The Herons placed second in the 200-yard relay with a time of 2:01:3. Brooke Prochniak, Lea Emanuel, Tessa Yohan, and Hali Seidberg made up the fastest finishing relay team for William Smith.

First-year Lea Emanuel continued to shine for the Herons in her first collegiate season. In the 200-yard freestyle, Emanuel finished in second with a time of 2:06.61.

Prochniak placed third in the 50-yard freestyle, clocking in at 27.88, earning the Herons three points. First-year Ella Raiti also earned herself a top-three finish in the 1-meter dive, coming in third with a final score of 150.60.

COACHES CORNER

"This was a great meet for a final tune-up for Liberty Leagues," Head Coach R.C. Weston said. "Any time you go up against a program like RIT as you're building, you're going to have to find the positives in the little things. Overall, we're extremely pleased with how we performed because those little things we have been working on all season are starting to pay off. Our walls and underwater were great, and the teams mindset and energy got stronger as the meet went on. We saw so many good splits for athletes that are not fully rested. On the boards our divers' hard work learning new dives has shown with their execution and we are looking forward to the final push to finish things off."

UP NEXT

William Smith will be back in action on Feb 15-18, as it heads to Ithaca, New York, to participate in the Liberty League Swimming & Diving Championships hosted by the Bombers. The Championship meet is set to start with the Preliminaries at 10 a.m. on Wednesday the 15.