Despite four event wins and 10 other runner-up finishes, the University of Rochester women's swimming and diving team suffered a 175-124 defeat at the hands of the Rochester Institute of Technology on Saturday at the Speegle-Wilbraham Aquatics Center.
 
Rochester's record slips to 5-4 in dual meet competition on the season with the loss. RIT, meanwhile, moves to 3-2 as the 2023-24 season begins to wind down. Up next for the Yellowjackets is a quad meet at RIT next Saturday, with Nazareth and SUNY Geneseo joining the Yellowjackets at Tigers in the pool to wrap up the regular season. UR will then compete at the UAA Championships in mid-February.
 
Sophomore Ariana Pasquella, first-year Sophia Dmytruk and first-year Rachele Bachmann were the event winners for the Yellowjackets.
 
Pasquella was a double-winner, touching first in the 100 breaststroke and 200 breaststroke. In the 100 yard distance, Pasquella was first in 1:07.48. Later on, she won the 200 distance in 2:25.83. Teammate Gloria Ng was the second place finisher in the 200 breast in 2:28.58, also finishing third in the 100 breast (1:07.63).
 
Dmytruk's win came in the 100 butterfly, as the rookie touched the wall in 1:01.42. Bachmann ended third in the same event at 1:02.63. In her win, Bachmann posted a time of 2:16.45 during the 200 butterfly event. Elana Greenberg was third in that event (2:20.77).
 
Both Rochester relay teams ended second in the two relays contested on the day. To open the meet, the 200 medley relay squad of Leah Tang, Pasquella, Dmytruk and Jessica Spahn touched in 1:52.06. In the final event of the day, Adele Hellstrom, Marissa Carlson, Spahn and Tang were second in the 200 freestyle relay in 1:42.36.
 
First-year Simone Lin earned a pair of second place results during the freestyle distance events. During the 1000 free, Lin touched in 11:32.65. Later on in the meet, she was also second in the 500 free, posting a time of 5:34.96. Teammate Talia Proweller was third in the 500 freestyle as well, posting a time of 5:43.83.
 
Junior Lizzie Budde was the top Yellowjacket diver in both the 1-meter and 3-meter events on Saturday. She scored 250.05 in the 3-meter event and compiled a score of 231.45 on the 1-meter board. She finished second in both competitions.
 
During the backstroke events, Dmytruk finished as the runner-up in 100 distance while Katherine Hegblom was second in the 200 distance. Dmytruk's time was 1:03.41, and Hegblom earned a finish of 2:15.97. Hegblom added a runner-up finished in the 200 IM later in the meet, touching the wall in 2:15.08.
 
Tang finished as Rochester's top swimmer in both the 100 and 200 freestyle events. In the 100, she earned a time of 55.23 seconds. Her time in the 200 freestyle ended up at 2:02.39. Jessica Spahn sprinted to a time of 25.36 seconds in the 50 freestyle, clocking in third place during that event.