ITHACA, N.Y. – Emily VanderSleen won three events, Morgan Hoffman-Smith achieved the feat in two of her respective individual events and the overall depth of the Ithaca College women's swimming & diving program was no match for RIT on Saturday evening as they bested the Tigers, 165-135. The Bombers improved to a perfect 5-0 at the Kelsey Partridge Bird Natatorium and are 5-1 as they enter Thanksgiving break.

Emily VanderSleen bested the competition in the 100-yard butterfly with a season-best 59.86 time, was equally impressive in the highly competitive 50-yard freestyle finishing first with a recorded time of 24.70 and raced to a photo finish in the 100-yard freestyle besting Kimberly Dobie by touching the final wall at 54.15. She was also part of the second place finishing 200-yard medley relay team that was just over a second slower that the foursome that competed for RIT.

Hoffman-Smith continued her strong season by producing an outstanding time in the 1000-yard freestyle besting her teammate Erin Kiley by over 23 seconds, posting a time of 10:45.15. The graduate student also swam to a season-best time of 5:16.82 that won her the 500-yard freestyle. She also was a key contributor in the final event of the evening, which was another close race in favor of IC in the 400-yard freestyle as the team won the event with a finals time of 3:41.47.

Top Ithaca Finishers

• 1^st, 1000-yard freestyle, Morgan Hoffman-Smither: 10:45.15
• 2^nd, 200-yard freestyle, Katie Champagne, 1:59.89
• 3^rd, 100-yard backstroke, Jane Pfeufer, 1:02.20
• 3^rd, 100-yard breaststroke, Abigail Ignagni, 1:10.44
• 1^st, 200-yard butterfly, Kiersten Gravuer, 2:18.68
• 1^st, 50-yard freestyle, Emily VanderSleen, 24.70
• 1-meter diving, Ava Lowell, 312.00 finals score
• 1^st, 100-yard freestyle, Emily VanderSleen, 54.15
• 2^nd, 200-yard backstroke, Katie Champagne, 2:14.28
• 1^st, 500-yard freestyle, Morgan Hoffman-Smith, 5:16.82
• 1^st, 100-yard Butterfly, Emily VanderSleen, 59.86
• 3-meter diving, Karalyn Pawcio, 312.85
• 400-meter freestyle relay, Jane Pfeufer, Josephine Holman, Katie Krom and Morgan Hoffman-Smith, 3:41.47

The Ithaca College women's swimming & diving program will return to action after Thanksgiving break when it hosts the Bomber Invitational. The three-day meet will begin on Friday, December 3^rd.