KINGS POINT, N.Y. (Jan. 14, 2022) – Five of the seven USMMA winter teams were in action on a busy Saturday in mid-January and it was an extremely successful day for the Mariners! Listed below are some notes and complete box scores/results from each contest. Full recaps will be posted on the individual team pages later this weekend.
 
At home in the Liebertz Gymnasium, men's basketball defeated Farmingdale State, which was previously undefeated in Skyline action, 77-73. Sophomore Isaac Vencel (Bloomington, Ind.) led all players in the game with 19 points (all coming in the second half). The full box score can be found at this link.
 
Women's basketball crushed Old Westbury on the road at a game that was played at Farmingdale State, using a 30-0 third quarter to cruise to a 77-31 victory. Senior Lauren Hunter (Tinley Park, Ill.) drained a cool 31 points in the win. The box score is online at this link.
 
Led by three victories by senior William Schneider (Canton, Ohio) and a sweep of the diving action by junior Devin Dyer (Brandon, Fla.) on the one-meter board and freshman Thomas Cable (Litchfield Park, Ariz.) on the three-meter, the men's swimming & diving team defeated arch-rival Coast Guard for the second-straight season, 155-145, up in New London. The Mariners took down a Bears team that was ranked seventh regionally. Full results can be found at this link.
 
The women's swimming & diving team fell to the Bears, 191-108. A trio of juniors had the Mariners three first-place finishes – Layne Andersen (Colorado Springs, Colo.) in the one-meter dive, Kristin Browne (Massapequa, N.Y.) in the three-meter dive and Emmy Higgins (Needham, Mass.) in the 200 breast. Full results are at this link.
 
And finally, the wrestling team celebrated Senior Day at the 2023 Mariner Duals at O'Hara Hall, where they defeated Rhode Island College, 34-17, but lost to NYU in the nightcap, 38-10. Senior James Cruz (Belleville, N.J.) went 2-0 on the day with a first-period technical fall in the RIC match. Full results are available online at this link.
 
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