Flash Points:

• SFU swimming hosts Siena on Saturday for its home finale.
• The meet starts at 1 p.m. at Stokes Natatorium.
• The Red Flash celebrates Senior Day as it honors Paige McLean (Bolton, Ontario/St. Michael Catholic Secondary).

LORETTO, Pa. – The Saint Francis swimming team is set to battle Siena on Saturday at the Stokes Natatorium.  The meet begins at 1 p.m. and will include a Senior Day ceremony before the meet to honor Red Flash senior Paige McLean (Bolton, Ontario/St. Michael Catholic Secondary).
 
The Red Flash, led by Head Coach Rory Coleman, is 8-5 in dual meets this year after two setbacks last weekend.  On Friday, SFU fell 154-140 at Youngstown State.  Saint Francis dropped a 147-107 decision at Duquesne on Saturday.
 
Saint Francis earned a first place finish in 7 of 14 events against the Penguins, led by two individual wins by freshman Karilyn Quon (Tempe, Ariz./Corona del Sol). 
 
The Arizona native earned NEC Rookie of the Week honors after wins in the 1000-yard Freestyle (10:43.03) and 200-yard Backstroke (2:06.85).  Her time in the 200-yard Backstroke is also the fifth-best in SFU program history.  She also established the 10th-best time at SFU in the 200-yard IM (2:09.13) during the meet.
 
Freshman Aimee Baur (North Wales, Pa./North Penn) won the 100-yard Backstroke (59.75) and fellow rookie Erin O'Neill (Lansdale, Pa./North Penn) finished first in the 100-yard Breaststroke (1:07.78).  McLean earned a win in the 50-yard Freestyle (24.87) and junior Natalie Tedjasukmana (Anaheim, Calif./Mater Dei) (54.49).  Junior Katie Lafferty (Bremen, Ind./Bremen) claimed a win in the 500-yard Freestyle (5:16.37).
 
Lafferty, Baur, McLean and Tedjasukmana combined for a victory in the 200-yard Freestyle Relay, posting a time of 1:39.75.
 
On Saturday, in the meet against the Dukes, Lafferty was part of four first place finishes.  SFU totaled six first place finishes in the meet.
 
Lafferty earned individual wins in the 50-yard Freestyle (24.28) and 100-yard Freestyle (53.39).  Tedjasukmana recorded a win in the 100-yard Butterfly (1:00.74), while O'Neill posted a time of (2:17.21) to win the 200-yard IM. 
 
In the 200-yard Medley Relay, Lafferty, O'Neill, McLean and Quon teamed up for a time of 1:48.73 to win the event.  To end the meet, Tedjasukmana, Baur, Quon and Lafferty combined for a winning pace of 1:38.85.
 
SENIOR DAY
Prior to the meet against Siena, Saint Francis will honor McLean as part of its Senior Day celebration. 
 
A two-year team captain, McLean owns Top 10 all-time times at Saint Francis in the 500 Freestyle (6th, 5:02.04), 1000 Freestyle (7th, 10:31.72), 1650 Freestyle (7th, 17:28.90), 100 Butterfly (8th, 57.56) and 400 IM (6th, 4:32.83). 
 
The Ontario native has earned two fifth-place finishes in the 1650 Freestyle and two seventh-place finishes in the 400 IM in NEC Championship Meets. 
 
McLean is a double-major in Psychology and Sociology.
 
SERIES HISTORY
Saint Francis is 12-1 all-time against Siena and owns seven straight wins in the series, including last year's 166.5-121.5 win at Siena on January 23, 2016.
 
In the dual meet format at the Northeast Catholic Invite earlier this season, the Red Flash outscored the Saints, 260-53.
 
ABOUT THE SAINTS
Siena is 3-8 in dual meets this season.  Last weekend, the Saints fell 122-80 against LIU Post on Friday and 142-95 against Fairfield on Sunday.  This Saturday's meet is Siena's final dual meet of the season.
 
In Siena's meet against Fairfield, senior Maggie Fletcher picked up a win in the 200 Freestyle, with a time of 2:15.32, and junior Fiona Dretzka earned a victory in the 200 Backstroke, with a time of 2:30.22. 
 
Siena's Dretzka, Erica Askew, Elizabeth Fournier and Colleen McDonough combined to win the 400 Medley Relay, posting a time of 4:37.63.