LORETTO, Pa. – Junior Amelia Laudenbach won a pair of events and two other Red Flash swimmers recorded event wins, but the Saint Francis swimming team fell to Duquesne, 151-97, Friday at the Stokes Natatorium,

Laudenbach captured victories in the 100-yard backstroke and 500-yard freestyle, while junior Annabelle McCullough and sophomore Krysta Weik added event wins. 

Duquesne 151, Saint Francis 97
Records: Saint Francis (0-2), Duquesne (2-0)
Location: Stokes Natatorium (Loretto, Pa.)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
Laudenbach took first in the 100-yard backstroke in a time of 58.60 and the 500-yard freestyle in a time of 5:13.93.
 
McCullough had a first-place finish in the 50 yard freestyle in a speedy time of 24.64.
 
Weik had SFU's other first place finish in the 200 yard breastroke in a time of 2:28.31.

SFU tallied four second place finishes on the day. The 200 Medley relay team of Marija Dodik, McCullough, Krysta Weik, and Chloe Clemens hit the wall second in a time of 1:48.92.
 
Sophomore Elizabeth Bason took second in the 200 butterfly with a time of 2:12.60.
 
McCullough touched second in the 100 yard freestyle with a time of 59.85.
 
And the 400 freestyle relay team of McCullough, Anna Bernasconi, Urska Medvesek, and Chloe Clemens took second with a time of 3:39.51.

UP NEXT
Saint Francis heads to California University of Pennsylvania next Saturday at 11:00 a.m.
 
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