Assumption 135, WPI 127 

Worcester, MA --- Freshman Heather Peruffo (Poughkeepsie, NY) earned a pair of first place finishes and graduate student Karen O'Sullivan (Pelham, NH) and sophomore Alana Aubin (Taunton, MA) each tasted victory as the WPI Women's Swimming Diving team opened the season with a close 135-127 loss at Assumption.

Perruffo touched the wall first in the 100 and 200-yard backstrokes (1:04.41 and 1:14.53) while O'Sullivan took the gold on the 100-yard breaststroke (2:21.63).  Aubin touched the wall first in the 50-yard freestyle in a time of 28.00. 

The Engineers enjoyed success in the relays, winning both contested events.  The trio of Peruffo, O'Sullivan and Aubin teamed with Sarah Dinwoodie (E. Greenwich, RI) to win the 200-yard medley relay (2:00.37) while Dinwoodie, Kaitlyn Kelley (Salt Lake City, UT), Toni La Bella (Warrick,RI) and Alexandra Sanz-Guerrero (Ann Arbor, MA) combined to take victory in the 400-yard freestyle relay.    

Second place finishes were garnered by Colleen Heckley (Tyngsboro, MA) in the 500 and 1000-yard freestyles (6:12.86 and 12:44.06), Albin in the 50 and 100-yard butterfly (30:05 and 1:06.99), Sanz-Guerrero in the 50-yard freestyle (28:05), O'Sullivan in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:43.55) and Peruffo in the 200-yard IM (2:27.10).  

WPI is off until Saturday, October 31st when they travel to Norton, MA for a noon tri-match with Wheaton and Brandeis.

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