WORCESTER -- The WPI women's swimming and diving team opened its 2026-27 season on Saturday afternoon, hosting Ithaca and Springfield at the WPI Sports & Recreation Center. The Engineers (1-1) earned a 185.50-107.50 victory over Springfield while falling to Ithaca, 209-85. The victory marked the first career win for interim head coach Mark Wild, who is in his fifth season with the WPI swimming and diving program.

WPI claimed two individual event victories on the afternoon, led by Allie Marvell (Nashua, NH) in the 1000-yard freestyle and Sarah Kang (Richmond, VA) in the 100-yard butterfly. The Engineers also recorded several runner-up finishes throughout the meet.

Marvell led a strong showing in the distance freestyle events, capturing the 1000 free in 11:11.20, more than nine seconds ahead of teammate Amber Jacobs (Cedar Falls, IA), who finished second in 11:20.23. Marvell added another runner-up finish in the 500 free, touching the wall in 5:31.38, just 1.38 seconds behind the event winner. She also placed fourth in the 200 butterfly with a time of 2:20.65.

Kang delivered another victory for the Engineers in the 100 butterfly, posting a time of 59.31, besting the runner up by just 0.36 seconds. Kang also recorded a pair of second-place finishes in the backstroke events, clocking 1:00.98 in the 100 and 2:09.47 in the 200. In the longer event, Kang finished just 0.59 seconds back from a victory.

Mallory LaPointe (Saint Johns, FL) turned in three top-three individual finishes for the Engineers. LaPointe placed second in the 200 freestyle with a time of 1:59.66, finishing just 0.54 seconds off the winning pace. She followed with a third-place showing in the 100 free (56.36) before adding another runner-up finish in the 200 individual medley, touching in 2:19.33.

The breaststroke events also produced strong results for WPI, as Audrey Cook (Wakefield, MA) took second in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:10.83. Sophia DeFrank (Haverhill, MA) followed in fourth (1:12.32), while Vivian Piscitella (Newburgh, NY) finished fifth (1:12.43). In the 200 breaststroke, Jasmine Lam (Dracut, MA) led the Engineers with a second-place finish in 2:33.01, while Cook placed fifth (2:37.14) and Piscitella sixth (2:37.55). Lam also added a fifth-place finish in the 100 butterfly, recording a time of 1:02.32.

WPI opened the meet with a fourth-place finish in the 200 medley relay, as Evin Otero (Newton, MA), Cook, Kang and Katrina Waite (Falmouth, ME) combined for a time of 1:54.44. Otero later added a third-place finish in the 200 individual medley (2:20.81) and placed sixth in the 200 backstroke (2:16.77).

The Engineers closed the afternoon with a third-place finish in the 400 freestyle relay. Waite teamed with Veronica Finucane-Tuccio (Excelsior, MN), Sophie Robinson (Westboro, MA) and LaPointe to post a time of 3:48.79, finishing ahead of Springfield's top relay squad.

WPI returns to action on Friday, October 30, hosting Babson, Brandeis, Coast Guard and Smith at the WPI Sports & Recreation Center. The meet is scheduled to begin at 5:30pm.

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