Warrior Swimmers Drop a Pair to Albright                          Coach Hammaker Looking Forward to a Competitive Season

READING, Pa.—Both the men’s and women’s swimming teams fell to standout Albright squads on Saturday. Despite having several exceptional individual performances, Lycoming was unable to pull out a team victory. It was a tough draw, opening the season as a visitor against last year’s women’s MAC Champion and the men’s runner up. Nonetheless, Head Coach Jerry Hammaker was optimistic.

He believes that this first meet will prove to be the catalyst for continued improvement.  “We just need to keep working hard and it will pay off down the road,” quoted Hammaker.  “I think the (Albright) meet will put everyone in the right mindset for our training and competition now.” 

The women notched Lycoming’s only first place finish as sophomore Nichole Zoller (Colonia, NJ) won the 100-meter backstroke. Jessie Gallagher’s (Cheltenham, PA) 100 fly was well ahead of her 2005 performances, as she finished third. In addition, the Lady Warriors other top three finishers included Amanda Scholwinski (Philadelphia, PA), Jess Gough (Berwick, PA), Milvana Ban (Harrisburg, PA), and Amy Bentz (Elizabethtown, PA). 

The men were equally competitive as they listed three second place finishers in Chris Dempsey (Newton, PA), Brian Fausel (Burdett, NY), and Sean Houser (Alexandria, VA).  Also finishing top three for the Warriors were John Dougherty (Mountain Top, Pa.), Brandon Good (Clearfield, PA), and Austin Johnstone (Woodbine, MD). 

Everyone can see Lycoming’s new squad at their next meet on November 11 at Elizabethtown.  Lycoming’s first home meet is scheduled for Saturday, November 18 at 1:00 p.m. against Drew.