Bronx, NY - The men's and women's swimming and diving teams will host their final meet of the 2015-16 campaign tonight against Mt. St. Mary's. Action in the APEX Pool is scheduled to start at 6:00 PM. The Lightning will take time out during the meet to recognize the seniors that have dedicated themselves to the program.
The men come into tonight's match-up with a mark of 5-3. In their most recent outing, the Lightning defeated York College 102-72. Lehman swept the 200 m freestyle as
Enes Mernica,
Siprian Mayol and
Dominique Herrera were never seriously challenged. Lehman also swept the 200 IM as Chris Fischer,
Herman Rodriguez and
Andy Almonte finished 1,2,3 with Fischer posting a 2:41.22.
Anthony Preda,, Fischer and
Pedro Silverio also swept the 100 free with Preda posting a 56.44. In the 100 back, Mayol prevailed in 1:29.50 beating his nearest competitor by more than a minute.
Ryan Sanchez earned a gold medal in the 300 free by posting a 5:13.66.
The women also defeated York and now own a record of 5-5. Lehman won the first event, the 200 medley relay by more than 20 seconds and never let up. The relay team of
Melody Ovalles,
Jessica Reynoso, Elizabeth Oladele and
Gabriela Garcia posted a 2:20.31 to lead the Lightning to victory. A couple events later in the 200 m freestyle the Lightning swept the top three places with Reynoso,
Alexis Vasquez and
Claudia Rodriguez claiming the top three spots. Ovalles continued her strong season by earning gold in the 50 free in a time of 31.70.
Angela Mejia went on to win the 200 IM in 2:51.04. In the 100 fly, Mejia took the top spot while
Yaidee Nieves finished in second. In the 100 back, Ovalles and
Susana Perez finished 1, 2.
Christy Maldonado won the 400 free after posting a 6:10.42.
The basketball teams travel to Medgar Evers. The women are scheduled to play the 6:00 PM game with the men's game to follow.
The Lehman women are coming off a 107-53 victory over John Jay. In that contest,
Amely Del Rosario registered a career high 39 points to pace the Lightning.
Karrin Walker added her fifth double double of the season scoring 21 points while grabbing 14 rebounds. Lehman (11-6:6-2) has won four of their last five. Earlier this season the Lighting defeated the Cougars 62-48. Medgar Evers comes into tonight's contest with a record of 1-15 overall and 1-8 in league play. Danyelle Foster is averaging 16.6 points per game for the Cougars.
The Lightning (12-5:7-2) fell 73-71 to John Jay in their most recent outing.
Olando Minott paced Lehman with 21 points. The Cougars have dropped their last three, all at home and come into tonight's contest owning a 7-11 mark and a 4-5 record in CUNYAC. Matthew Lee is averaging just over 29 points per game and leads the conference in scoring.
Neither live stats or video will be available for either basketball game.
