FINAL SCORE: Vermont 177, Binghamton 105
BURLINGTON, Vt. – The Vermont women's swimming & diving team won 13 of 16 events on Saturday against Binghamton and cruised past the Bearcats 177-105 at Forbush Natatorium. The Catamounts begin the season 1-0 after the America East victory.
 
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"I am thrilled with where we are as a team," said Gerry Cournoyer.

UVM started the morning with a convincing win in the 200 medley relay thanks to Courtney Gray, Shannon Cowley, Dani Rocheleau, and Sarah Mantz (1:46.89).
 
Mantz later won a pair of individual freestyle events for the Catamounts, claiming the 50 free in 24.15 seconds and the 100 free in 52.32. Mantz fell a half second short in the 200 free (1:54.09) to teammate Kelly Lennon, who won in 1:53.57. Lennon was also victorious in the 500 free, winning by 14 seconds with a time of 5:09.65.
 
Gray (58.89) and Rocheleau (58.94) were separated by just five hundredths of a second in the 100 backstroke for first and second. Morgan Montgomery was third in the 100 back but won the 200-yard event with a time of 2:06.49.
 
Haley Gula was narrowly edged by Cowley (1:06.99) in the 100 breaststroke, but took the 200 breast by more than five seconds in 2:26.53. Gray won her second individual event with the 100 butterfly in 57.70, while Alexy Novelli (2:08.22) clinched the 200 fly by three and a half seconds.
 
Chandler Brandes outlasted the competition in the 1000 free, touching the wall in a time of 10:48.57 ahead of teammate Kristina Posnick (10:53.70).
 
In the diving events, Madison Soucy had the highest score in the 1-meter at 201.65 and was second overall in the 3-meter (185.45).
 
The Catamounts return to Forbush next Saturday as they welcome America East rival UNH to Burlington for an 11 a.m. meet. Free live video is available in HD via CatamounTV.com.