SWIMMING & DIVING NOTEBOOK
Off to its best start in five years at 4-0, the Vermont women's swimming & diving team travels to Smithfield, Rhode Island on Sunday (Nov. 13) for a 12 p.m. dual meet against the Bryant Bulldogs. Free live video of the meet is available via NEC Front Row at the link below.

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LAST TIME OUT
Vermont preserved its perfect record last Saturday, improving to 4-0 and 3-0 in America East with a 45-point conference victory over Maine at Stanley M. Wallace Pool. Sarah Mantz racked up points in three different freestyle events in the dual meet, winning the 100-yard free by more than a second in 52.66 seconds with Kira Hancock in third (54.16). Mantz (1:54.62) and Sophia Smith (1:56.05) led the way in the 200 freestyle with a 1-2 finish, while Mantz (24.47) and Sierra Sexton (24.85) were 2-3 in the 50 free for UVM.

SCOUTING BRYANT
The Bulldogs enter Sunday's meet at 4-2 overall but fell last weekend to a pair of Northeast Conference rivals Central Connecticut and Wagner, who finished first and second at last year's NEC Championships. Bryant will travel to Providence for a meet against Brown and MIT on Saturday before returning to Smithfield for Sunday's matchup with UVM. The Bulldogs beat the schools' only common opponent Maine by a final score of 143-119 on Oct. 22. Bryant was third overall at its conference meet last year with 543 points, as Kelci Abernethy earned NEC Diver of the Meet honors and head diving coach Chuck Locurto was named NEC Diving Coach of the Year. 

LAST MEETING
Vermont defeated Bryant last season by 52 points at Forbush Natatorium. UVM's 200 medley relay team of Courtney Gray, Shannon Cowley, Audrey Shenkin, and Christa Weaver posted a time of 1:46.64 to break the pool record at Forbush and win the event. Vermont controlled the freestyle events as Kelly Lennon won the 200 free (1:53.71) and dominated the 500 free (5:14.20) by more than nine seconds. Two years ago, the Catamounts earned a 145.5-116.5 road victory over the Bulldogs. 

WHO'S NEXT
Vermont travels to Boston next weekend to compete in the Terrier Invitational from Friday, Nov. 18 to Sunday, Nov. 20. Preliminary competition is set to begin at 10 a.m. each day at Boston University's Aquatics Center. UVM is then off until Jan. 7, 2017 when it faces UMBC and Howard in Baltimore. 

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