Katie Swett, Women's Swimming & Diving
On the heels of a win over Wesleyan last weekend that featured the strength of the diving squad, the swimmers played a critical role in the Jumbos' victory over MIT this Saturday. One swimmer was particularly instrumental in the win — senior tri-captain Katie Swett.
While Tufts pulled out a 164-136 victory last year, this year's 170-130 win over the Div. I Engineers was larger, in part thanks to Swett. She racked up wins in four events Saturday, tallying 38 of the team's total points and accounting for more than the overall margin of victory. Swett was a member of the 400-yard medley relay squad, which won the meet's opening event, before going on to individual victories in the 100-yard breaststroke, 200-yard breaststroke and 400-yard IM.
Swett, who has been consistently amassing victories all season and is a crucial component of a Jumbo squad that is now 6-1, won her events in dominating fashion. On her way to a nearly one-second margin of victory in the final of the 100 breaststroke, she equaled her season-best time with 1:11.15 in the seeded round. Swett then went on to win the 200 breast and 400 IM by margins of 4.01 and 1.85 seconds, respectively.
Tom Derosa, Ice Hockey
Down a goal against Bowdoin in the third period Saturday, the ice hockey team seemed poised to continue its five-game winless streak, but following a Polar Bear penalty, Tufts sophomore Tom Derosa netted his team-leading ninth goal with exactly 10 minutes left in regulation. With the score knotted at three, the sides were even-strength until Tufts junior Doug Wilson found his way into the penalty box for cross-checking. Despite the one-man disadvantage, Derosa converted a game-winning goal thanks to the second assists of the game by freshman Nick Resor and sophomore Dylan Cooper. It was Derosa's team-leading third game-winner of the year and Tufts's second short-handed goal of the season. The third-period comeback vaulted the Jumbos into a tie for seventh place in the conference, improving their record to 6-7-1 overall (3-6-1 NESCAC/ECAC).
Derosa was also a key contributor in Tufts' tie against Colby on Friday night, which snapped the team's losing skid. Derosa gained his eighth assist of the year on a third-period Cooper goal to give Tufts a 3-2 lead. The Mules eventually tied the game at three apiece, but the tie preserved the Jumbos' undefeated home record this season.
Derosa, a transfer from Merrimack College, leads the Jumbos with 10 goals so far, and he ranks fifth in the conference in points per game with 1.2.
