NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y. – Junior Kat Anticev and junior Devin Brindle both won two events, to lead the Holy Cross women's swimming and diving team to a 163-135 victory over Iona at the Hynes Center Pool. The Crusaders improve to 1-2 on the season, while the Gaels fall to 4-1 overall.

HOW IT HAPPENED:
• Anticev won the 1,000-yard freestyle in a personal best time of 10:25.81, in addition to placing first in the 500-yard freestyle (5:06.72).
• Brindle claimed first place in both the 100-yard freestyle (51.58) and the 100-yard butterfly (56.22).
• Sophomore Nora Herbstzuber had personal best times in both the 100-yard breaststroke (first place / 1:04.74) and the 200-yard breaststroke (second place / 2:25.05).
• Sophomore Brenna Short won the one-meter diving with an NCAA Zone qualifying score of 281.25, while freshman Jillian James took first place in the three-meter diving (241.75).
• Junior Megan Nelson finished first in the 200-yard butterfly (2:06.74), and senior Nora Smillie came in first in the 50-yard freestyle (24.09).
• The team of Smillie, senior Ainsley Nalen, junior Courtney Boghosian and Brindle won the 400-yard freestyle relay with a time of 3:32.18.
• Also setting new personal bests for the Crusaders were sophomore Lily Mitchell (1,000-yard freestyle / 10:38.27), sophomore Ellie Reinhart (200-yard individual medley / 2:09.87) and sophomore Samantha Schwarting (1,000-yard freestyle / 10:46.05).

UP NEXT:
• Holy Cross returns to action on Friday, Nov. 7, when it plays host to Bryant at 3:30 p.m.

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