Seniors Pace Women's Swimming and Diving in First Dual Meet of the Season at East Carolina

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GREENVILLE, N.C. - Seniors Alessia Cunegatti and Anna Kate Halligan paced the UNC Asheville Women's Swimming and Diving team in the first dual meet of the 2026-27 season at East Carolina over the last two days (Oct. 16-17). Despite these solid individual performances, the Bulldogs fell to East Carolina by a score of 251-96 in the meet.

On the diving boards, sophomore Eleanor Pichetto posted the highest finish for the Bulldogs with a score of 215.23 in the one-meter event for a third-place finish. Cunegatti scored in every event she swam in, taking second place in the 400 IM 4:32.75 and third in the 200 IM in 2:08.15. Cunegatti also finished fourth in the 200 Back in 2:09.77. Halligan also had a strong performance in the meet, finishing second in the 500 Free in 5:14.32 and also taking fourth in the 400 IM in 4:38.86.

"The staff is proud of how the swimmers and divers handled our first dual meet, especially being two days of competition," said head coach Elizabeth Lykins. "The new team members are learning how to navigate college meets and make corrections from one dive or race to the next."

The Bulldogs return to action next weekend (Oct. 23-24) with a diving exhibition on Friday and the swimmers taking on Campbell on Saturday. Diving is set for 4:00 p.m. on Friday (Oct. 23) from the Asheville Jewish Community Center, while swimming will start at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday (Oct. 24) at the Justice Center Pool.

Seniors Pace Women's Swimming and Diving in First Dual Meet of the Season at East Carolina

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Alessia Cunegatti

Anna Kate Halligan

Eleanor Pichetto

Players Mentioned

Alessia Cunegatti

Anna Kate Halligan

Eleanor Pichetto

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