UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. (Nov. 14, 2003) - The three-week layoff for the Penn State women's swimming and diving team didn't hurt the squad in the pool as the Nittany Lions beat No. 21 Washington 157-137 in their home opener Friday at McCoy Natatorium.

The Penn State men put out its best effort of the season against No. 14 Washington, but fell 136-152 in its second home meet of the 2003-04 season.

Junior Courtney Stanchock (Bloomsburg, Pa.) and sophomore Lisa Silvestri (Huntingdon Valley, Pa.) each came away with two individual wins to lead the 12th-ranked women's team to its second win of the season.

"I thought the women were steady and had a good effort," said Penn State head coach Bill Dorenkott. "We're working towards being at our best in February and March."

Stanchock, who also picked up a win with the 400-yard medley relay team (3 minutes, 46 seconds) won the 100 breaststroke in 1:03.27 and the 200 breaststroke in 2:17.48.

Along with Stanchock on the 400 medley relay team were Sarah Haupt (Carlisle, Pa.), Jennifer Eberst (Clifton Park, N.Y.) and Larissa Kavchok (Emmaus, Pa.).

Kavchock also picked up a first-place finish in the 100 freestyle with a time of 51.71 seconds.

Sophomore Amberle Biedermann (Colorado Springs, Co.) also picked up a win for Penn State in the 100 butterfly in 55.57 seconds.

Silvestri won both the 1-meter diving (314.40) and the 3-meter diving (334.50) competitions. Silvestri was followed closely in 1-meter diving by teammates Maggie O'Brien (Minnetonka, Minn.), who finished second with 310.65, and Alison Riccobono (Ypsilanti, Mich.), who took third with 309.68.

The Huskies' women dropped to 5-2 on the year.

The Penn State men dropped to 0-4 on the season, but had its best overall performance of the season against the 14th-ranked Huskies, who improved to 7-0. The Nittany Lions came away with eight victories in the dual meet. Sophomore Willie Gordon (Alpharetta, Ga.), senior Todd Minnier (Avon Lake, Ohio) and junior Adam Pierce (Conroe, Texas) each came away with a pair of individual victories for Penn State.

Gordon continued his strong early season with wins in the 1000 freestyle (9:23.68) and the 500 freestyle (4:37.00). He also picked up a win with his teammates in the 400 freestyle relay (3:05.17). Northrop, freshman Nate Torok (Newtown, Pa.) and freshman Ofer Finkler (Rishon Lezion, Israel) were also on the winning 400 freestyle relay team. Minnier returned after a one-week hiatus and picked up victories in the 200 freestyle (1:38.89) and the 100 freestyle (44.92).

Pierce was victorious in the 1-meter and 3-meter diving competitions with scores of 345.75 and 341.25, respectively.

Both Penn State teams will be back in action when they play host to St. Bonaventure, 3 p.m. Nov. 21 at McCoy Natatorium.

"I thought the guys did an excellent job," Dorenkott said. "We are getting better. Washington is ranked No. 14 so we must be around No. 15. I thought Chris Ippoliti and Daryl Northrop really got after it today."

Ippoliti finished second in the 200 IM (1:55.48) and fourth in the 100 breaststroke (57.69).

For more information on Penn State men's and women's swimming and diving, please visit Penn State's official athletic website at www.GoPSUsports.com.

 Penn State Swimming and Diving Results Women: No. 12 Penn State 157, No. 21 Washington 137 Men: No. 14 Washington 152, Penn State 136 Event 1 Women 400 Yard Medley Relay =============================================================================== School Seed Finals Points =============================================================================== 1 Penn State University NT 3:46.73 11 1) Haupt, Sarah E SO 2) Stanchock, Courtney L JR 3) Eberst, Jennifer A JR 4) Kavchok, Larissa H JR 2 University of Washington NT 3:51.28 4 1) Johnson, Desiree JR 2) Staubitz, Melody SR 3) Hilyard, Anissa JR 4) Epperson, Brittany FR 3 Penn State University 'B' NT 3:52.13 2 1) Frank, Chelsea M FR 2) Woodring, Kristen M SR 3) Semchyshen, Lauren L JR 4) Smith, Kerry L JR 4 University of Washington 'B' NT 3:56.22 1) Bernhard, Nicole SO 2) Kloos, Erin JR 3) Sherfey, Casey JR 4) Liu, Liya SO 5 University of Washington 'C' NT x4:02.83 1) Real, Nichole J 2) Trimberger, Brittany SO 3) Owen, Rachel SO 4) Hentzen, Courtney JR Event 2 Men 400 Yard Medley Relay =============================================================================== School Seed Finals Points =============================================================================== 1 University of Washington NT 3:23.59 11 1) Rose, Derek SR 2) Davis, Phil SR 3) Adrian, Justin SR 4) Divald, Lorant JR 2 University of Washington 'B' NT 3:25.17 4 1) Berzerra, Diogo JR 2) Ekhoff, Luke SR 3) Osborne, Jared FR 4) Wolfe, Jim JR 3 Penn State University NT 3:26.61 2 1) Torok, Nate A FR 2) Velez, Dan N SO 3) Johansson, Patrik G JR 4) Northrop, Daryl M JR 4 Penn State University 'B' NT 3:30.90 1) McLin, Shawn M SO 2) Ippoliti, Chris C SO 3) Kaiserian, Dan E FR 4) Thompson, Dustin E JR 5 University of Washington 'C' NT x3:35.40 1) Bray, Brendon SR 2) Nitz, Jesse SR 3) Gillis, Craig JR 4) Barclift, Cameron JR Event 3 Women 1000 Yard Freestyle =============================================================================== Name Year School Seed Finals Points =============================================================================== 1 Olson, Sharon SO Univ of Wash NT 9:55.52 9 2 Murphy, Patty L SO Penn State NT 9:58.21 4 3 Collins, Nikki B FR Penn State NT 10:02.74 3 4 Jo, Hannah JR Univ of Wash NT 10:23.90 2 5 Wolcott, Haley SO Univ of Wash NT 10:24.59 1 6 Eberwein, Krystle L SR Penn State NT 10:25.35 Event 4 Men 1000 Yard Freestyle =============================================================================== Name Year School Seed Finals Points =============================================================================== 1 Gordon, Willie A SO Penn State NT 9:23.68 9 2 Healy, Pat J FR Penn State NT 9:36.08 4 3 Lyssand, John SR Univ of Wash NT 9:36.73 3 4 Quinn, Kevin JR Univ of Wash NT 9:44.23 2 5 Monson, Chris SR Univ of Wash NT 10:07.48 1 Event 5 Women 200 Yard Freestyle =============================================================================== Name Year School Seed Finals Points =============================================================================== 1 Liu, Liya SO Univ of Wash NT 1:51.38 9 2 Keefe, Margy L FR Penn State NT 1:51.76 4 3 Kavchok, Larissa H JR Penn State NT 1:53.08 3 4 Morris, Erin M FR Penn State NT 1:53.49 2 5 Real, Nichole J Univ of Wash NT 1:54.62 1 6 Murray, Blythe FR Univ of Wash NT 1:54.92 Event 6 Men 200 Yard Freestyle =============================================================================== Name Year School Seed Finals Points =============================================================================== 1 Minnier, Todd J SR Penn State NT 1:38.89 9 2 Wolfe, Jim JR Univ of Wash NT 1:40.39 4 3 Divald, Lorant JR Univ of Wash NT 1:41.42 3 4 Finkler, Ofer FR Penn State NT 1:43.25 2 5 Lee, Justin SO Univ of Wash NT 1:45.47 1 Event 7 Women 100 Yard Backstroke =============================================================================== Name Year School Seed Finals Points =============================================================================== 1 Johnson, Desiree JR Univ of Wash NT 56.42 9 2 Haupt, Sarah E SO Penn State NT 56.49 4 3 Vayo, Annette JR Univ of Wash NT 57.14 3 4 Bernhard, Nicole SO Univ of Wash NT 58.46 2 5 Shepherd, Sara L JR Penn State NT 58.88 1 6 Barnes, Jessica B FR Penn State NT 59.13 Event 8 Men 100 Yard Backstroke =============================================================================== Name Year School Seed Finals Points =============================================================================== 1 Rose, Derek SR Univ of Wash NT 50.95 9 2 Berzerra, Diogo JR Univ of Wash NT 51.49 4 3 Torok, Nate A FR Penn State NT 51.55 3 4 McLin, Shawn M SO Penn State NT 51.76 2 5 Hardesty, Kurt SO Univ of Wash NT 52.99 1 Event 9 Women 100 Yard Breaststroke =============================================================================== Name Year School Seed Finals Points =============================================================================== 1 Stanchock, Courtney L JR Penn State NT 1:03.27 9 2 Woodring, Kristen M SR Penn State NT 1:04.35 4 3 Kloos, Erin JR Univ of Wash NT 1:05.94 3 4 Staubitz, Melody SR Univ of Wash NT 1:07.79 2 5 Trimberger, Brittany SO Univ of Wash NT 1:07.92 1 6 Palera, Megan E FR Penn State NT 1:10.69 Event 10 Men 100 Yard Breaststroke =============================================================================== Name Year School Seed Finals Points =============================================================================== 1 Davis, Phil SR Univ of Wash NT 56.47 9 2 Ekhoff, Luke SR Univ of Wash NT 56.87 4 3 Velez, Dan N SO Penn State NT 57.09 3 4 Ippoliti, Chris C SO Penn State NT 57.69 2 5 Zucca, Mark S JR Penn State NT 59.08 1 6 Nitz, Jesse SR Univ of Wash NT 59.10 -- Tucker, Bobby E SR Penn State NT X1:00.83 Event 11 Women 200 Yard Butterfly =============================================================================== Name Year School Seed Finals Points =============================================================================== 1 Hilyard, Anissa JR Univ of Wash NT 2:00.76 9 2 Biedermann, Amberle M SO Penn State NT 2:01.81 4 3 Sherfey, Casey JR Univ of Wash NT 2:06.47 3 4 Eberst, Jennifer A JR Penn State NT 2:06.99 2 5 Jo, Hannah JR Univ of Wash NT 2:07.10 1 6 Hawley, Claire W FR Penn State NT 2:10.32 Event 12 Men 200 Yard Butterfly =============================================================================== Name Year School Seed Finals Points =============================================================================== 1 Adrian, Justin SR Univ of Wash NT 1:52.80 9 2 Thompson, Dustin E JR Penn State NT 1:53.58 4 3 Gillis, Craig JR Univ of Wash NT 1:55.52 3 4 Kornacki, Richard A SO Penn State NT 1:58.19 2 5 Osborne, Jared FR Univ of Wash NT 2:03.23 1 Event 13 Women 50 Yard Freestyle =============================================================================== Name Year School Seed Finals Points =============================================================================== 1 Epperson, Brittany FR Univ of Wash NT 23.91 9 2 Dlugonski, Dee M JR Penn State NT 24.27 4 3 Vayo, Annette JR Univ of Wash NT 24.64 3 4 Smith, Kerry L JR Penn State NT 24.66 2 5 Cheng, Genie J FR Penn State NT 24.78 1 6 Fanning, Lisa SR Univ of Wash NT 24.87 Event 14 Men 50 Yard Freestyle =============================================================================== Name Year School Seed Finals Points =============================================================================== 1 Northrop, Daryl M JR Penn State NT 21.36 9 2 Rose, Derek SR Univ of Wash NT 21.41 4 3 Davis, Phil SR Univ of Wash NT 21.85 3 4 Johansson, Patrik G JR Penn State NT 21.93 2 5 Barclift, Cameron JR Univ of Wash NT 22.42 1 6 Kaiserian, Dan E FR Penn State NT 22.63 Event 15 Women 1 mtr Diving =============================================================================== Name Year School Seed Finals Points =============================================================================== 1 Silvestri, Lisa E SO Penn State NT 314.40 9 2 O'Brien, Maggie J SR Penn State NT 310.65 4 3 Riccobono, Alison R SO Penn State NT 309.68 3 4 Pagnotta, Corey A JR Penn State NT x290.87 Event 16 Men 1 mtr Diving =============================================================================== Name Year School Seed Finals Points =============================================================================== 1 Pierce, Adam JR Penn State NT 345.75 9 2 Alderman, Mike C SO Penn State NT 328.43 4 Event 17 Women 100 Yard Freestyle =============================================================================== Name Year School Seed Finals Points =============================================================================== 1 Kavchok, Larissa H JR Penn State NT 51.71 9 2 Liu, Liya SO Univ of Wash NT 51.79 4 3 Biedermann, Amberle M SO Penn State NT 51.91 3 4 Dlugonski, Dee M JR Penn State NT 52.52 2 5 Epperson, Brittany FR Univ of Wash NT 52.91 1 6 Fanning, Lisa SR Univ of Wash NT 53.88 Event 18 Men 100 Yard Freestyle =============================================================================== Name Year School Seed Finals Points =============================================================================== 1 Minnier, Todd J SR Penn State NT 44.92 9 2 Adrian, Justin SR Univ of Wash NT 45.85 4 3 Northrop, Daryl M JR Penn State NT 46.19 3 4 Divald, Lorant JR Univ of Wash NT 46.92 2 5 Lee, Justin SO Univ of Wash NT 47.99 1 6 Finkler, Ofer FR Penn State NT 48.13 Event 19 Women 200 Yard Backstroke =============================================================================== Name Year School Seed Finals Points =============================================================================== 1 Bernhard, Nicole SO Univ of Wash NT 2:01.82 9 2 Shepherd, Sara L JR Penn State NT 2:03.20 4 3 Barnes, Jessica B FR Penn State NT 2:05.39 3 4 Real, Nichole J Univ of Wash NT 2:06.16 2 5 Vayo, Annette JR Univ of Wash NT 2:06.32 1 6 Haupt, Sarah E SO Penn State NT 2:06.64 Event 20 Men 200 Yard Backstroke =============================================================================== Name Year School Seed Finals Points =============================================================================== 1 Berzerra, Diogo JR Univ of Wash NT 1:50.37 9 2 Torok, Nate A FR Penn State NT 1:51.02 4 3 McLin, Shawn M SO Penn State NT 1:53.17 3 4 Bray, Brendon SR Univ of Wash NT 1:53.80 2 5 Hardesty, Kurt SO Univ of Wash NT 2:01.03 1 Event 21 Women 200 Yard Breaststroke =============================================================================== Name Year School Seed Finals Points =============================================================================== 1 Stanchock, Courtney L JR Penn State NT 2:17.48 9 2 Kloos, Erin JR Univ of Wash NT 2:21.17 4 3 Woodring, Kristen M SR Penn State NT 2:23.69 3 4 Trimberger, Brittany SO Univ of Wash NT 2:24.53 2 5 Owen, Rachel SO Univ of Wash NT 2:29.23 1 6 Palera, Megan E FR Penn State NT 2:30.94 Event 22 Men 200 Yard Breaststroke =============================================================================== Name Year School Seed Finals Points =============================================================================== 1 Ekhoff, Luke SR Univ of Wash NT 2:02.54 9 2 Davis, Phil SR Univ of Wash NT 2:04.05 4 3 Velez, Dan N SO Penn State NT 2:04.82 3 4 Nitz, Jesse SR Univ of Wash NT 2:07.39 2 5 Zucca, Mark S JR Penn State NT 2:07.63 1 6 Tucker, Bobby E SR Penn State NT 2:13.81 Event 23 Women 500 Yard Freestyle =============================================================================== Name Year School Seed Finals Points =============================================================================== 1 Olson, Sharon SO Univ of Wash NT 4:51.71 9 2 Keefe, Margy L FR Penn State NT 4:53.73 4 3 Collins, Nikki B FR Penn State NT 4:57.49 3 4 Morris, Erin M FR Penn State NT 5:00.29 2 5 Bernhard, Nicole SO Univ of Wash NT 5:02.03 1 6 Murray, Blythe FR Univ of Wash NT 5:13.81 -- Murphy, Patty L SO Penn State NT X4:56.14 -- Covey, Rikki J FR Penn State NT X5:10.21 -- Hentzen, Courtney JR Univ of Wash NT X5:11.67 -- Eberwein, Krystle L SR Penn State NT X5:13.24 Event 24 Men 500 Yard Freestyle =============================================================================== Name Year School Seed Finals Points =============================================================================== 1 Gordon, Willie A SO Penn State NT 4:37.00 9 2 Wolfe, Jim JR Univ of Wash NT 4:39.64 4 3 Healy, Pat J FR Penn State NT 4:42.02 3 4 Quinn, Kevin JR Univ of Wash NT 4:44.45 2 5 Lyssand, John SR Univ of Wash NT 4:46.47 1 6 Kornacki, Richard A SO Penn State NT 4:51.05 Event 25 Women 100 Yard Butterfly =============================================================================== Name Year School Seed Finals Points =============================================================================== 1 Biedermann, Amberle M SO Penn State NT 55.57 9 2 Hilyard, Anissa JR Univ of Wash NT 56.79 4 3 Eberst, Jennifer A JR Penn State NT 57.99 3 4 Sherfey, Casey JR Univ of Wash NT 58.03 2 5 Johnson, Desiree JR Univ of Wash NT 58.11 1 6 Semchyshen, Lauren L JR Penn State NT 59.01 Event 26 Men 100 Yard Butterfly =============================================================================== Name Year School Seed Finals Points =============================================================================== 1 Adrian, Justin SR Univ of Wash NT 48.56 9 2 Minnier, Todd J SR Penn State NT 49.21 4 3 Osborne, Jared FR Univ of Wash NT 52.12 3 4 Gillis, Craig JR Univ of Wash NT 52.55 2 5 Finkler, Ofer FR Penn State NT 52.71 1 6 Johansson, Patrik G JR Penn State NT 53.44 Event 27 Women 3 mtr Diving =============================================================================== Name Year School Seed Finals Points =============================================================================== 1 Silvestri, Lisa E SO Penn State NT 334.50 9 2 O'Brien, Maggie J SR Penn State NT 325.50 4 3 Riccobono, Alison R SO Penn State NT 321.98 3 4 Pagnotta, Corey A JR Penn State NT x266.48 Event 28 Men 3 mtr Diving =============================================================================== Name Year School Seed Finals Points =============================================================================== 1 Pierce, Adam JR Penn State NT 341.25 9 2 Alderman, Mike C SO Penn State NT 295.20 4 Event 29 Women 200 Yard IM =============================================================================== Name Year School Seed Finals Points =============================================================================== 1 Olson, Sharon SO Univ of Wash NT 2:05.90 9 2 Stanchock, Courtney L JR Penn State NT 2:06.47 4 3 Jo, Hannah JR Univ of Wash NT 2:06.74 3 4 Hilyard, Anissa JR Univ of Wash NT 2:08.06 2 5 Palera, Megan E FR Penn State NT 2:08.61 1 6 Hawley, Claire W FR Penn State NT 2:09.91 Event 30 Men 200 Yard IM =============================================================================== Name Year School Seed Finals Points =============================================================================== 1 Ekhoff, Luke SR Univ of Wash NT 1:52.55 9 2 Ippoliti, Chris C SO Penn State NT 1:55.48 4 3 Barclift, Cameron JR Univ of Wash NT 1:57.93 3 4 Monson, Chris SR Univ of Wash NT 1:58.32 2 5 Thompson, Dustin E JR Penn State NT 1:59.15 1 6 Gordon, Willie A SO Penn State NT 2:00.06 Event 31 Women 400 Yard Freestyle Relay =============================================================================== School Seed Finals Points =============================================================================== 1 University of Washington NT 3:28.56 11 1) Liu, Liya SO 2) Epperson, Brittany FR 3) Johnson, Desiree JR 4) Olson, Sharon SO 2 Penn State University 'C' NT 3:30.59 4 1) Kavchok, Larissa H JR 2) Semchyshen, Lauren L JR 3) Smith, Kerry L JR 4) Shepherd, Sara L JR 3 Penn State University NT 3:32.63 2 1) Dlugonski, Dee M JR 2) Haupt, Sarah E SO 3) Collins, Nikki B FR 4) Eberst, Jennifer A JR 4 Penn State University 'B' NT x3:33.35 1) Biedermann, Amberle M SO 2) Morris, Erin M FR 3) Cheng, Genie J FR 4) Keefe, Margy L FR 5 University of Washington 'B' NT 3:35.57 1) Staubitz, Melody SR 2) Fanning, Lisa SR 3) Murray, Blythe FR 4) Kloos, Erin JR Event 32 Men 400 Yard Freestyle Relay =============================================================================== School Seed Finals Points =============================================================================== 1 Penn State University 'C' NT 3:05.17 11 1) Minnier, Todd J SR 2) Northrop, Daryl M JR 3) Torok, Nate A FR 4) Finkler, Ofer FR 2 University of Washington NT 3:05.81 4 1) Rose, Derek SR 2) Divald, Lorant JR 3) Osborne, Jared FR 4) Wolfe, Jim JR 3 University of Washington 'B' NT 3:15.43 2 1) Barclift, Cameron JR 2) Lee, Justin SO 3) Berzerra, Diogo JR 4) Quinn, Kevin JR 4 Penn State University NT 3:16.31 1) Kaiserian, Dan E FR 2) Johansson, Patrik G JR 3) Ippoliti, Chris C SO 4) McLin, Shawn M SO 5 Penn State University 'B' NT x3:23.60 1) Kornacki, Richard A SO 2) Gordon, Willie A SO 3) Velez, Dan N SO 4) Healy, Pat J FR Event 33 Women 100 Yard Freestyle Time Trial =============================================================================== Name Year School Seed Finals =============================================================================== - Time Trial -- Ahrenhold, Rachel M FR Penn State NT X53.28 -- Frank, Chelsea M FR Penn State NT X55.22 -- Covey, Rikki J FR Penn State NT X55.35