Duquesne Dukes Fan Forum / Dukes' women's swim team in 3rd place in 3rd day of A-10 Championship

**Posted by godukes1970** 2/18/2017 12:17 am

Following Richmond (413) in the women’s standings are Massachusetts (381),Duquesne (342.5), Fordham (296.5), Davidson (273), George Washington (214), George Mason (185.5), Rhode Island (151.5), St. Bonaventure (137.5), Saint Louis (136) and La Salle (115.5).

http://www.atlantic10.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=31600&ATCLID=211484202&_ga=1.114662596.271035072.1487394536

**Posted by yak-rbc** 2/19/2017 1:00 am

http://www.goduquesne.com/sports/w-swim/recaps/021917aab.html

ended up finishing 2nd for the second consecutive year. richmond won again, but the gap between #1 and #2 fell from nearly 170 points to less than 75.

**Posted by godukes1970** 2/20/2017 1:51 am

yak-rbc wrote:
http://www.goduquesne.com/sports/w-swim/recaps/021917aab.html

ended up finishing 2nd for the second consecutive year. richmond won again, but the gap between #1 and #2 fell from nearly 170 points to less than 75.

In this year's A-10 Championship Swim Meet, 57 of the 570 points earned by 1st place women's finisher Richmond Univ. came from 4th and 7th places in the 1 meter diving event (27 points) and 2nd and 6th places in the 3 meter event (30 points). Since the Dukes did not field a diving team this season, they did not have an opportunity to score any points in these two events. The Dukes will have a women's diving team next season which will give them a chance to earn points in the two diving events and perhaps tighten the point differential between them and Richmond, the perennial A-10 women's champion, and maybe even beat Richmond once the Dukes' diving team gets more experience.