St. Louis, Mo. - The Quincy University women's swim team fell to the University of Missouri-St. Louis Tritons on Saturday afternoon. The Tritons scored 141 points to the Hawks' 59 in the final meet of 2024. 

Quincy started the meet with a second place finish in the 200 medley relay courtesy of Olga Pucarevic, Faith Cummings, Vanja Vrbanec, and Bella Sparrow's 1:53.23 time. Elisa Armentia Moliner followed the race with a second-place finish in the 1,000-yard freestyle at 11:29.59. 

Pucarevic finished just a second behind the Triton's Romina Itzkovich in the 100 IM, finishing at 1:02.43. Ariaa Sheth repeated Pucarevic's fate, falling just a second behind the Tritons in the 100 freestyle with a 55.86-second time. 

The Hawks gained major points in the 200 backstroke, picking up nine for the second, third, and fourth place finishes. Sparrow started the Hawks off with a 2:16.21, followed by Armentia Moliner's 2:19.02, and finally, Pucarevic's 2:19.04. 

The Hawks completed their 2024 campaign with a second place finish in the 200 freestyle relay at 1:46.22, swam by Claire McDaris, Cassie Rankin, Vrbanec, and Sheth. 

The Hawks will take a month off of competitions for the holidays and return in January for a meet against the Redbirds of Illinois State.

"We made some great improvements in our racing but still have a bit to go," said Head Coach Bryan Chrsitiansen. "It's a distracting time with finals next week but we held together very well compared to where we marked ourselves a year ago!"

Top Finishers
200 Medley Relay, Second Place - 1:53.23 (Pucarevic, Cummings, Vrbanec, Sparrow)
1000 Free, Second Place - 11:29.59 (Armentia Moliner)
100 IM, Second Place - 1:02.43 (Pucarevic)
100 Free, Second Place - 55.86 (Sheth)
200 Back, Second Place - 2:16.21 (Sparrow)
200 Free Relay, Second Place - 1:46.22 (Sheth, McDaris, Rankin, Vrbanec)