NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Unbeaten Yale was just too much for the Cornell women's swimming and diving team to handle, as the Bulldogs defeated the Big Red, 196-98, on Saturday morning in New Haven, Connecticut. With the loss, Cornell drops to 2-6 overall and 0-6 in conference action, while Yale improves to 7-0 overall and 5-0 in the Ivy League.

Demetra Williams picked up Cornell's lone win of the meet in the 1-meter diving, grabbing the victory with 258.30 points. Elise Jendritz also notched a top-three finish in the event, placing third with 246.90 points. Williams and Jendritz are beginning to make quite the diving duo, as the pair also did well in the 3-meter diving, finishing second (288.83) and third (278.85), respectively.

Maegan Rudolph notched the Big Red's top finish in the swimming events, touching the wall second in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 57.63.

A trio of Cornell freshmen were faces to watch on Saturday, as Melissa Parker, Aviva Muñoz, and Alexandra Handlin all recorded top-three finishes in their respective events. Parker finished third in both the 50-yard freestyle (24.52) and 100-yard freestyle (53.84), while Muñoz placed third in the 100-yard backstroke (59.14). Handlin finished third in the 200-yard backstroke (2:07.58).

Laurel Kiselis and Sophia Cherkez also performed well, as Kiselis placed third in the 200-yard freestyle (1:57.29) and Cherkez finished third in the 200-yard IM (2:08.19).

The Big Red women's swimming and diving team will return to Ithaca, N.Y. to host Brown on Jan. 24-25 in its final meet before the Ivy League Championships on Feb. 19-22. The diving events are scheduled for a 5:30 p.m. start on Friday, Jan. 24, with the swimming events following on Saturday, Jan. 25 at 11 a.m. at the Teagle Pool. The meet will be the Big Red's senior day.