COLLEGEVILLE, Pa. - The Ursinus women's swimming team cruised to a 127-69 victory over Bryn Mawr College on Friday evening at the William Elliott Pool.
The win improves the Bears to 2-2 overall and in Centennial Conference duals. Bryn Mawr falls to 1-4, both overall and in conference.
Ursinus got out to a strong start once again, as a team of junior
Maria Wehmeyer, first-year
Sarah Boucher, sophomore
Isabella Warren, and first-year
Elise Brelsford won the 200-medley relay in 1:54.51.
First-year
Maggie Goodman then earned her first collegiate win, finishing the 1000-yard freestyle in 11:13.06. The strong performance by first-years was a key theme throughout the meet.
Caroline Hancock earned her first collegiate win in the 200-yard freestyle (2:03.76), before Boucher followed up her relay performance with a victory in the 50-yard freestyle (25.86).
Mia Greco then built on an impressive college debut the week prior, winning the 200 yard I.M(2:16.37). Ursinus continued to put on a show after the meet's first break, this time with the upperclassmen taking the spotlight.
Senior
Melanie Hahn (1:02.75) and sophomore
Isabella Warren (56.65) took victory in the 100-yard butterfly and 100-yard freestyle, before senior
Morgan Valeriano (1:01.39) and Wehmeyer (5:38.31) won the 100-yard backstroke and 500-yard freestyle.
The meet closed with two final victories for the Bears, allowing them to win every single event on the night. Boucher got her second win of the night in the 100-yard breaststroke, and a team of Greco, Warren, Hahn, and Hancock won the 200-yard freestyle relay in 1:42.44.
Ursinus will return to action on Saturday, October 31st, as they take on Widener University at home, at 1:00 p.m.