WESTMINISTER, Md.- The Ursinus men's swimming team secured their third straight victory, defeating McDaniel College, 79-43, on Saturday afternoon on the road.
 
The win improves the Bears to 4-1 overall, and 3-1 in Centennial Conference action. Meanwhile, McDaniel falls to 0-6 on the season, and 0-4 in conference play with the loss.
 
The Bears got out to a favorable start, as a team of first-year Cooper Williams, and juniors Josh Travers, Quinn Grosvenor, and Jack Campbell won the 200-yard medley relay with a time of - 1:42.92. Next, in the 400 IM, Ursinus recorded the top-two times, courtesy of senior Adam Denn (4:49.97) and sophomore Brady May (4:59.28).
 
Sophomore Alexander Nicolai continued his strong campaign with a win in the 200-yard freestyle (1:49.94), before Williams won the 100-yard backstroke (57.50). It was the first of two victories for Williams, who also placed first in the 500-yard freestyle (5:10.33).
 
Senior Jack Giuliana had a big day, with three individual victories. It began with a win in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:06.53), continuing with the 100-yard freestyle (49.65), and finishing off with the 200 IM (2:07.41). His time in the breaststroke race was a personal-best.
 
First-year Ethan Whitehurst placed second in the 200-yard butterfly (2:13.59), before Travers (23.29) and Denn (26.77) took second and third in the 50-yard freestyle.
 
Points from placing second and third were key for Ursinus all day. Nicolai (2:14.36) and May (2:15.16) placed two-three in the 200-yard backstroke, before sophomore Elian Murillo Rios (2:27.98) and Denn (2:33.98) earned the same places in the 200 yard breaststroke. Travers (55.65) and Whitehurst (57.66) then took second and third in the 100-yard butterfly. Ursinus claimed twelve crucial points from their efforts.
 
The meet closed with a victory in the 400-yard freestyle relay for the Bears, as a team of Campbell, Travers, Nicolai, and Williams finished in 1:32.50.
 
Ursinus will return to action on Saturday, November 13th as they host Kutztown University at home at 1:00 p.m.