ALFRED, NY – The Penn State Behrend men's swimming and diving team earned their first dual-meet victory of the season, defeating Alfred State 162-117 on Saturday.

Score: Penn State Behrend 162, Alfred State 117
Location: Alfred, NY | Orvis Pool

Key Moments:

* The Behrend Lions won 11 of the 16 events on the day
* The Lions had eight different swimmers win first place (individual or relay)
* Liam Watterson (Brentwood, PA/Baldwin), Chase Bietz (Clearfield, P, A/Clearfield), Quinn Fischer (Fairview, PA/Cathedral Prep) and Jacob Schmidt (Erie, PA/Cathedral Prep) won the opening 200 medley relay in 1:39.99

First-Place Finishers:

* James Connolly (Allentown, PA/Parkland) – 1000 freestyle (10:39.10)
* Schmidt – 200 freestyle (1:47.46)
* Jacob Eshelman (Franklin, PA/Franklin) – 100 breaststroke (1:04.84), 100 freestyle (50.31)  
* Matt Karenbauer (Butler, PA/Knoch) – 200 butterfly (2:05.21), 100 butterfly (55.23)  
* Fischer – 50 freestyle (21.93)
* Watterson – 200 backstroke (2:08.17)
* Bietz – 200 breaststroke (2:14.28)
* Brady Mattson (Wilmington, DE/Delaware Military Academy) – 500 freestyle (5:06.76)

Next Up

* The Lions return to action on Saturday against Washington & Jefferson 1 p.m. at the Junker Center.