Women's Swimming Beats Penn State Altoona

ERIE, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend women's swimming and diving team recorded a victory with a 128-65 decision over Penn State Altoona on Saturday afternoon.  

Score: Penn State Behrend 128, Penn State Altoona 65
Location: Erie, Pa. | Junker Center Pool

Key Moments:

* The Lions won nine events
* Barbie Cessar (Slippery Rock, PA/Slippery Rock), Marcella Puglia (Beaver Falls, PA/Blackhawk), Valerie Grimes (Farmington, PA/Uniontown) and Jessica Wyckoff (Elma, NY/Iroquois) won the 200 medley relay with a time of 2:06.14 to pull in 11 points for Behrend
* Puglia and Wyckoff each one two total events, the relay and one individual
* Cessar won three events for the Lions, totaling 29 points for the team

First-Place Finishers:

* Puglia – 1000 freestyle (11:20.99)
* Alison McClure (Loveland, OH/Milford) – 200 freestyle (2:14.36)
* Abigail Witmer (Herndon, VA/Herndon) – 100 backstroke (1:06.22), 200 backstroke (2:22.82)
* Cessar – 100 breaststroke (1:15.73); 200 breaststroke (2:42.29)
* Laura Barmore (Ashville, NY/Panama Central) – 50 freestyle (28.61)
* Wyckoff – 100 freestyle (57.37)


Next Up

* The Lions return to action on Friday at Malone in non-conference action beginning at 5 p.m.