Last Saturday, Jan. 22 the women’s swimming and diving team defeated Wheeling Jesuit University 137-120 in Wheeling, WV.
The Fighting Scots women were led by double-winners Mariah McGovern ’14, Adriana Hoak ’14 and Melissa Haug ’12 in their decisive victory over the Cardinals. Unfortunately, the Wooster men were defeated by the Cardinals 142-112.
McGovern began the day on a high note for the women with a win in the 1650 free (18:24.24) and later won the 500 free (5:23.33.)
Hoak and Haug also won twice, winning in the 200 free (2:03.64) and 100 free (56.50) and the 200 butterfly (2:14.25) and 100 butterfly (56.32), respectively.
Priscilla Haug ’12 and Caroline Hanson ’13 were also winners in the 200 back (2:14.32) and 200 backstroke (2:23.16), respectively.
The men were not as dominant, losing to Wheeling Jesuit in eight of the first nine events.† However, Peter Parisi ’13 was victorious in the 100 breaststroke (1:00.46) and the 200 breaststroke (2:18.09).† Later Brendan Horgan ’11 won the 100 butterfly (56.32) and Alex Lajoie ’13 made top honors in the 400 IM (437.30).
Just before the meet against Grove City, both the Wooster men’s and women’s teams won back-to-back meets against North Coast Athletic Conference schools Ohio Wesleyan University and Hiram College, the men’s longest winning streak.
Earlier in the season, the men and women hosted the Wooster Invitational at the Timken Natatorium. The women placed eighth of 10 and the men placed fourth of 10.
The women are currently 8-1, 3-0 NCAC and the men are 2-7, 2-1 NCAC.
Both the men and the women defeated conference rivals in the Battling Bishops of Ohio Wesleyan and† the Terriers of Hiram College.
Wittenberg University gave the men their only conference loss, while the women defeated the Tigers.
The Fighting Scots will host the† Grove City College Wolverines tomorrow at 1 p.m. at the Timken Natatorium.† After this meet, the Scots will continue on to the North Coast Athletic Conference Championships at Canton, Ohio on Feb. 10, the Kenyon Invitational at Gambier, Ohio on Feb. 19.
They will hope to conclude with a trip to the NCAA Division III Championships at Knoxville, Tennessee on March 23. This would be the team’s first trip to the tournament since the 2005-2006 season. The Scots would be longshots for the first championship in school history.