Final Stats

BALTIMORE, Md. ---- Victories in a combined 22 events gave the Navy swimming and diving teams a sweep of UMBC Friday evening at the UMBC Aquatics Complex in Baltimore. Both Navy teams are now 2-0 on the young season and each UMBC squad is now 1-1 after the Mids won the men's meet by the score of 157-135 and the women's dual by the count of 167-128.

"The team swam and dove very well today," said Navy men's swimming head coach Bill Roberts. "We always enjoy competing against UMBC. Like last week (when the Mids defeated East Carolina), there are many things we know we can improve upon going forward."

"I was very pleased with our performances today in a challenging environment against a great team in UMBC," said Navy women's swimming head coach John Morrison. "Our depth played a big factor in our win today. It was nice to see that this early in the year. We will be counting on that the rest of the season."

The Navy women's team placed first and second in three events and first, second and third in an additional race. The Mids also won both relay races. The Navy men also swept the two relay events while placing first and second in two events and first, second and third in four other events.

Earning a trio of individual event wins on the day was Brayden Lauffer (Jr., Apex, N.C.), who won the 1000 free (9:30.53), 200 breaststroke (2:05.15) and 200 individual medley events (1:53.22) for the Navy men's squad.

Lauren Barber (Jr., New Wilmington, Pa.) and Ashley Boddiford (Fr., Oviedo, Fla.) each won a pair of individual events for the Navy women during the meet. Barber posted victories in the 200 freestyle (1:51.77) and 100 breaststroke events (2:11.77), with Boddiford winning the both backstroke events (58.13, 2:03.29).

Navy swept the two 100 breaststroke races, with Elyse MacIsaac (So., Stafford, Va.) winning the women's edition (1:06.76) and Dean Nguyen (Fr., Seattle, Wash.) the men's race (57.74). Mids also won both one-meter diving events as Megan Gerdes (Fr., Spring, Texas) scored 226.65 points to win the women's contest and Bradley Buchter (So., Hickory, N.C.) posted a score of 317.70 to win the men's event.

Additional event winners for the Navy women's team were Biz Graeff (Sr., Canton, Ohio) in the 50 free (24.61), Ali Kozlina (Fr., Cranberry Township, Pa.) in the 100 free (52.66) and Kaitlyn O'Reilly (Sr., Farmington, Minn.) in the 200 IM (2:08.96). Completing the list of men's winners was William Rittenhouse (Sr., London, England) in the 200 fly (1:54.76), Ryan Waters (Fr., Basking Ridge, N.J.) in the 500 free (4:38.44), Zach Piedt (Jr., Fort Mill, S.C.) in the 100 fly (50.73) and Jake Hedrick (Fr., Hummelstown, Pa.) on the three-meter diving board.

Both Navy teams will play host to Towson and Johns Hopkins on October 20 in Lejeune Hall.