BALTIMORE, Md. –– Six members of the Navy swimming teams won a pair of individual events during a sweep by the Mids of UMBC, Friday evening at the Retriever Aquatic Center in Baltimore.  Navy's men's team (2-1) won 11 events during its 158-128 win over UMBC (0-1) and the Navy women's squad (2-1) won all 16 events in its 171-115 victory over the Retrievers (0-1).
 
A total of 12 women and seven men won at least one individual event for the Mids.  Also, the Navy teams placed at least first and second in a combined 21 individual events. 
 
"We were very pleased with the overall team performance," said Navy women's swimming head coach John Morrison.  "UMBC presents a tough environment for visiting teams to compete in.  Their team is well coached and provides a ton of loud energy.  We came out and took control on the first relay and kept it going for three hard-fought hours."
 
"We are really happy with the way we raced and competed today," said Navy men's swimming head coach Bill Roberts.  "The team has trained incredibly well over the last few weeks.  We feel we are in a good spot as we continue to progress through the semester and the early part of the season."
 
Winning a pair of events for the Navy women's team were Erin Scudder (Sr., Western Springs, Ill.) and Stephanie Downing (Sr., Pasadena, Calif.).  Scudder posted times of 10:27.74 to win the 1000 free and 52.73 to win the 100 free.  Downing won the 200 free (1:53.54) and the 200 individual medley (2:07.45) races.  
 
"It was nice to have multiple swimmers step up to win races," said Morrison.  "The most impressive victory was by Sydney Harrington (So., Fairfax, Va.) as she broke a 28-year old pool record in winning the 200 butterfly with her time of 2:00.02."
 
Dominick Wallace (Jr., La Jolla, Calif.) was the first Navy men's swimmer to win two events during the meet as he won the 200 free (1:41.36) and the 200 back (1:51.12) events.  Dean Nguyen (Jr., Seattle, Wash.) followed with victories in the 100 (56.19) and 200 (2:03.84) breaststroke races.  Luke Johnson (Jr., Charlotte, N.C.) started the men's individual races by posting a time of 9:24.93 to win the 1000 free, and he followed that up with a 4:37.28 to win the 500 free toward the end of the dual.  Rounding out the multi-event winners was Ethan Tack (So., Dix Hills, N.Y.) as he won the 200 fly (1:51.82) and the 200 IM (1:54.18).
 
Both Navy teams will open their 2019-20 home slate Friday, Oct. 18, when the Mids welcome George Washington, Johns Hopkins and Towson, plus the Miami (Fla.) women's team, to Annapolis.  The meet will start at 4 p.m. in Lejeune Hall.