ANNAPOLIS, Md. –– Navy divers swept all four boards in the season-opening meet by the Navy swimming and diving teams against Virginia, Saturday afternoon at Lejeune Hall in Annapolis.  The Cavaliers, whose women's team is ranked first nationally and men's team is ranked 13^th in the country, defeated the Mids in both meets.  The score of the women's meet was 188-104 and the tally in the men's decision was 181-117.
 
Hannah Montau (Jr., Germantown, Md.) scored 270.68 points to edge Virginia's Jocelyn Porter by 2.25 points in the one-meter competition.  Montau would also accrue 309.90 points to win the three-meter board by 32.07 points over Virginia's Charlotte Bowen.
 
In the men's competition, Patrick Carter (Sr., West Islip, N.Y.) posted 279.23 points to claim first place in the one-meter event.  He topped second-place finisher Oliver Mills by 10.73 points.  Additionally, Jake Hedrick (Sr., Hummelstown, Pa.) tallied 328.65 points to defeat Mills on the three-meter board by 37.35 points.
 
"It was great to be back on the boards in a meet again," said Navy diving coach Rich MacDonald.  "We're definitely a bit rusty, but I was proud of how they competed.  To win all four boards against a team of Virginia's talent is a testament to how hard our divers have been working."
 
Ryan Waters (Sr., Basking Ridge, N.J.) won two swimming events for the Mids on the day.  He first earned the victory in the 200 freestyle by 46-hundredths of a second with a clocking of 1:38.39, then won the 500 free by 88-hundredths of a second thanks to his time of 4:29.71.
 
Rounding out the list of Navy event winners were Luke Johnson (Sr., Charlotte, N.C.) in the 1000 freestyle and Micah Oh (Sr., Kent, Wash.) in the 200 butterfly.  Johnson touched the wall in a time of 9:14.23 to win the race by over eight seconds and Oh recorded an effort of 1:48.27 to win by six-hundredths of a second.
 
Posting second-place finishes for the Navy men's team were Caleb Mauldin (Jr., Chesapeake, Va.) in the 100 backstroke (48.83), Dean Nguyen (Sr., Seattle, Wash.) in the 100 breaststroke (55.68) and Jake Evert (Fr., Bethlehem, Pa.) in the 100 freestyle (45.04).
 
"Overall," said Navy men's swimming head coach Bill Roberts, "I was very pleased with how we performed.  We knew Virginia was coming in with a really good team.  Our guys were adequately prepared for the challenge.  There were a few events we thought would go our way.  When they didn't, it allowed Virginia to pull away from us.
 
"Ryan has been doing a terrific job, not only this season but throughout his career.  We were not surprised by the success he had today, and that is due to his approach.  It also was a very good day for our divers."
 
Silver medalists on the day for the Navy women were Sydney Harrington (Jr., Fairfax, Va.) in the 200 fly (1:58.74) and 100 fly (54.14) and Madison Milbert (Jr., Kingston, Mass.) in the 200 back (2:01.07).  Abby Harter edged Harrington for the two wins by 55-hundredths of a second in the 200 fly and by one-tenth of a second in the 100 fly.
 
"This was a great way to start our season," said Navy women's swimming head coach John Morrison.  "Our thanks to Virginia for making the day trip here. 
 
"It has been a long time since we stepped up to race another team.  While the event placings don't show it, we were extremely pleased with our overall team performances on the day.  Our team did not get complacent going up against the top-ranked team in the country.  And what a great result for our divers!  Hannah Montau was tremendous."
 
Navy will resume its abbreviated fall slate of meets Nov. 14 when the Mids play host to Duke.