WILMINGTON - The Wilmington College men's swimming team battled it out against Baldwin Wallace in their first meet of the season on Saturday. The scores were close; both teams demonstrated skill so early in the season, and WC came out on top, 107-97

• The team of senior Erik Spraul (Cincinnati, OH/Princeton), sophomore Nick DeWald (Ft. Wayne, IN/Bishop Dwenger), junior Alex Tillapaugh (Wilmington, OH/ Wickenburg), and sophomore Andrew Stewart (Wilmington, OH/ Clinton-Massie) took first place in the 200 Meter Freestyle Relay, clocking in at 1:43.30.
• The Fightin' Quakers swept first through third place in the 100 Meter Freestyle. First place went to E. Spraul with a time of 56.43, second to senior Jason Prible (Bluffton, IN/ Bluffton) for his time of 58.32, and third to DeWald with a time of 59.11.
• Immense depth was proven in the 50 Meter Freestyle, with first, third, and fourth finishes by Stewart (24.99), Tillapaugh (25.93), and Prible (26.40), respectively.
• Erik Spraul also clocked in first in the 200 Meter Individual Medley with a time of 2:16.55.
• Stewart took home first in the 100 Meter Backstroke, finishing with a time of 1:04.45.
• Junior Cody Nash (Fresno, CA/Kingsbury) brought home two second place finishes for the Quakers in the 800 Meter Freestyle (9:43.24) and the 100 Meter Breaststroke (1:11.24).

• "I thought we performed well for the first meet of the season. I think the first meet always reveals, to me, what we need to work on."
• "The first years's first swims are always interesting. Some of them relax and race really well, some rely too much on emotion and overthink the race. They have to understand how we want them to race- to not focus on their individual performance, but to perform for the team."

• The Fightin' Quakers travel to Ohio Northern 6 p.m. Friday for another OAC dual meet.