WILMINGTON- The Wilmington College women's swimming team celebrated their seniors and dove back into the pool Saturday in an OAC dual meet against the University of Mount Union. Despite having a Fightin' Quaker in the top three finishers in all but one event, Mount Union beat Wilmington 138-64. 

HOW IT HAPPENED 

•  Freshman Hannah Houston (Morrow, OH/Wilmington) brought home an individual first-place finish in the 50-meter freestyle with a time of 28.70. Houston also came in third in the 100-meter freestyle (1:07.61). Freshman Alyssa Rogers (Springfield, OH/Kenton Ridge), senior Elyse Spraul (Cincinnati, OH/Mount Notre Dame), and junior Samantha Glish (Louisville, KY/Ballard) joined Houston for a 200-meter medley relay which finished second in 2:10.53. 
•  Glish grabbed the only other individual, first-place finish of the afternoon; hers in the 100-meter freestyle with a time of 1:04.99. She also finished second in the 50-meter freestyle with a time of 29.27. 
• Other second-place finishes included Rogers in the 200-meter individual medley (2:52.18) and Spraul in the 100-meter butterfly (1:14.24). 
• Senior Haley Rowland (Fairborn, OH/Xenia Christian) scored the first, third-place win of the meet for the Fightin' Quakers in the 800-meter freestyle with a time of 11:10.03. Following suit were: Spraul in the 200-meter freestyle with a time of 2:24.20- a seasonal best by four seconds, sophomore Ellyse Herr (Edison, OH/Mount Gilead) in the 200-meter backstroke, and Rogers in the 200-meter breaststroke (3:09.61). 
• The 200-meter freestyle relay team of Rowland, junior Savanna Burcham (Urbana, OH/Urbana), sophomore Kathryn Spitznogle (Waynesville, OH/Waynesville), and Herr also achieved a third-place finish, clocking in at 2:04.96. 

HEAD COACH TRIP BREEN QUOTES 

• "Both teams have been training very hard and well lately; we're preparing for our Championship meet.  With that tough work in mind, we had some outstanding swims and a great team effort.  Today, we also celebrated our senior class.  It's difficult to find words that show how much I appreciate their commitment to Wilmington College and the swimming program.  I would like to personally thank Haley Rowland, Sarah Lynch, Natalie Thobe, Kathryn Spitznogle, Jordynn Wise, Elyse Spraul, Erik Spraul and David Spraul.  This is a special class." 
• "Our female sprinters swam well today. This is usually a tough time of year for sprinters and I'm excited to see what they do at our Championship meet."
• "In all the team had 28 seasonal best times today, 11 of those coming from members of the women's team."

WHAT'S NEXT 

• The Fightin' Quakers compete in their last dual meet of the regular season Saturday at John Carroll, a fellow OAC school.