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ALTOONA, PA – The Cabrini swim teams made the trek to Altoona, PA, today, to face Penn State-Altoona in Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference action.  The women claimed a 134-59 win, while the men fell 95-90.

Of the meet's 22 events, the Cavaliers recorded victories in 14.

Senior Todd Walker led the Blue and White men with a trio of individual event wins.  The senior scored wins in the 200 and 500 yard freestyles and the 100 butterfly.

Junior Nicholas Vivian won the 200 yard individual medley, with sophomore Ryan Brong finishing second.  

Seniors Robert Schmidt and Hassan Goines recorded wins in the 100 yard backstroke and 100 yard breaststroke, respectively.

Fellow senior Christina Melchiorre scored a pair of wins to lead the Blue and White women to victory.  The senior touched the wall first in both the 50 and 500 yard freestyle events, with freshman Lauren Finnegan and sophomore Marissa Loro completing a 1-2-3 sweep in the 500.

The Cavaliers repeated the sweep in the 1000 yard freestyle, as Loro bested juniors Brooke Hagan and Jackie Ware.

Junior Candace Brown added a win in the 200 yard individual medley, while freshmen Sarah Eplett and Katherine Buckman posted winning times in the 100 yard freestyle and 100 yard backstroke.

The Cabrini women also scored wins in both of the meet's relay events. Melchiorre and Finnegan joined seniors Moira Prior and Bella Badolato to win the day's first event, the 200 yard medley relay.

The Cavaliers closed the day with a victorious 200 yard freestyle relay, as the foursome of Eplett, Prior, Hagan and Finnegan reached the wall first.

The Blue and White will now turn their attention back to training before returning to competition on January 13, when they host Ursinus College.  The action gets underway at 1pm at the Dixon Center Pool.