Tigers Finish Busy Weekend Of Dual Meet Action Bringing Record to 3-1

The Wittenberg men's and women's swimming and diving teams came away from a busy weekend of dual meet action with matching 3-1 records. On Friday, both the men and women claimed comfortable victories over Wilmington and Ohio Wesleyan in a tri-meet hosted by the Quakers. On Saturday, Wittenberg hosted perennial powerhouse DePauw and split with the women winning handily, 136-104, and the men falling, 141.5-99.5. No scores or results were available from the Wilmington meet, as of Nov. 12.

In the meet against DePauw, the Tiger women stepped up with several strong performances. Wittenberg got first-place finishes from freshman Katie Spittler (Carlisle, Ky./Lexington Catholic) in the 500-yard freestyle and 1000-yard freestyle, sophomore Betany Yeakley (Wilmington, Ohio/Wilmington) in the 200-yard freestyle and 200-yard backstroke, senior Courtney Galliger (Eagan, Minn./Eagan) in the 50-yard freestyle, sophomore Becca Searcy (Shelbyville, Ky./Shelby County) in the 200-yard Individual Medley and sophomore Amy Conner (Noblesville, Ind./Noblesville) in 200-yard breaststroke.

On the men's side, first-place finishes were turned in by freshman Sean Wolf (White Lake, Mich./Walled Lake Central) in the 1000-yard freestyle, senior Steve Rader (Concord, Ohio/St. Ignatius) in the 200-yard Individual Medley and 100-yard freestyle and senior Alex Berger (Findlay, Ohio/Findlay) in the 200-yard breaststroke.

The Tigers jump back into dual meet action this weekend with a home meet against NCAC rival Oberlin Saturday and a men's only dual at another NCAC rival, Wabash, on Friday.

Next: 11/14 at Wabash, 7 p.m. (men)
11/15 vs. Oberlin, 1 p.m.