PITTSBURGH – Duquesne swimming won 114-110 over Buffalo on Friday night, winning five out of the 11 events but tallying more overall points. 

"I was extremely proud of the way the team performed today," said head coach Dave Sheets. "It was a total team effort for the divers in Buffalo to the swimmers in Towers. The team is in a really good place from a training perspective and we will continue to build on what we are teaching in practice to prepare for February."

Sophomore Orla Egan won the 1,000- and 500- yard freestyle with times of 10 minutes and 28.2 seconds and 5:04.96, respectively, while freshman Kayla Johnson won the 50 free (23.61) and took first-place in the 200 free relay.

In the 200 IM, senior Emma Menzer took first-place with a time of 2:05.25 while sophomore Haley Scholer was right behind her in second at 2:06.46.

The other three swimmers that joined Johnson as winners in the 200 free relay were senior Sydney Sherman, junior Leah Reisker and junior Gaby Jenkins. The group of four finished the race in 1:35.55, which is a new Towers Pool record.

In addition to the five wins, the Dukes finished second in four other events.

Junior Molly Brennan finished second in the 200 free with a time of 1:55.68. Scholer finished the 100 back in 56.09, just 0.04 of a second off of first-place. Junior Abby Mele's time of 1:05.03 was good for second-place in the 100 breast. 

Scholer, Johnson and Brennan all finished in the top-two in three different events.

NEXT UP
Duquesne travels to Marshall next Friday and Saturday for two days of events.