The William and Mary women's swimming team picked up its first win of the year Friday night, defeating Howard 186-69 at the Rec Center Pool.  The Tribe evened its record at 1-1 overall with the win, while the Bison fell to 0-2 on the season.

200 Medley Relay
The Tribe note only won the first 12 events of the evening, but earned a 1-2-3 sweep in nine of those events beginning with the 200 medley relay.  Leading the way was the team of Hailey Hewitt (Fairfax, Va.), Emily Bart (Cherry Hill, N.J.), Sammie Cooper (Mt. Kisco, N.Y.), and Gabrielle Mizerak (Manassas, Va.) in a time of 1:50.64 for the win.  Devin Henry (Roanoke, Va.), Emma Carpenter (Haddonfield, N.J.), Kayla O'Malley (Vienna, Va.), and Rebecca Spicher (Chesapeake, Va.) swam 1:53.30 for second, and Meghan Baker (New Rochelle, N.Y.), Shelby Randall (Midlothian, Va.), Liza McDevitt (Jenkintown, Pa.), and Kelly Fini (Manassas, Va.) combined to take third in 1:56.60.

1000 Free
Devin Henry turned around immediately after the relay and powered on to victory in the 1000 free for her first win of the year in 10:59.32.  Gabby Famularo (Virginia Beach, Va.) was second in 11:09.42, and third went to Shelby Randall in 11:17.34.

200 Free
Freshman Rebecca Spicher picked up her first collegiate win in the next event, touching the wall in 1:56.71 to claim the 200 free.  Classmate Katie Thomas (Virginia Beach, Va.) was precisely one second back, and junior Caylyn Tate (Sterling, Va.) rounded out the top three in 1:57.84.

100 Back
In the 100 back, it was Sammie Cooper taking the winner's wreath with a time of 1:00.37.  Senior Kelly Fini was second, finishing the race in 1:04.46.

100 Breast
Freshman Brodde Lamb (Charlottersville, Va.) was the next to pick up her first collegiate victory, winning the 100 breast in 1:08.72.  Sophomore Sara Shaner (Clarendon Hills, Ill.) was second in 1:10.99, and Robyn Endsley (Chester, Va.) stopped the clock in 1:11.28 for third.

200 Fly
Junior Kayla O'Malley won her first event of the season with a time of 2:11.35 for the 200 fly, finishing four seconds of classmate Gabrielle Mizerak in 2:15.58.  Emma Carpenter rounded out the top three in 2:20.01.

50 Free
Senior Molly Emery (Burke, Va.) won the first of her two events on the day with a lifetime-best 24.64 showing in the 50 free.  Hailey Hewitt touched the wall just behind her classmate, taking second in 24.81.

100 Free
After the first break, Jen Bentley (Jamestown, N.Y.) won the 100 free by over one-half-of-a-second in 54.52.  Second went to Kelly Fini in 55.10, and Brodde Lamb joined her teammates on the podium in 55.48 seconds.

200 Back
Katie Thomas etched her name on the winner's plaque after timing 2:09.77 in the 200 back, coming in well ahead of senior Kristin Fimian's (Oakton, Va.) second-place 2:15.59.

200 Breast
Senior Liza McDevitt was also a big winner, takign the 200 breast by nearly six seconds over Rebecca Spicher.  McDevitt timed 2:29.80 to Spicher's 2:35.19, and Shelby Randall finished things off in 2:42.09.

500 Free
Molly Emery picked up her third win of the season with a 5:11.37 showing in the 500 free, roughly five seconds ahead of freshman Liz Glenn (Greenwood, Village, Colo.).  Glenn was second in 5:16.28, and Meghan Baker was third in 5:21.23.

100 Fly
The College's final win before exhibitioning the final two events came in the 100 fly courtesy of freshman Megan Howard (McLean, Va.).  Howard timed 58.67 for the win, with Kayla O'Malley second in 1:01.08 and Laura Matthews (Drexel Hill, Pa.) third in 1:01.87.

William and Mary is back in the pool on Saturday, traveling to face Richmond in a 1 p.m. match-up.