The William and Mary women's swimming team won four events against Duke Saturday afternoon and had nearly the same number of total scorers, but fell to the ACC-rivals 162-100.  The Tribe is now 4-3 on the year, while the Blue Devils improved to 3-1 overall.

Complete Results

W&M had three all-time top-16 performances, including the meet-opening 200 medley relay.  That squad of freshmen Sophie Rittenhouse (London, England) (back) and Jaimie Miller (Houston, Texas) (free), sophomore Courtney Mizerak (Manassas, Va.) (breast), and junior Megan Howard (McLean, Va.) (fly) finished second overall in 1:45.29, which was the 10th-best time in school history.  Both of the rookies also swam individual-best times, Rittenhouse in the 100 back where she finished second at 56.73 seconds to rank 10th all-time, and Miller was fourth in the 100 free in 52.41 seconds, ranking her 15th in school history.

The four swimmers who all picked up victories against the Blue Devils included Howard, who was the winner in 23.43 in the 50 free.  She also swam 51.62 to finish second in the 100 free on the day.  Sophomore Jessie Ustjanauskas (West Hartford, Conn.) won the 200 fly in 2:05.61, and also came back to take second in the 100 fly with a time of 56.73 seconds.  Senior Jen Bentley (Jamestown, N.Y.) was the big winner in the 200 free in 1:53.75, before taking third in the 500 free at 5:08.21; and junior Liz Glenn (Greenwood Village, Colo.) won the 200 back in 2:02.44 after finishing fifth in the 100 back at 58.57 seconds.

William and Mary has the next two weeks off to prepare for the fall invitational Nov. 21-23.  The Tribe will once again head out to Blacksburg for the prelim/final meet, which serves as both a round-up of the fall and a dress rehearsal for the CAA Championships in February.