Women’s swimming and diving hits the road for weekend matchup against 2-1 Penn team

The women’s swimming and diving team will be traveling to Philadelphia, Pa., today to swim against Ivy rival Penn. The Lions are coming off an impressive first win of the season against Wagner 158-112, winning 10 of 14 events.

Penn is also entering the meet with a major win under its belt, having recently placed first at the Total Performance December Invitational at Kenyon College, where it competed against Carnegie Mellon University, Colgate University, Davidson College, Grove City College, and Wayne State University. Overall, Penn is 2-1 for the season. The Quakers achieved victories over Connecticut and Cornell but suffered a loss to Princeton in November.

When the two teams met last year, the Lions dominated the Quakers at home 173-127. Although Penn took the three top spots in the three-meter diving to open the meet, the Light Blue answered back by finishing first in the 200 medley relay as well as taking first and second in the 1000 free. In the beginning, both teams fought to stay in the lead, but the Lions pulled ahead with alum Delghi Urubshurow finishing first in the 100 back, followed by Caitlin Rogers, who took second. Another 1-2 sweep by now-sophomores Katie Meili and Mariele Dunn in the 100 breast allowed the Lions to widen their lead even more. For the rest of the meet, the Lions were able to stay on top, finishing ahead of the Quakers by 46 points.

This year, the Lions will look to improve their 1-2 record and gain their first Ivy League win of the season. The meet will begin at 4 p.m. at Penn’s Sheerr Pool.