BALTIMORE, Md. – The Leopards competed at Loyola's Mangione Aquatic Center in a dual meet on Thursday afternoon. Senior Isabella Van Ess and junior Landon Orth each earned victories in the 200-yard breaststroke and the 3-meter dive, respectively.

For the women, Van Ess snagged the win in the 200 breast with a final time of 2:24.17. Sophomore Sinead Cook enjoyed a second-place finish in the 200-yard IM with a time of 2:14.57. Freshman Francesca DiGiovanni finished in second and third in the 500 and 200-yard freestyles (5:13.94, 1:56.38).

Juniors Abigail Bebel and Natalie Johnson each took home third in the 200 IM and 50-yard butterfly with final times of 2:15.46 and 27.18, respectively.

Senior diver Katie Hensell collected two second-place finishes in the 1-and-3-meter dives, scoring 242.78 and 254.25. Junior Mia Guster scored 230.03 and 247.96 in the 1- and 3-meters, following right behind Hensell.

For the men, Orth secured first in the 3-meter dive with a score of 291.16 and second in the 1-meter (260.85). Senior Peter Curtis and junior Trey Telleen garnered third place in the 1-and-3-meter dives with scores of 260.70 and 265.13, respectively.

Junior Alexander Reihl reeled in third in the 50-yard backstroke with a final time of 24.31. Reihl also collected fourth in the 50-yard freestyle (21.29). Freshmen Justin Tucker and Augustus Sefcik placed fourth in the 200 IM and 100-yard freestyle (1:57.75, 47.31).

Both the men's and women's teams fell to the Greyhounds, the men scoring 83 to Loyola's 274 while the women had 70 points to the hosts' 287.

"It was a good meet for us. We've only been in the pool for 35 days and this meet is usually two weeks later so our performances were expected. If you compare this year's Loyola results to the 2024 meet, we were faster, however, now we have some performance data that we can go off of to make better race plans and changes in training," said Lafayette head coach James Dailey. "Our divers really did well today. They tried some new dives and scored pretty well."

"With 30 first years, the excitement around it being their first college meet was fun," continued Dailey. "That group really surprised the upper class, they'll have some work to do to stay ahead of the first years."

The Maroon and White return to College Hill to host Colgate on Oct. 25 at noon.