Recap courtesy of Eastern Michigan's Athletic Communications Department

YPSILANTI, Mich. – The Eastern Michigan University swim and dive teams swept all four relay events and won 13 of 19 events to defeat the University at Buffalo 182-170 in a two-day home dual meet at Jones Natatorium, Friday-Saturday, Oct. 30-31.

Eastern Michigan outscored Buffalo 182-170 to improve to 4-0 on the season. The Eagles held a decisive 46-8 advantage in relay points, a margin that proved to be the decisive factor in the final result.

How It Happened: Swim
Eastern opened the meet with a statement, claiming first and third in the 200y freestyle relay. The A squad of Gabia Gelumbickas, Marlee Christie, Abbey Clarke and Lucy Noble touched in 1:31.39 to take the win, while the B squad of Emma Littrell, Nehir Guven, Eleanor Groves and Lauren Carlson finished third in 1:35.85.

The relay momentum carried into the middle of the meet. The A squad of Gelumbickas, Nina LaRosa, Tristen Mina and Littrell won the 400y medley relay in 3:40.38, and the A squad of Gelumbickas, LaRosa, Mina and Clarke won the 200y medley relay in 1:39.82. The Eagles closed the swimming portion of the meet by sweeping the 400y freestyle relay, with the A squad of Gelumbickas, Clarke, Littrell and Noble winning in 3:23.12. All four relay titles went to Eastern Michigan.

Gelumbickas was the meet's standout individual performer, leading all competitors with six total event wins including relays. She won the 100y freestyle in a personal-best 49.82 — a time that ties No. 4 all-time in the EMU program, and the 100y backstroke in 54.76.

Nehir Oz led all competitors with 22 individual points scored across the meet. Oz swept the distance freestyle events, winning the 1000y freestyle in 10:09.02 and the 500y freestyle in 4:57.32. Marianna Fardella finished second in both — 10:13.47 in the 1000y and 4:57.47 in the 500y, the latter separated from Oz by just 0.15 seconds. Fardella also won the 200y backstroke in 2:01.28 and placed third in the 200y freestyle in 1:51.64.

Mina won the 100y butterfly in 54.57, a time that moves her to No. 4 all-time in the EMU program. She added a third-place finish in the 200y individual medley in 2:05.03. LaRosa swept the breaststroke events, winning the 100y breaststroke in 1:01.46 and finishing second in the 200y breaststroke in 2:16.00. Her 2:16.00 in the 200y breaststroke moves her to No. 6 all-time in program history.

Noble and Clarke went 1-2 in the 50y freestyle, touching in 23.37 and 23.45, respectively. Clarke also placed third in the 100y freestyle (51.11) and second in the 100y butterfly (56.23).

How It Happened: Dive
Rose Kendrick won the one-meter diving event with a personal best score of 291.98 points, giving the Eagles a critical nine-point swing late in the meet. Kendrick also placed fourth on the three-meter board with 276.08 points.

Meg Lupa placed fourth in the one-meter event (267.00 points) and third in the three-meter event with a personal-best and Zones cut 288.83 points. Aisling Gutierrez placed sixth in the one-meter event (222.30 points) and ninth in the three-meter event (212.40 points). Silvana Pomar placed ninth in the one-meter event (198.30 points) and sixth in the three-meter event (226.80 points).

Up Next: Eastern returns to Jones Natatorium Friday, Nov. 13, to host Calvin University, with the first event set for 5 p.m.