The Misericordia women's swimming team won 12 of 14 events to cruised to a 175-82 win over Arcadia in the season opener, Saturday at the Anderson Center.

Kaylee DePietro, Lindsey Rice, Brianna Foote Tori Ellex won the 400 medley relay in 4:08.63 while Cali White (11:46.46) and Taegan Williams (12:25.37) secured a 1-2 finish in the 1000 free.

Senior Tamsin Formon, the lone triple-event winner, captured the 200 free (2:06.40), 500 free (5:45.06) and 200 IM (2:25.22).  

DiPietro won the 100 and 200 yard backstrokes (1:02.38,  2:20.00) while Rice added wins in the 100 and 200 breaststrokes (1:11.76, 2:40.89).

White added a win in the 100 free (56.11) and Ellex won the 50 free with a MAC-leading time of 24.52.

Junior Caroline Kovacs tacked on two runner-up finishes in the 200 butterfly (2:27.38) and 500 free (5:53.32), while first-years Allison Grosvenor and Brianna Foote added runner-up finishes in the 200 IM (2:35.03) and 100 butterfly (1:03.32), respectively.

The team of White, Foote, Madison Cunningham and Ellex closed out the meet with a win in the 200 yard free relay with a time of 1:42.47.

The Cougars will host Messiah, Friday

Head Coach's Alexander Taylor's Thoughts:
"The team is looking great.  It's early in the season, but the effort level and energy on deck was fantastic, and we saw a lot of what we need to do moving forward to have another great season.  I'm proud of how well they did and look forward to seeing them step up on the blocks again soon."