New Haven, CT - The Wagner men's and women's swimming & diving team competed in its second tri-meet of the season on Saturday against Southern Connecticut State and CCSU.

The men defeated the hosts in Southern Connecticut State, 184-104, to secure their first victory of the season. The women defeated the Owls, 178-102, but fell to Northeast Conference (NEC) member CCSU, 141-121.

Wagner bookended the tri-meet with victories in all four relay events. The men and women kicked off the day with wins in their respective 200-yard medley relays and ended the event with respective wins in the 200-yard freestyle relays.

Individually, the Seahawks captured 16 first place podiums.

At one point in the tri-meet, the Seahawks won six straight events, starting with fifth year Olivia Bishop in the 100-yard freestyle. Bishop continued her stellar start to the year with a time of 53.26 in the event. 

In the next event, freshman Jasu Ovaskainen secured first place in the men's 100-yard freestyle with a time of 46.91. 

Sophomores Aura Vilarrasa and Kaan Nalçaci made it four victories in a row with wins in the 200-yard backstroke events. Freshman Rebekka Luoto and sophomore Ranger Gavino capped off the dominant stretch for the Seahawks with first place finishes in the 200-yard breaststroke.

Nalçaci, Luoto, Ovaskainen and Gavino each secured an additional individual victory Saturday.

Nalçaci won the 200-yard freestyle, Luoto won the 100-yard breaststroke, Ovaskainen secured first in the 100-yard butterfly and Gavino took home the top spot in the 400-yard IM.

Sophomore Ruben Van Gool also secured multiple individual victories at the tri-meet. With a time of 9:56.96, the Madrid, Spain native earned first place in the 1000-yard freestyle event. Van Gool then delivered in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 4:49.89.

Additional individual victories included junior Robert Wagner securing his first victory at Wagner in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 53.58. Former NEC Rookie of the Week Nikkolai Carrillo earned first in the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 1:56.02.

Sophomores Joel Knaapi and Alex Magditch also won in their respective events. Knaapi secured first place in the 100-yard breaststroke, while Magditch won the 50-yard freestyle.

Wagner will compete twice next week. First up is a one-on-one meet against Monmouth.