MARSHALL, Minn. – The Minnesota State women's swimming and diving team defeated both Southwest Minnesota State and Concordia-St. Paul Saturday in the double dual hosted by SMSU.
 
The Mavericks took first in 14 of the 17 events, beating CSP 233-84 and Southwest Minnesota State 225-92. The Golden Bears defeated the Mustangs 183-135 in the dual.
 
"We had a good day today," said Minnesota State head coach Nathan Owens. "Our divers did an amazing job finishing 1st on both boards and having three divers in the top-5 on both boards. That group lead by out new coach Hailey Stack has been getting better every week. In the pool we've had a lot of women swim really well for this time of the season. With this being our third straight week of competing we've entered our peak in terms of training volume and intensity. They've held up really well in practices and these first few meets. We're excited for the team."
 
The Mavericks finished first, second and third in the 200 medley relay. The group made up by Savannah Acker, Averi Larsen, Aubrey Schueler and Norah Naatjes finished in first place with a time of 1:48.38.
 
In the 1000 freestyle, Sienna Sirek-Kreye and Kaylie Gibbs finished in first and second, with respective times of 10:55.81 and 10:56.28. Following up with the 200 freestyle, Ola Gorecki took first place in the race with a time of 1:58.53. In the 50 free, Olivia Hudoba took first place with a time of 25.01.
 
Abby Gronholz took first in the 100 backstroke, finishing with a final time of 57.85. Acker finished in second place with a time of 59.87.
 
Minnesota State took first in two of three breaststroke events. Larsen took first in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:06.96. In the 200, Megan Schultz finished in first with a 2:27.22.
 
The Mavericks placed first in both of the butterfly events; in the 200, Ellie Ricken finished in first with a time of 2:14.89, and in the 100, Ava Rodgers hit the wall at 1:00.34.
 
MSU also took first in both IM events. Larsen won the 100 IM with a time of 1:00.53 and Acker took first in the 400 with a time of 4:38.52.
 
In diving, Aspen Warnygora took first in both the one and three meter diving events. She scored 242.70 in the one meter and a 248.20 in the three meter dive.
 
The Mavericks have the week off next week, but travel north to St. Paul, Minn. to take on St. Thomas and Concordia-St. Paul again in a double dual hosted by the Tommies on Nov. 2 at 1 p.m.