MARSHALL, Minn. --- The Minnesota State swimming and diving team bested both Southwest Minnesota State and Concordia-St. Paul in a double dual Saturday.

MSU defeated CSP 205-93 and SMSU 241-56. The Golden Bears bested the Mustangs by the score of 194.5-103.5. In total, the Mavericks took first place in 11 events.

"I was very happy with our team's effort today," head coach Nathan Owens said. "Almost all the swimmers competed some new events this week or events they haven't done in a while. We had good racing with SMSU & CSP and a few races that came down to fractions of a second. The diving field was also deep and I felt like our women battled and held their own. We've had some excellent early seasons performances from the team, so we'll try to keep that rolling in the weeks to come."
 
The Maverick 200 medley relay team of junior Kelley Ryan, sophomore Emily Spielman, freshman Jaylee Vobr and junior Averi Larsen took first place with a time of 1:48.37.

Larsen won a pair of events including the 100 breaststroke (1:06.25) and the 100 freestyle (53.44) events.

Ryan won the 100 backstroke event with a time of 59.71, while freshman Mya Noffsinger took first place in the 200 backstroke event with a time of 2:08.43.

Sophomore Parker Schmieding finished first in the 100 butterfly event with a time of 58.56, while Vobr won the 200 butterfly event with a time of 2:11.80.

Sophomore Lauren Neis won the 1,000 freestyle event with a time of 11:13.78. Junior Savannah Acker took first in the 200 breaststroke event with a time of 2:28.87, while freshman Sassy Hassett finished first in the 500 freestyle event with a time of 5:17.23 as well.

Senior Natalie Freeman won the 1-meter diving event with a score of 247.95. Junior Kaitlyn Hettiararchchy took second place in the 3-meter diving event with a score of 198.20.

Minnesota State returns to action on Saturday, Oct. 24, as it takes on Gustavus Adolphus and UW-Stevens Point at 1:00 p.m. MSU will host the diving events, while Gustavus Adolphus hosts the swimming events.