Oct. 23, 2014
| 145 | 98 |
| WVU Natatorium | Morgantown, W. Va. | |
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MORGANTOWN, W. Va. - The Penn State men's swimming and diving team captured nine-of-13 titles en route to a 145-98 victory over West Virginia on Thursday. Five different Nittany Lions finished first in individual events, including Matt Stasiunas (Avondale, Pennsylvania) who won the 500 and 1,000 free titles.
Stasiunas took first in the 1,000 free after touching the wall in 9:30.77 and won the 500 free with a 4:35.31 time, eight seconds more than the second-place finisher.
Penn State's relay teams also had success, sweeping the meet's relay events after finishing with the top marks in the 200 medley and 400 free relays. The dual opened with a 1:33.39 showing in the 200 medley by Nate Savoy (Reading, Pennsylvania), Andrew Schuehler (Camden, New Jersey), Kyle Madley (Madison, New Jersey) and Jeff Young (Hershey, Pennsylvania). The Blue and White closed out the evening in similar fashion when Young, Savoy, Stasiunas and Bob Bantley's (Maple Glen, Pennsylvania) 3:02.07 time in the 400 free relay set the pool record.
Savoy and Ryan O'Neill (Howell, New Jersey) took the top two spots in the 200 free, swimming to 1:40.43 and 1:42.81 times, while Young and Matt Grillo (Montreal, Quebec) went one (21.25) and two (21.35) in the 50 free.
Madley's 1:53.12 mark in the 200 fly topped the field and, in the 200 back, Tim Maurer (Hershey, Pennsylvania) touched the wall in 1:51.78 for first place.
Competing on the 3-meter board, Travis Wright (Derby, New York) won the first event of his collegiate career with a 275.93 score.
The Nittany Lions host Villanova on Fri., Oct. 31 at 3 p.m. in McCoy Natatorium.