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Nov. 8, 2014
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - The No. 20 Penn State women's swimming and diving team overcame a day-one deficit to defeat Virginia, 183-170, but fell to No. 6 Michigan, 178-175, at the McCoy Natatorium Saturday. The 200-yard medley relay team and the 400-yard freestyle relay team each set pool records.
"We did a lot better job this morning of getting our hands on the wall before Virginia and Michigan than we did yesterday," said head coach Tim Murphy. "There were a lot of good things. It hurts to come up a couple of points short (against Michigan). I think we can build off the meet from a momentum standpoint."
Penn State won five of the 10 events on the day and moved to 8-1 on the season. Penn State beat Virginia for the first time since picking up a 218-134 win on Nov. 10, 2007. Junior Alyson Ackman (Montreal, Quebec) led the squad, placing first in one individual event and helping two record-setting relay teams.
The Nittany Lions started off the day with a record-setting performance in the 200 medley relay. The team of junior Allie Pennetti (Wexford, Pa.), sophomore Katie Saloky (Bloomsburg, Pa.), senior Carolyn Fittin (Sea Girt, N.J.) and Ackman set the pool record, taking first place with a mark of 1:41.48.
Senior Megan Siverling (Chester Springs, Pa.) followed that up by getting a hand on the wall first in the 1000-yard freestyle, clocking in at a personal best time of 9:48.52.
Fittin continued the winning streak to start the meet, clocking in at 23:21 in the 50 free. Later, Ackman touched the wall first in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:47.93, a season-best for the team and an NCAA "B" qualifying time.
In the final event of the day, the 400-yard freestyle relay team of Ackman, Saloky, junior Kaitlin Jones (Midlothian, Va.) and Fittin set a pool record with a mark of 3:20.44.
Mackenzie Cornell led the team's divers, placing third with a score of 256.20.
Penn State is back in action that the Georgia Fall Invitational from Dec. 5-7 in Athens, Georgia.