Barbourville, KY –The third-ranked UC women's swimming & diving team tallied 17 national cuts and 12 wins in a 186-86 win over Union Saturday afternoon at the Union College Center for Health & Learning. 

Izzy Jackson, Maryann Smith, and Abigail Miller each notched a pair of wins to lead UC.  Jackson swam 1:03.68 and 2:19.25 to win the 100 and 200 back, respectfully.  The freshman also achieved "B" cuts in both of those events. 

Smith started the meet by winning the 1000 free with a time of 11:23.10.  The Kettering, OH native followed that up by touching the wall in 1:01.49 to win the 100 fly.  Teammate Yuliia Hnidenko finished runner-up in the event with a time 1:03.07.  Hnidenko added an "A" standard in addition to a win in the 100 breast (1:08.03).

Miller, competing in her first collegiate meet, scored a 193.99 to achieve a NAIA "A" cut and win the one-meter dive event.  Miller also took first in the three-meter dive with a score of 184.65.

Mendy De Rooi notched a pair of NAIA "A" standards going 24.79 in the 50 free and 53.84 in the 100 free.  Houston Burgoon placed third in the 50 free (26.18) to hit a "B" cut. 

Leah Thomas, Casey Walin, and Maria Basto each notched an individual win in the meet.  Thomas won the 500 free (5:40.75), while Walin touched the wall in 2:22.00 to take top honors in the 200 fly.  Basto achieved a "B" standard en route to winning the 200 IM.  The freshman also went 1:59.31 to achieve an "A" cut in the 200 free.

Isabelle Asserstahl notched UC's final "A" cut of the meet going 2:33.43 in the 200 breast.

The Patriots closed out the meet with the relay team of Thomas, Loftus, De Rooi, and Burgoon swimming 3:44.63 to win the 400 free relay. 

Cumberlands will return to the water Saturday, November 2, when they host Loyola (LA) in their home opener.  The meet is slated to begin at 1 p.m. with live video available here.

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