Hamilton, N.Y. – The Le Moyne College men's and women's swimming and diving teams opened their dual-meet schedule on Friday night at Colgate University at the Lineberry Natatorium. Colgate won the women's team competition, 184-57, and the Raiders were 145-92 victors on the men's side.

"Tonight was a bunch of firsts for our program," said head coach Adam Zaczkowski '04. "First Division I dual meet, first event wins for both the men's and women's programs. The results tell us that our hard work and determination is paying off. We still have ground to gain, but I am proud of the men and women of Le Moyne swimming and diving. We have a quick turn around and are back action tomorrow against a good St Mike's squad."

"The divers all put in a lot of effort this week to improve their dive lists," said diving coach Mihali Tzetzis. "By adding extra twists and rotations to their dives, we are starting to see an improvement in our scores and determination! We are looking forward to showing off our new dives at home tomorrow."

Freshman Justin Enser (Hilton, N.Y./Hilton) earned the team's first victory of the evening by touching the wall in the 50-yard freestyle in 21.99 seconds to edge his competition by just 0.04.

Sophomore Xavier Silaika (Rexford, N.Y./Shenendehowa) followed with a victory in the 200-yard IM, also by 0.04, by posting a time of 2:03.74.

Sophomore Patrick Scott (Utica, N.Y./New Hartford/Niagara) placed second in the three-meter diving event with a score of 194.15. He later was victorious off the one-meter board with a score of 235.75.

Junior Belal Aly (Syracuse, N.Y./PSLA @ Fowler) won the 100-yard freestyle by almost one second by touching the wall in 48.55 seconds.

Redshirt junior Ryan McMahon (Syracuse, N.Y./West Genesee) captured first place in the 100-yard breaststroke by registering a mark of 1:03.45.

Freshman Tim Landgraf (Lexington, N.Y.) turned in a second-place finish in the 100-yard backstroke in 55.68 seconds.

Landgraf, Enser, Aly and Silaika won the meet-ending 200-yard freestyle relay by one and one-half seconds in 1:28.28.

Freshman Madeleine O'Dea (Milton, Ontario/Milton District) claimed the program's first victory of the season by winning the 100-yard breaststroke by over 1.7 seconds with a mark of 1:08.23.

Freshman Kayleigh Bigwarfe (Glenmont, N.Y./Bethlehem) registered a second-place finish in the 50-yard freestyle by posting a time of 25.84 seconds.

Freshman Zoe Coburn (Hickory, N.C./St. Stephens) tallied a second-place finish in the 100-yard backstroke in 1:02.09.

The quartet of redshirt junior MaryLauren Burke (Hopkinton, Mass./Hopkinton), freshman Victoria Hewitt (Fulshear, Texas/Jordan), freshman Lucy Catalano (Glenville, N.Y./Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake) and redshirt junior Lily Buchholz (Skaneateles, N.Y./Skaneateles) closed out the meet by placing second in the 200-yard freestyle relay in 1:44.05.

The Dolphins open their home schedule on Saturday at 1:00 p.m. against Saint Michael's College at the Rev. Vincent B. Ryan, S.J. Pool.