Grantham, Pa. - The Arcadia University women's swim team fell 176-86 to Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) competition Messiah University on Saturday afternoon. The Knights recorded multiple season best times and individual wins on the afternoon. 

FULL RESULTS

HOW IT HAPPENED
- Mikayla Scardino touched the wall first in the 50-yard freestyle for a season best time of 25.18, one-tenth of a second faster than her previous best time against Scranton. She also recorded a season best time of 2:02.73 in the 200-yard freestyle (2nd place). 

- Julia Stephens earned the team 9 points with her first place finish in the 200-yard backstroke (2:13.15) only a second off of her personal best time from MACs last season. Stephens also put down a time of 1:01.84 in the 100-yard backstroke (2nd place). 

- Madelyn Meyer swam to three season bests times in the 100-yard backstroke (1:06.42), 200-yard backstroke (2:27.24), and the 200-yard individual medley (2:30.65). Meyer dropped less than a second off of both her 100 back and 200 individual medley times and 2 seconds off her 200 back time. 

- Katherine Pastva earned a season best time in the 1000-yard freestyle (11.49.92) for a 3rd place finish. 

- Brooke Boyd earned herself a season best time of 1:07.78 in the 100-yard butterfly, cutting one-tenth of a second off her time against Scranton. 

- Grace Brooks touched the wall third for a time of 2:18.20 in the 200-yard backstroke event, only a second over her season best time. 

- Claire Hamilton swam almost five seconds faster today than she did against Scranton in the 500-yard freestyle for a new season best time (5:46.01).

UP NEXT
The Knights return to action as they host King's College for a 6:00pm MAC meet on Friday, November 11th.