BRIDGEWATER, Va. – The Emory & Henry College Women's Swimming Team (6-1, 4-1 ODAC) split a double dual in Old Dominion Athletic Conference competition Saturday afternoon at Nininger Hall. The shorthanded Wasps defeated the Notre Dame University of Maryland Gators, 51-42, but fell to the Bridgewater College Eagles by a 64-31 score.

E&H, which had only six swimmers in the water, picked up four event wins on the day led by freshman Nicole Powell (Apex, N.C.). Powell won the 1,500-meter freestyle (19:36.66) and the 400-meter freestyle (4:59.50). Freshman Payton Shirey (Seaford, Del.) finished first in the 50-meter freestyle with a time of :27.95 and freshman Taylor Guardalabene (Charlotte, N.C.) brought home the win in the 200-meter individual medley (2:37.04).

The Wasps set seven school records on the day, including the 1,500-meter freestyle, 50-meter freestyle and 200-meter individual medley.

Freshman Sam Brown (Memphis, Tenn.) registered a new top mark with a 2:46.24 in the 200-meter backstroke while Guardalabene swam a record 3:01.00 in the 200-meter breaststroke. Powell's 200-meter butterfly time of 2:41.40 was good enough for a new E&H record.

The 200-meter medley relay team of freshman Lauren Frizzell (Blacksburg, Va.), Guardalabene, Shirey and Brown set a new standard, swimming a 2:13.01 to open the meet.

Emory & Henry will have its final meet of the regular season next Saturday. The Wasps will travel to Swannanoa, N.C. to face off against Warren Wilson College, Greensboro College and Lagrange College. Start time is set for noon.

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