GROVE CITY, Pa. (Nov. 13) - The Saint Vincent women's swimming team traveled to Presidents' Athletic Conference rival Grove City, falling 167-117 to the host Wolverines.

Despite the loss, the Bearcats received a number of strong performances.

In the meet's opening event, the foursome of Lauren Connors, Sara Basala, Katie Kozy and Abby Leskovansky joined forces to claim a second-place finish in the 200 medley relay with a time of 1:52.23.

Continuing her distance dominance, freshman Sarah Alexander led the Bearcats to a 28 second victory in the 1000 freestyle, swimming a season-best of 11:18.59. She went on to win the 500 freestyle with another season best of 5:33.41. Alexander also claimed sixth for the Bearcats in the 100 freestyle (58.20).

Junior Erica Steele led the Bearcats with a third-place finish in the 200 free, posting a time of 2:03.60. She continued her day of freestyle events by going on to claim second in the 50 free with a season best (25.25) and fourth in the 100 free with another season best (56.27).

Connors finished the day with victories in all three of her individual events. The 100 backstroke ended with a Bearcat win and season-best time of 1:00.41. She went on to lead the Bearcats to victories in the 200 backstroke (2:14.38) and 200 IM (2:17.74).

Basala claimed second in the 100 breaststroke, leading the Bearcats with a season best of 1:12.71. Basala went on to claim another victory for Saint Vincent after a tight race for first, posting another season best of 2:41.00.

Junior Katie Kozy posted a 2:25.66 in the 200 butterfly, taking third place. Kozy also led the Saint Vincent in her second butterfly event of the night, the 100 butterfly, taking second with a time of 1:01.10.

Leskovansky led the Bearcats in the 100 freestyle, claiming third place with a time of 55.86, while the rookie also swam the 50 freestyle, where she took third-place with a season-best (25.44).

To finish off the meet, Kozy, Cara Luallen, Leskovansky and Steele teamed up to take home a victory for the Bearcats in the 200 freestyle relay in 1:41.26.

The Bearcats, now 1-4 in dual meets, are back in action on Friday, Nov. 19, when they will travel to Lancaster, Pennsylvania, for the Franklin and Marshall Invitational. The meet will take place over Friday, Saturday and Sunday, with preliminary heats in the morning and finals in the evenings.