LATROBE, Pa. (Dec. 10) – The Saint Vincent men's swimming team closed out the semester with a home meet against non-conference foe Mount Union.

Despite a number of strong performances, the Bearcats were defeated 188-69. 

To kick off the meet, James Clark, Chris Bush, Josh Ligus, and Ethan Wymer joined forces to claim fourth place in the 200 medley relay with a 1:58. 16.

Ligus led the Bearcats in both distance events of the night. In the 1000 freestyle, Ligus placed third with a time of 11:20.67. He went on to take fourth in the 500 freestyle with a 5:33.10.

Smith claimed third in the 200 freestyle with a season-best 1:51.61 after a tight race for first. Smith went on to add second place finishes in the 100 freestyle (50.03 - season-best) and the 50 butterfly (24.68). 

Clark led the Bearcats in the backstroke events, with fourth-place finishes in both the 100 back (1:11.99) and the 50 back (32.09 seconds). 

Bush walked away with SVC's two event wins of the night. After kicking off the night with a second-place finish in the 50 breaststroke (30.34 seconds), he went on to claim victories in the 100 breaststroke (1:05.13) and 200 IM (2:07.45), posting season best times in both events.

Noah Schollaert began his meet with a second-place finish in the 100 butterfly, hitting the wall in 57.89 seconds.. Schollaert went on to take fifth in the 100 freestyle with a 57.23 and fourth in the 50 butterfly (26.36).

Tyler Overmier led the Bearcats in the 50 freestyle, touching the wall at 24.53 and earning fourth place. Overmier also swam the 200 freestyle (2:01.08) and the 100 breaststroke (1:09.54), placing fourth in both.

To wrap up the meet, Smith, Robert Harrington, Schollaert and Overmier teamed up to take fourth in the 200 freestyle relay with a 1:35.16.

The Bearcats will now have a 5-week layoff over the semester break before opening up the 2022 calendar year with a home meet against Presidents' Athletic Conference foe Bethany College at 6 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 14, in the Resnik Pool.