Men's Swimming and Diving Cruise Past Alfred State

ERIE, Pa. – The Penn State Behrend men's swimming and diving won its first dual-meet of the season, sweeping the top three spots in five events to defeat Alfred State 210-75 in Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) action on Saturday.

Score: Behrend 210, Alfred State 75
Location: Erie, Pa. | Junker Center Pool

Key Moments:

* Matt Karenbauer (Butler, PA/Knoch) led the Lions with three individual wins and a relay victory
* The team of Mark Patterson (North Huntingdon, PA/Norwin), Chase Bietz (Clearfield, PA/Clearfield), Karenbauer and Quinn Fischer (Fairview, PA/Cathedral Prep) won the opening 200 medley relay
* Patterson, Fischer, Bietz and Alex Croll (Honolulu, HI/Parkland) led in the final 200 free relay with a time of 1:29.19

First-Place Finishers:

* Karenbauer – 200 butterfly (2:04.80), 100 butterfly (54.75), 200 IM (2:08.51)
* Patterson – 100 backstroke (54.74), 200 backstroke (2:02.88)
* Bietz – 100 breaststroke (59.11), 200 breaststroke (2:11.94),
* James Connolly (Allentown, PA/Parkland) – 1000 freestyle (10:31.99), 500 freestyle (5:06.04)
* Jacob Schmidt (Erie, PA/Cathedral Prep) – 200 freestyle (1:50.12)
* Fischer – 50 freestyle (22.57)
* Croll – 100 freestyle (50.38)
 
Next Up

* The Lions return to action on Saturday at Westminster for a non-conference dual meet beginning at 12 p.m.