HANOVER, N.H. – The University of Pennsylvania women's swimming and diving team earned its first Ivy victory of the season on Saturday, defeating host Dartmouth, 157-143. The Quakers fell to Yale, 228.5-71.5.
 
Victories were difficult to come by, but Penn finished on the podium in seven races while four Quakers picked up second-place finishes.
 
Quaker Notemeal
*Anna Kalandadze earned a second-place finish in the 1,000-yard freestyle, swimming a time of 10:04.74. She was followed closely by Sydney Bergstrom (10:14.79) in third and Maggie Straley (10:25.72) in fourth.
 
*In the 200-yard butterfly, Vanessa Chong finished second with a time of 2:04.17. She also placed second in the 100 fly (56.58).
 
*Katya Eruslanova led a Penn freshman contingent of 2-3-4 finishers with a time of 2:03.18 in the 200-yard backstroke. Charlotte Holliday took third (2:03.94) while Kate Levensten came in fourth (2:05.03).
 
*Levensten also placed third in the 100 back with a time of 57.70.
 
*Margot Kaczorowski led the Quakers with a third-place finish in the 100 free (52.76).
 
*Amelia Girotto finished in third place in the 500 free (5:03.64).
 
*On the boards, Sophie Slayden took sixth in the one-meter dive (234.50) and seventh in the three-meter dive (232.90).
 
Up Next
Penn closes out the regular season next weekend by visiting West Chester on Friday and hosting Harvard Saturday at Sheerr Pool on Senior Day.