NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The University of Pennsylvania men's swimming and diving team got back into the win column with a 154-146 victory over Dartmouth at Yale's Kiphuth Exhibition Pool Saturday. However, the Quakers fell to the Bulldogs, 190.5-109.5.
 
Penn's overall record improves to 2-5, its Ivy record to 1-5 with just two opponents remaining on the regular-season schedule.
 
Matt Fallon won a pair of races in the 100 and 200-yard breaststroke, while Jeffrey Hou (200 butterfly) and James Curreri (200 backstroke) also picked up victories.
 
Quaker Notemeal
*Fallon's time of 54.58 was good enough for first place in the 100 breast. He also won the 200 breast with a time of 1:58.33, finishing just ahead of teammate Peter Whittington (2:01.97) in third.
 
*Hou placed first in the 200 fly with a time of 1:49.90. Whittington took second place at 1:50.13.
 
*Curreri was once again dominant in the 200 back, clocking a 1:49.81. Daniel Gallagher placed third with a time of 1:50.70.
 
*Hou also took second place in the 100 fly with a time of 49.45, while Whittington reeled off his second third-place finish of the day in the 200 IM (1:51.83).
 
*The quartet of Hou, Watson Nguyen, Alex Fu, and Liam Campbell clocked a 1:30.97 in the 200 medley relay to place third.
 
*Cooper Nicholson timed a 9:39.94 to place third in the 1,000 free.
 
*Curreri followed up his win in the 200 back with a third-place finish in the 100 at 50.17.
 
*Campbell recorded a pair of third-place finishes in the 50 (20.78) and 100 free (46.26) events.
 
*Fallon had his third podium finish of the afternoon by placing third in the 500 free with a time of 4:36.09.
 
*Hou took second place in the 100 fly with a time of 49.45.
 
Up Next
Penn takes a week off before heading to West Chester at 5 p.m. on Jan. 22.
 
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