GLENSIDE, Pa. - Arcadia University women's swimming honored seniors Kira Alderman and Jess Rodgers and despite giving it their all, the Knights dropped a tightly contested meet to conference foe Widener.

FINAL SCORE:
WIDENER 140, ARCADIA 122

Despite the loss, there were many bright spots on the night, starting out with the very first event of the meet. In the 200 Medley Relay, the team of sophomore Julia Stephens, sophomore Risa Krauss, junior Emily Raedisch and first-year Katherine Pastva raced to first place in a winning time of 1:55.52.

In the very next event, first-year Natalie Link and sophomore Maddie Desjardins swam to a 1-3 finish in the 1000 Freestyle, with respective times of 11:31.27 and 12:15.45.

Another big event for the Knights was the 200 Breaststroke where Krauss (2:32.32) and Alderman (2:40.40) went 1-2.

Additional top placings on the day included Pastva claiming first in the 100 Freestyle (57.44) and 2nd in the 200 IM (2:22.57), Stephens racing to first in the 200 Backstroke (2:15.56) and second place finishes from first-year Olivia Hyde in the 100 Butterfly (1:03.33) and Natalie Link in the 500 Freestyle (5:34.54).

UP NEXT
The Knights are back in action for the last time this season at the MAC Championships on February 10-13.