EWING, N.J. – The No. 14 TCNJ men's swimming and diving team kept on rolling on Saturday, picking up a pair of emphatic wins against DII Felician and NJAC foe Ramapo. As a result, head coach Dave Dow joined the 50-win club on Halloween.
 
The Lions triumphed in every event of the meet, ensuring first-place points against both opponents en route to a 172-84 victory over Ramapo and a 165.5-65.5 victory over Felician. The Golden Eagles came closest to spoiling perfection in the 100 butterfly, but the Lions' Pablo Salazar finished in a tie for first place with Felician's Denis Popov (51.42) to get a share of the top. That victory was Salazar's second on the day, as he won the 200 butterfly earlier in the afternoon.
 
A pair of rookies, Jacob Muntz and Michael Strucko, helped TCNJ kick off the meet with a win in the 400 medley relay. The two combined with Gabe Beverini and Joe McChesney to post a time of 3:28.59. Beverini also took home a win in the last individual event of the meet (200 IM, 1:56.46).
 
Strucko later logged a pair of individual wins for himself in the 100 backstroke (51.98) and 200 backstroke (1:56.70). Will Heinze began the individual events with his win in the 1000 freestyle (9:56.11), followed by Riley Smith in the 200 freestyle (1:44.07) who finished just seven hundredths of a second ahead of teammate Derin Ozbas in second (1:44.14). Smith came close to a second win later in the 50 freestyle, but was beaten out there by rookie Nick Berger (21.48). Nick Straka, another freshman, later won the 500 freestyle (4:52.62) to continue the strong showing for the TCNJ rookies.
 
Tyler McGeehan also ended the day with multiple wins, gaining his victories in the 100 breastroke (57.63) and 200 breaststroke (2:08.82). M.J. Hoban also took a win for the Lions in the 100 freestyle (47.48) before anchoring the Lions in the 400 freestyle relay. Hoban followed Mason Bushay, Smith, and Bradley Frank who helped TCNJ close the afternoon's action with a relay win.
 
On the diving boards, Kylie Arnot marked her collegiate debut by posting the highest scores among the group in both the 1-meter (316.80) and 3-meter (279.90). Dougie Cornish was in second (297.98, 262.65) and Josh Bouchard finished in third (176.93, 168.23). The Lions divers will travel to New York City next Friday and Saturday, where they will compete in the NYU Diving Invite. The swimmers will travel to Maryland for a highly anticipated face-off against No. 17 Salisbury.