WORCESTER -- In a meet that came down to the very last event, the WPI men's swimming and diving team pulled out a narrow victory over Division II Southern Connecticut State on Friday night at home. The Engineers tallied 155 points to the Owls' 145 to move to 3-1 on the season. 

With 15 events down, WPI held a slim 142-141 advantage, setting up a winner take all final event, the 200-yard freestyle relay. The Engineers got the final push they needed, as the team of Peter Fagerholm (Sandy Hook, CT), Donald Buglino (Titusville, NJ), John Puksta (Nashua, NH), and Jack Brazer (Peterborough, NH) outpaced SCSU by just under two seconds, 1:27.66 to 1:29.29, to take the event and the meet. 

All in all, the Engineers tallied six victories, including sweeping both relays to earn the dual meet win. Individual event winners were Fagerholm, Kyle Staubi (Red Hook, NY), Aidan Greenfield (East Northport, NY), and Henry Buda (Laurel, MD). 

Fagerholm swam on two winning relays, while winning the 100-yard backstroke in 53.76. He also took second in the 100-yard freestyle, just .17 off the first place finisher, in a time of 49.07. Staubi grabbed a relay win, while also finishing first in the 100-yard butterfly (52.10), second in the 200-yard butterfly (1:58.21) and third in the 200-yard backstroke (2:05.92). 

Greenfield picked up his individual victory in the 100-yard freestyle in 48.90, while also taking second in both the 200-yard freestyle (1:47.59) and the 500-yard freestyle (4:59.05). Buda rounded out the individual event winners by taking the 500-yard freestyle with a tie of 4:58.00. 

In addition to the 200-yard freestyle relay win to close the meet, WPI also grabbed a win in the 200-yard medley relay to open the action. Staubi, Eric Scholz (Fulton, MD), Matthew Shriner (Arlington, MA), and Fagerholm led a 1-2-3 Engineer finish in the event, taking it in a time of 1:38.30. 

In the diving events, Justin Moczynski (Hingham, MA) notched a pair of second place finishes. He tallied 255.90 points on the one-meter board and 221.55 on the three-meter board. 

Other Engineers with second place individual finishes included Puksta, Anthony Porto (Hillsdale, NY), Austin Aguirre (Santa Maria, CA), and Eli Budde (Sykesville, MD). Puksta was second in the 50-yard freestyle (22.41) and Porto second in the 200-yard breaststroke (1:02.27). Aguirre was runner up in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:16.97) and Budde was second in the 400-yard individual medley (4:27.87). 

Up next for WPI, the team will travel to MIT for a tri-meet on Saturday, November 20. The Engineers will square off against MIT and Bowdoin beginning at 11am.

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