WORCESTER -- The WPI women's swimming and diving team collected a pair of victories on Friday evening, defeating Brandeis and Smith in a five-team meet at the WPI Sports & Recreation Center. The Engineers (3-3) earned a 212.50-66.50 victory over Brandeis and a 172-121 win over Smith, while falling to Babson (151-110) and Coast Guard (191-88).

Audrey Cook (Wakefield, MA) and Sarah Kang (Richmond, VA) each captured individual event victories to lead the Crimson and Gray, while Jasmine Lam (Dracut, MA) added two top-two finishes. WPI also placed third in the opening 200-yard medley relay.

Cook led a strong showing for the Engineers in the 100 breaststroke, touching the wall first in 1:10.22. Lam followed just five-hundredths of a second behind, securing second place in 1:10.27 to give WPI a 1-2 finish. Vivian Piscitella (Newburgh, NY) added a seventh-place finish in 1:11.96, while Alia Ureta (Hackensack, NJ), Niamh O'Sullivan (Basking Ridge, NJ) and Sophia DeFrank (Haverhill, MA) finished eighth, ninth and 10th, respectively, with less than four-tenths of a second separating the trio.

Lam continued her strong evening in the 200 breaststroke, earning runner-up honors with a time of 2:31.80. Milena Whitney (Bedford, NH) followed in fourth place (2:34.56), while Piscitella added a sixth-place showing in 2:35.68.

Kang delivered WPI's other individual victory in the 100 butterfly, clocking a time of 59.47. The junior also placed third in the 100 backstroke with a time of 1:00.43 and fourth in the 200 backstroke, touching in 2:10.72. Evin Otero (Newton, MA) added an eighth-place finish in the 100 backstroke (1:02.94) and sixth in the 200 backstroke (2:16.36).

In the distance events, Allie Marvell (Nashua, NH) paced the Engineers with a runner-up finish in the 1000 free, recording a time of 11:05.73. Amber Jacobs (Cedar Falls, IA) finished fourth in 11:19.05. Marvell returned in the 500 freestyle to place fifth in 5:30.47, finishing just behind teammate Mallory LaPointe (Saint Johns, FL), who took fourth in 5:29.41.

LaPointe also led WPI in the 200 and 100 freestyle events. The sophomore finished fourth in the 200 free with a time of 2:00.60 before placing third in the 100 free in 56.35. Katrina Waite (Falmouth, ME) added a seventh-place finish in the 100 free (57.04) and placed fifth in the 50 free with a time of 26.12. Sophie Robinson (Westboro, MA) followed Waite in the 50 free, finishing seventh in 26.32.

WPI opened the evening with a third-place finish in the 200 medley relay, as Kang, Cook, Lam and Waite combined to post a time of 1:53.32. The Engineers also placed eighth with their second relay squad of Otero, Whitney, Veronica Finucane-Tuccio (Excelsior, MN) and Robinson, which finished in 1:57.40.

The Engineers closed the meet with a fourth-place finish in the 200 freestyle relay, as Robinson, LaPointe, Whitney and Cook combined for a time of 1:44.00.

WPI will stay within Worcester city limits for its next meet, making the short trip to Holy Cross on Saturday (Nov. 7) for a 10am start.

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