Washington, PA. – It was the first of back-to-back events for the Wheeling University Women's Swimming team (3-1, 1-1) as they made the trip to nearby Washington, PA. It was a big night for the Cardinals as they won eight different races on their way to a sweep of the tri-meet action. They defeated Washington & Jefferson 143-101 and added a 138-94 win against Allegheny College to close out the weekend.

Leading the way for the Cardinals was junior Jade Miller, who raced in three races on the night and got the win in all three of those races. Her first individual event of the night was the 100-Yard Butterfly in event 12. She would pick up the win with a time of 1:02.41 as she defeated the rest of the field by just under six seconds. She came back in event 22 for her second short yardage event of the day as she swam in the 100-Yard Breaststroke. She would once again pick up the win, swimming a time of 1:11.18 as she headed into her final event of the night. She would swim in the 100 Yard Individual Medley and posted a time of 1:04.12 to pick up her third gold medal of the night. She would bring a total of four gold medals home as she was the second leg of the 200-Yard Medley Relay that won their race with a time of 1:58.31.

The other multi-event winner for the Cardinals on the night was Grace Moorley, who swam in the two long distance events. She began the day in the 1000-Yard Freestyle, where she picked up her second win of the season with a time of 11:25.41. It was a strong benchmark for the freshman as she headed into the 500-Yard Freestyle, which she competed in last weekend as well. The freshman would take home her second first place finish of the meet, swimming a 5:36.25. She beat the field by 20 seconds or more in each of her individual events and added a second place finish to her day as the first leg of the 200-Yard Freestyle that finished with a time of 1:48.35 to round out the day.

The final gold medal of the day came courtesy of sophomore Caitlin Oltman, who brought home the win in the 200-Yard Freestyle. She swam a time of 2:07.79 and beat W&J's Luna Balzano by nearly nine seconds. To go along with their wins on the night, the Cardinals also had several top three finishes as they rounded out the evening. Sophomore Marra Johnson took home both a second and a third place finish on the night, swimming in the 50-Yard Breaststroke (36.90, 3rd) and the 50-Yard Butterfly (29.70, 2nd). Sofia Castillo would bring home the final top three finish for the Cardinals as she took on the 50-Yard Freestyle. She swam a time of 27.21 as the Cardinals picked up their first Tri-Match sweep of the year.

The Wheeling University Women's Swimming team returns to action on Saturday, October 21st, when they host WV Tech at 2 PM. You can watch the event live by clicking HERE.