The Wheeling Women's Swim Team got their new season underway today, as they made the short trip to Bridgeport, W.Va for a relay meet hosted by the Salem Tigers. It would be a positive meet to start the season for the Cardinals, as they finished third out of seven teams in the meet with 70 points.

Opening the meet and the season for the Cardinals was the trio of Laura Vehns, Justyna Markowska, and Greta Lovas in the 300 butterfly. The three Cardinal newcomers would open the season with a second place finish, as they swam a time of 3:12.69 to fall to the Frostburg trio by just over a second. Next up to race for the Cardinals in the 300 yard backstroke was the returning trio of Niki Chrysafi, Lacie Langmyer, and Sofia Garcia. They would add another top three finish to start the day, as the trio swam a time of 3:18.09 to take third.

Next up for Wheeling was the 300 yard breaststroke, where the Cardinals would lose out on gold by under 4 tenths of a second to Frostburg. Giulia Liberti, Greta Lovas, and Sofia Gonzalez were the trio to swim a time of 3:40.83, notching another second place Cardinal finish. The Cardinals would take their third silver in the very next race, as Grace Moorley, Lacie Langmyer, Sofia Garcia, and Goksu Civi swam at time of 8:45.90 in the 800 freestyle.

The quartet of Niki Chrysafi, Giulia Liberti, Laura Vehns, and Goksu Civi took second once more in the 400 medley as they beat out third by over 17 seconds with a time of 4:17.71. Wheeling would take 6th and 4th in the next two races, those being the 200 freestyle and 400 medley, before coming back in the last event of the meet to add another 3rd place finish. The team of Laura Vehns, Grace Moorley, Lacie Langmyer, and Goksu Civi put up a time of 3:53.48 in the 400 freestyle that was good enough for third by over seven seconds from David & Elkins.

The Cardinals would finish the meet with a total of six medals for 70 points, eight behind Fairmont State in second with 78, and 72 behind Frostburg who took the top spot in the meet. The Wheeling University Women's Swim Team will return to action on Sunday, October 4th, as they compete in the WV Small College Invitational hosted by Salem.