The College of Wooster swimming and diving teams swept NCAA Div. II Malone University in the team's opening dual meet of the 2026-27 season, hosted by Malone at C.T. Branin Natatorium.
 
The men won by a score of 185-36, capturing 13 of the contested events while the women brought home a 126-91 victory with six event wins.
 
Three Scots won multiple individual events on the afternoon, led by a pair of sophomore standouts in Hayden Price and Elena Sandifer. Price captured the 200 freestyle in 1:52.51 and then followed that up with the win in the 100 butterfly in 55.57. Sandifer displayed prowess in both the sprint and the distance freestyle events, winning the 50 freestyle in 26.64 and the 500 freestyle in 5:33.75. Senior Ethan Neuner was the other multi-event winner in the 50 freestyle in 22.89 and the 100 freestyle in 51.15.
 
The first-years also turned heads in their first collegiate dual meet, combining for an additional five wins. Alex Powell took the 100 backstroke in 1:00.30, Brendan Sulak won the 500 freestyle in 4:59.13, and Evan Towle captured the 100 breaststroke in 1:05.62. On the diving side, first-year Collin McFarlane won both the 1-meter and the 3-meter events, tallying 194.80 and 181.70 points, respectively.
 
On the women's side, sophomores Leah Dean and Reese Lucas and seniors Tara McGovern and Rachel Frank had significant contributions to the team victory by winning each of their individual events. Dean made it a Scot sweep in the 100 backstroke in 1:03.29 while McGovern did the same in the 100 butterfly in 1:05.96. Lucas touched the wall first in the 200 individual medley in 2:22.39 and Frank finished the 200 freestyle in 2:02.59 for the victory.
 
The other two individual event victories came from sophomore Evan Hasenkampf and senior Ryan Stokes. Hasenkampf went the distance in the 1,000 freestyle and beat the competition to the tune of a 10:46.32. Stokes added another Scott sweep in the 200 individual medley in 2:07.51.
 
In relay action, the men's team won both relay events with Price, Stokes, Sulak and sophomore Kadin Rayford combining for a time of 1:40.08 in the 200 medley relay. Rayford, senior Dillon Boespflug, first-year Michael Sullivan, and Neuner capped off the afternoon with the win in the 200 freestyle relay in 1:32.28.
 
Wooster will host its first dual meet on Saturday, November 7, against Heidelberg University. The meet starts at 1 p.m. at Timken Natatorium.