ALTOONA, Pa. – The Pitt-Bradford swim teams split their meet on Saturday afternoon with the Penn State Altoona Lions. The men's team edged the Lions 92-89, while the women suffered a 114-70 defeat.

Pitt-Bradford's men's team collected a total of seven first place finished during the meet. The first win came by way of the 200 medley relay, the first event of the day for the Panthers. Pitt-Bradford's Corey Koss, Jeff Cattoni, Alex Renwick and Felipe Suntaxi outpaced the competition with a final time of 1:40.96.

Suntaxi went on to place first in his next event, the 1000 freestyle. He touched the wall at 10:55.67 to earn the nine team points for the first place finish.

Next up, the 200 IM went to Corey Koss with a final time of 2:06.44. Koss outswam Altoona's Adam Hosier by nearly 14 seconds. Suntaxi was back at it for the Panthers with his next top finish in the 100 butterfly. By nearly two seconds, Suntaxi defeated Altoona's Zachary Jones.

The 100 back belonged to Koss with a time of 54.79, while Renwick grabbed his first solo top finish in the 500 free with a mark of 5:27.99. The final first place tally belonged to Cattoni in the 100 breaststroke. Cattoni outpaced the competition with a time of 1:04.01.

For the women, the group of Elizabeth Prager, Ann Confer, Calli Cody and Wehonna Toth got the Panthers off to a hot start. The four grabbed first place in the first event, the 200 medley relay. Next, it was Prager doing what she does best in the 200 free. She built a commanding lead that ended with her taking the top spot by almost 20 seconds and a final time of 2:06.65.

It was Prager again in the 100 back that gave the women their final win of the day. Prager defeated Altoona's Allison Wolfenberger by seven seconds with a mark of 1:04.26 to end her strong afternoon.

Pitt-Bradford returns to the pool on Saturday, Nov. 8, as the Panthers travel to face Buffalo State in Buffalo, N.Y., at 1 p.m.