WASHINGTON - The Gallaudet University women's swim team dropped its 2023-24 home opener to McDaniel College here Saturday by the score of 110-48 in the Field House pool.

The meet marked the return of former Gallaudet swim coach Bill Snape, who is the new head coach at McDaniel. Snape coached at GU from 2004-12 and was the head coach for current Gallaudet head coach Brian Bennett. 

Gallaudet's 200-yard medley relay team took second against the Green Terror with a time of 2:38.88 to begin the meet. The team consisted of sophomore Molly Headrick (Vista, Calif.), first-year Brenna Koskie (Milton, Ontario), junior Amelia Oliver (Elkridge, Md.) and sophomore Paola Sarabia (Yuma, Ariz.). 

The Bison concluded the meet with a first-place finish in the 200-yard freestyle relay with a time of 2:21.77. The team consisted of Headrick, Oliver, first-year Sam Michaelson (Southwick, Mass.) and first-year Tiadra Vang (Kansas City, Kan.).

Oliver swam a close race against McDaniel's Abigail Cook in the 50-yard freestyle as the visitor touched the wall in 26.78 seconds while Oliver was close behind in second with a time of 28.29 seconds. Vang finished third in the 50-yard freestyle (43.47) just behind Oliver.

Headrick took second in the 100-yard freestyle (1:08.00) while Koskie took second in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:39.07) and third in the 100-yard freestyle (1:33.00). 

Michaelson took second in the 1,000-yard freestyle (17:16.07) and third in the 500-yard freestyle (8:24.20). 

First-year Kelly Carbajal (Rilato, Calif.) finished third in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 2:15.91. 

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Gallaudet will host Virginia Wesleyan University on Saturday, Oct. 28, at 1 p.m.