LYNCHBURG, Va. - It came down to one point on Saturday and that was all the Gallaudet University women's swimming team needed to defeat Greensboro College, 93-92, in a triple-dual meet hosted by Randolph College. The host WildCats took down the Bison, 185-44, and defeated the Pride, 169-52, as the trio of teams began their 2023-24 season.

A deeper Gallaudet team picked up key points against the Pride, who only had enough swimmers to participate in 10 of the 14 events, while the WildCats won 12 of the events outright between the trio of teams.

For Gallaudet, a quartet of swimmers finished third overall in their respective events and picked up key team points against Randolph and Greensboro.

Junior Amelia Oliver (Elkridge, Md.) took third in the 50-yard freestyle (28.47) and 200-yard IM (2:54.27) while sophomore Molly Headrick (Vista, Calif.) placed third in the 200-yard freestyle (2:35.22) and was a distant fifth in the 100-yard freestyle (1:09.50). First-year swimmer Ellen Schloemer (Cincinnati, Ohio) finished third in the 50-yard breaststroke (43.16) and sophomore Sonya Szywala (Phoenix, Ariz.) was third in the 50-yard butterfly (59.83).

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GU returns home and will host McDaniel College on Saturday, Oct. 14, at 1 p.m. in the Field House pool. McDaniel's new head coach Bill Snape used to coach Gallaudet from 2004-12 (eight seasons) and coached current Gallaudet head coach Brian Bennett when he was a Bison student-athlete.