BOCA RATON, Fla. - The Lynn University men's and women's swimming teams delivered commanding performances against Sunshine State Conference foe Barry on Saturday afternoon, cruising to a pair of decisive victories.

The Fighting Knight men defeated the Buccaneers 165-39, while the women dominated with a 172-18 victory. Highlighted by multiple individual event wins from Mariele De Santis, Eva Stacey, Paolo Agogeri and Max Tsyfarov, the Blue and White controlled the pool from start to finish to secure the dual-meet sweep.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED:
Women's Swimming:
- The women made a splash immediately as the 400 medley relay team of De Santis, Ally Webster, Lydia Douthit and Luz Tapia kicked off the meet with a first place finish of 3:55.94
- Stacey led a trio of Blue and White swimmers in the 1000 freestyle, closing out the distance event in 10:49.99
- Tapia continued her meet in the 200 freestyle, leading a quartet of Fighting Knights with a finish of 1:54.47
- Lily Drons led Lynn in the 50 freestyle, claiming first place at 24.42
- De Santis flew in the 200 individual medley, quickly swimming a 2:08.85 in the event
- Douthit took first in the 200 fly, racing out to a 2:05.44 finals time
- Krystina Zavalaga recorded her name at the top of the leaderboard in the 100 free, finishing in 52.46
- De Santis continued her impressive performance with a 2:05.23 top finish in the 200 back
- Stacey claimed first in another distance event, outpacing the rest of the pool in the 500 freestyle (5.18.08)
- Maggie Morse paced the Fighting Knights in the 200 breast (2:28.81) followed closely by Webster in second (2:29.06)
- The Blue and White women closed out the meet with a win in the 400 medley relay as Adel Pal, Alexis Mihok, Drons and Zavalaga finishing in 3:31.25
 
Men's Swimming:
- The men followed suit in the 400 medley relay as the squad of Xavier Washington, Tsyfarov, Mike Topchanalis and Brady Moore took first place with a finals time of 3:20.54
- Agogeri continued his hot start to the season, edging out Barry's Teo Puig by a few tenths of a second for a first place finish in the 1000 freestyle (11:09.09)
- Eli Spivak led the Fighting Knights to a win in the 200 freestyle, clocking in at 1:54.47
- Topchanalis raced out to a 21.50 first place finish in the 50 freestyle followed by fellow Fighting Knight Kell Frazier at 21.55
- Tsyfarov continued to build on his 200 individual medley time from last week, finishing in 1:54.28 while closely followed by Lynn's Luke Labrose (1:55.72)
- Kamil Geisner finished the 200 fly at 1:55.39 for first place
- Moore outraced his teammates in the 100 free, speeding to his final touch at 46.28
- Washington found himself out to an early lead in the 200 back and never looked back, clocking in a 1:51.43 finish
- Agogeri impressed again, beating out the Bucs and his fellow teammates in the 500 free with a timely finish of 4:35.61
-Tsyfarov impressed again, finishing the 200 breast with a top time of 2:08.79
- The Fighting Knight men finished their afternoon in the 400 freestyle relay as the team of Topchanalis, Moore, Agogeri and Sam Swanson clocked in a finish of 3:04.81
 
UP NEXT:
The Fighting Knights will compete against some of their former teammates in the Lynn Alumni meet on Saturday, Oct. 17 before returning to SSC competition at the Panther Invite on Oct. 30.