MILLIGAN, Tenn. — On Friday night to open homecoming weekend, the Milligan University men's and women's swimming teams hosted the King University Tornado at the pool inside Steve Lacy Fieldhouse. The Buffaloes' men took down the visitors by a final score of 107-66, while the women fell to KU by a 104-81 tally.

The evening began with the women's 200 Medley Relay, in which the Buffaloes two groups combined for six points. The 'A' team consisted of Emily Newman, Mia Windham, Abigail Maniace and Emily Dubes. They finished just 16 hundredths off the lead with a time of 2:05.58. Abigail Melinsky, Jocelyn Waits, Ava Rojas and Peyton Brady finished third with a 2:14.81 mark.

Paxton Smith, Elijah Holliman, Sergio Tudor and Gellert Szedlak won the men's race in 1:44.57. Colin Burnette, Reef Parman, Wyatt Pierce and River Rockholt placed third with a 1:52.01.

The women's 200 Freestyle was won by Newman, who notched a 2:15.75. Rosalee Wenhame also added points for the Buffs, placing fourth in 2:28.87.

Holliman pulled away in the men's race, touching the wall in 1:53.44. Burnette came in fourth at 2:08.56. Rockholt also added a point by coming in fifth in 2:09.94.

The 100 Backstroke was next, as two Lady Buffs won points, with Windham taking the victory in 1:08.14. Emily Haas placed third, turning in a 1:09.12 clip.

Smith and Nathan Lindsey, placing second and fourth, picked up points for the Buffs' men. They had times of 59.58 and 1:04.39, respectively.

Madison Akbari, as the runner-up in the women's 50 Freestyle, picked up four points. She finished in 28.47 seconds. Tessa Schwartz nabbed a point for placing fifth at 31.29 seconds.

Both Christoph Haenel (1st, 22.87) and Pierce (3rd, 25.05) added to the MU men's point total, combining for 12 in the 50 Freestyle.

Rojas (3rd, 5:39.16) and Katelyn Williams (4th, 5:48.44) raced in the women's 400 Individual Medley for Milligan, notching five points as a pair.

In the men's 400 IM race, only Nathaniel Schmidt competed, winning nine points with a 4:47.21 clip.

Dubes finished in 1:02.63 in the 100 Freestyle for the ladies, placing second. She was followed by Haas in fourth, who completed her swim in 1:04.97.

Szedlak (1st, 53.22) and Tudor (2nd, 54.60) claimed the top two slots in the men's 100 Freestyle, hauling in 13 points for the Buffaloes' cause.

Windham, in the women's 100 Breaststroke, ended up in third place with a time of 1:21.17. She was closely followed by Waits, who posted a 1:21.84 to come to the wall in fourth.

Holliman continued to show his prowess, winning the men's 100 Breaststroke in 1:03.28. Lindsey placed fifth in the race at 1:14.17.

Akbari and Rojas claimed top-five placements in the women's 100 Butterfly, ending up third and fourth, respectively. Akbari clocked in at 1:10.69, while Rojas finished in 1:12.48.

Haenel won the men's 100 Butterfly with a time of 54.38 seconds. He was followed by Parman, who managed a 57.54 to finish second. Additionally, Schmidt came in fourth at 58.97 seconds.

The women earned top-five placements from three racers in the women's 400 Freestyle. Newman won the race with a 4:47.76 mark. Williams placed third in 5:05.71, and Wenhame touched the wall fifth in 5:09.59.

Szedlak grabbed a runner-up finish in the men's 400 Freestyle, finishing in 4:18.13 to earn four points.

Dubes, Haas, Maniace and Akbari placed first in the women's 200 Freestyle Relay, finishing in 1:54.24 for 11 points. The 'B' squad (Waits, Brady, Melinsky, Williams) also put up two points with a clip of 2:03.06.

The men were also victorious to end the event, as Smith, Parman, Burnette and Haenel swam to a 1:35.65 time. The Buffaloes' 'B' squad also placed third for the men, as Schmidt, Brody Henning, Lindsey and Nathaniel Halloran combined for a 1:45.34.

Milligan's next event will be two weeks from now, as they'll head to Mars Hill University in N.C. for a dual meet with both the men and women. The meet is set to begin at 6 p.m. on Nov. 6.

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