WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Towson men's swimming and diving program defeated George Washington 182-72 in a dual meet on Saturday afternoon. The Tigers won 12 events and had 30 top-three finishes.
 
THE BASICS
Dual Meet at George Washington
Charles E. Smith Center, Washington, D.C.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Brandon Ress won the 200-yard freestyle in 1:43.29 followed by Tim Schade in second-place (1:44.21).
• Nick Breschi earned a victory in the 100-yard backstroke, timing 51.50. Noah Pritchard finished in third-place (53.95). Brechi also won the 200-yard backstroke (1:54.30) followed by Zach Bishop (1:58.71) in third-place.
• Jeremy Liu won the 100-yard breaststroke in 59.07 while Joel Todd placed third (59.67). Liu and Todd had matching finished in the 200-yard breaststroke, finishing in 2:07.68 and 2:10.98, respectively.  
• Matt McKenney took first-place in the 200-yard butterfly in 1:50.52. Matt Sieffert earned the third-place finish in 1:56.72.
• Matt Hans won the 50-yard freestyle, timing 21.19. Zach Brech placed third with a time of 21.60.
• The Tigers swept the 100-yard freestyle as Hans earned his second event victory of the day with a time of 46.50. Brech was the runner-up in 47.92, followed by McKenney in third-place (48.46).
• Towson swept first through fourth-place in the 500-yard freestyle. Schade won the event in 4:37.87 followed by Ress (4:39.78). Sieffert placed third (4:43.59) while Aaron Magazine finished fourth (4:52.22).
• McKenney won the 100-yard butterfly in 49.81 followed by Brech (51.07) and Jack Saunderson (51.36).
• Colin Roddy earned a victory in the 200-yard individual medley, timing 1:56.54. Stefan Keller took second-place (1:57.78) and Pritchard (1:58.67).
• Towson swept second through fourth-place in the 1000-yard freestyle. Magazine was the runner-up in 10:03.06, followed by Andrew Snyder (10:05.28) and Ben Johnston (10:09.00).
• The Tigers won the 200-yard medley relay as Breschi, Liu, McKenney and Hans combined for a time of 1:33.75.
• The 400-yard freestyle relay earned an exhibition time of 3:12.67. Ress, Hans, Brech and Saunderson combined for the time.

 
QUOTABLE
"This was a great way for our team to finish the dual meet season this fall," said head coach Pat Mead. "George Washington swam very well and they made our team step up to the challenge and pull out victories for both our teams. Our men's team was led by Matt McKenney, Matt Hans, Nick Breschi and Jeremy Liu."
 
The Tigers will compete next at the Pittsburgh Invite from Nov. 20-22. The meet will be held at the Trees Pool and feature eight schools.