CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Royals were no match for the No. 8-SEC ranked South Carolina men's team tonight, as Queens took the victory by a final score of 141.5-119.5. The Queens women weren't able to seal the deal, falling by a score of 156-106.
Overall, the Royals claimed 16 event wins on the night.
"Tonight our men enjoyed a win that took the entire team top to bottom," Senior Associate Head Coach Jon Lau said. "Our women also had one of the closest meets against South Carolina in our program's history. To be competing with an SEC power shows that our team has been putting in the hard work that will make us successful at the end of the season. We look forward to continuing to build toward the Fall Frenzy in November."
The Royals kickstarted the meet with a bang as the men & the women both snagged first-place finishes in the 200-yard medley relays.
The squad of Bianca Wettel, Maddie Foster, Annika Huber, and Danielle Melilli completed with a 1:42.89 final time while the men's side of Andreas Marz, Balazs Berecz, Conner Wang, and Matej Dusa finished with a 1:28.97.
Queens grabbed their next first-place finish in the Men's 200-yard free event, as Daniel Meszaros collected a 1:39.57 while Frantisek Jablcnik finished close behind with a 1:40.36.
The Gamecocks would take the next two events before Huber brought home a win in the 100-yard breaststroke event with a time of 1:04.06.
The Royals would just barely scrape behind first-place times of their opponents in the next two events (Men's 100-yard breaststroke, Women's 200-yd fly) before Yannick Plasil would take his first triumph of the day with a time of 1:49.43 in the Men's 200-yard fly.
After the break, the Royals swiped the next four events at the hands of veterans Dusa and Melilli in the 50-yard and 100-yard free events. Dusa snagged the men's 50-yard with a new ASUN-conference best time of 19.50 and claimed the 100-yard with a 44.10. Melilli finished with a similar fortune as the senior took the women's events with ASUN record times of 23.13 and 50.62, respectively.
Huber snagged another win in the women's 200-yard breaststroke as the sophomore finished with a winning time of 2:17.48. Next, it would be Plasil once again to grab another Queens victory in the Men's 100-yard fly with a 49.62. From there, the Royals would win the last five events. In the Men's 200-yard IM, Jablcnik took the win with a time of 1:51.06. Before the final events, Abigail Zboran would find her way on the board with a winning time of 2:04.18 in the 200-yard IM — a new ASUN-best time in the event.
Finishing off the meet, the Royals reigned supreme once again in the relays as the women finished with a time of 1:33.88 (Melilli, Foster, Libby Livesay, and Ryley Heck) while the men (Dusa, Meszaros, Nien Levy, and Wang) finished with a time of 1:20.75 in the 200-yard freestyle events.
Up next, the Royals are back home on Nov. 3 as they face Colorado State and Old Dominion in a tri-meet starting at 4:00 PM.
