The UMBC men's and women's swimming and diving teams dropped their first meet of the season, as they fell to Navy by scores of 137-101 on the men's side and 123-119 on the women's.   The Retrievers fall to 1-1 on the season for both men and women, while the Midshipmen improve to 5-0 on both sides.
 
Junior Tina Cantwell (Sinking Spring, Pa./The Hill School) led a Retrievers sweep of the 200 breaststroke as she turned in a winning time of 2: 20.79 to give the Retrievers a 115-110 lead over the Midshipmen going into the last event of the day, the 400 freestyle relay.
 
In a riveting contest, Sarah Dorenkott from Navy just out-touched senior Retriever anchor Lindsey Engler (Salisbury, Md./James M. Bennett) to give Navy the event and meet win.   The Mids finished the race with a time of 3:33.00, while the Retrievers turned in a 3:33.62.
 
Earlier in the meet, Engler took an individual win as she swam a time of 24.28 to win the 50 free.  The only other individual winners for the Retrievers were sophomore Tereza Kaplanova (Prague, Czech Republic/Gymnazium J.G. Jankovskeho), who won the 200 backstroke in a time of 2:09.25, and freshman Rebecca Godwin (Catonsville, Md./Notre Dame Prep), who was victorious in the 1000 free with a time of 10:20.67.
 
On the men's side, sophomore Rasmus Kutt (Tallinn, Estonia/Gustav Adolf Gymnasium) led the Retrievers as he claimed the 200 backstroke with a time of 1: 54.49 and led-off the winning 400 medley relay comprised of senior Scott Auchter (Wernersville, Pa./Wilson), freshman Brad Reitz (Ellicott City, Md./Howard), and sophomore Matt Mattingly (Cherry Hill, N.J./Cherry Hill West) that turned in a time of 3:31.77.
 
Other individual winners for the Retrievers was junior Justin Bronson (Oshawa, Ontario, Canada/Msgr. Paul Dwyer) who won the 200 free in a time of 1: 42.30.
 
The Retriever women will travel to Durham, N.H. on Sunday to face the New Hampshire Wildcats at 2:30 p.m., while both teams will face Binghamton on Sat. Nov. 3 at 1:00 p.m . in Vestal, N.Y.