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Oakland Sweeps Illinois-Chicago, Swept by Northwestern

Aleksander Danielewski had three individual wins while Tricia Grant and Takara Martin were two-time winners on the women's side for Oakland at Saturday's double dual against Northwestern and UIC, hosted by Northwestern.

The Oakland men defeated UIC 169-124 and dropped a 155-134 dual to Northwestern. For the women, the Golden Grizzlies defeated UIC 204-93 and were bested by the Wildcats 180-111.

"Northwestern and UIC brought out the best of us in a number of areas today," Oakland head coach Pete Hovland said."There were a lot of close races and I think wewill benefit from them in the long run. In the areas we struggled I simply contribute it to our training regiment and I'm confident the necessary adaptations will come in the next few weeks and the necessary adjustments will be made." 

Danielewski won both the 100 back (49.76) and 200 back (1:50.12) and had the fastest time in the 200 IM (1:54.26) to lead Oakland's effort. Danielewski remained unbeaten on the season in the 200 back with his win.

Adding individual wins for the Oakland men were Jorden Merrilees in the 200 free (1:39.39) and Mario Rusnak in the 100 butterfly (50.55).

For the women, Martin was victorious in both the 100 breast (1:05.17) and 200 breast (2:20.43), keeping Martin unbeaten in three outings this season in the 100 breast. Grant also remained undefeated on the year in the 1-meter and 3-meter diving events, winning with scores of 275.10 and 282.60, respectively.

Patricia Aschan also was a winner for Oakland, touching first in the 200 back in 2:04.85.

Oakland begins the home portion of their schedule with home events Oct. 31 and Nov. 1. On Friday, the Oakland women will host Ohio and Youngstown State women's teams at 6 p.m. at the Oakland Aquatic Center. Saturday, Nov. 1 will feature a men's and women's dual against Wayne State at 1 p.m. Prior to Saturday's meet, Oakland will hold a ceremony recognizing the efforts of the 2013-14 men's and women's Horizon League Championship teams.

"With our two toughest road trips now out of the way we're all looking forward to our first two home meets of the year next weekend as well as our championship ring presentationon Saturday," Hovland said.

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