ROCHESTER, NY – Senior Mya Webb broke the school record in the 500 Freestyle, won the 50 Backstroke and was part of a pair of second-place relays to lead the Roberts Wesleyan University Women's Swimming and Diving team at the double-dual meet at Monroe Community College Saturday with Nazareth University.

Roberts downed MCC 170-64 and fell to Nazareth 161-106.

"I'm incredibly proud of our team," said Head Coach Sara Smith. "They fought hard and overcame significant challenges. The men's performance was historic as they conquered Nazareth for the first time in our program's history, and our women swam exceptionally well despite battling injury and sickness."

Webb shaved six seconds off her season-best time in the 500 to set the school record with a time of 5:22.53 after winning the 50 Backstroke race with a time of 30.50 earlier in the meet. Webb opened the meet with freshman Paige Kern, junior Joane Arzalluz Garzon and freshman Cara Pillittieri for a second-place finish in the 400 Medley Relay in 4:26.80 to start the meet.

Webb teamed with Arzalluz, sophomore Julianna French and Pillittieri to take second in the 200 Freestyle relay in 1:48.04 to cap the competition.

Arzalluz added a top finis in the 1000 Freestyle with her time of 11:58.84 and was second in the 50 Butterfly with a time of 29.68.

Pillittieri was second in both the 50 Freestyle (26.67) and the 200 IM (2:28.11) while junior Emma Dicob and sophomore Sidney Simmons placed second and third in each of the diving events.

Dicob was second on the 1-meter board with a score of 267.65 and also second on the 3-meter board with a score of 254.55. Simmons placed third in both events with scores of 249.30 and 239.95.

"This quality swimming at such a critical point in the season sets us up perfectly to give it our all at conference in just two weeks" said Smith.

Roberts is off until the Metropolitan Conference Championships February 14-16 at Rutgers University in New Jersey.