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HOBOKEN, N.J. (November 23, 2013) –The seventh-ranked Stevens Institute of Technology men's swimming team won the 400-yard freestyle relay by .11 to earn a 133-129 victory over ninth-ranked The College of New Jersey in front of a raucous crowd at the De Baun Aquatic Center.
 
Senior Shawn Hanak erased a small deficit in the final event for the Ducks, out-touching TCNJ by a whisker to help Stevens (2-0) to a big win over its in-state rivals TCNJ. Senior Nick Noga, sophomore Tomasz Wolinski, senior Tyler Hessler and Hanak combined for a 3:08.64 as the Ducks entered that final race down by a single point.
 
Sophomore Ravi Sun led the Ducks with three wins individually as Stevens took first in seven races.
 
To open, Sun, sophomore Joshua Lefeber, freshman Austen Young and senior Tyler Hessler placed second in the 200-yard medley relay, with freshmen Mark Lippert and William Arnott going two-three in the 1,000-yard freestyle.
 
Wolinski won the 200-yard freestyle with a 1:43.87, edging out Noga in second and junior Alex Xu in third. Sun's first win of the afternoon came in the 100-yard backstroke, as the second-year standout touched at 51.58, almost two seconds better than second place.
 
Lefeber and sophomore Dane Pilcher went two-three in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:01.88, 1:02.30), as Hanak gave the Ducks their fourth victory of the afternoon when he won the 50-free with a 21.46.
 
After an intermission, Hanak and Wolinski placed second and third in the 100-free thanks to times of 47.42 and 47.46, respectively, while Sun and Noga went one-two in the 200-yard backstroke (1:54.46, 1:55.88).
 
Pilcher finished third in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:14.48), Arnott did the same in the 500-free (4:51.69) and Young was second in the 100-yard butterfly (52.37).
 
Sun's third win was huge, taking the top-spot in the 200-yard IM with a 1:56.68, as was the second-place finish of Xu in the same event.
 
The final event of the day was the 400-free relay and the win gave the Ducks seven total and was enough for the program to earn its second win ever over the Lions.
 
Stevens will return to action in two weeks when it competes in the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference Championships in the Bronx from December 6-8.