Hoboken, N.J. – The Stevens Institute of Technology men's swimming team earned six individual event victories but was narrowly edged by Rowan University 135-127 in dual-meet action Saturday afternoon.

HOW IT HAPPENED
Stevens opened the meet with second- and third-place finishes in the 200-yard medley relay. Ethan Emerton, Ryan Bailey, Jonah Briggs and Ron Gvishi combined for a time of 1:37.51, while Sean Perez, Jason Scheckner, Rahul Shahani and Sebastien Nappi followed in 1:39.05. Cooper Moffatt recorded Stevens' top finish in the 1,000-yard freestyle, taking third in 10:17.97. Briggs and Scaperdas followed with a pair of top-three finishes in the 200-yard freestyle, touching second and third, respectively. Briggs finished in 1:45.44, just .35 seconds behind the winner, while Scaperdas followed in 1:46.94.
 
Emerton and Perez placed second and third in the 100-yard backstroke with respective times of 54.91 and 55.36 before Bailey and Scheckner did the same in the 100-yard breaststroke. Bailey touched in 1:00.73, with Scheckner following in 1:02.92. Shahani delivered the Ducks' first victory of the afternoon in the 200-yard butterfly, touching in 1:59.79. Will Hyde placed fourth in 2:08.06, with Aaron Zhao following in fifth at 2:08.27.
Nappi led a one-two Stevens finish in the 100-yard freestyle, winning in 48.73. Gvishi was right behind him in 49.71, while Andy Kolecki added a fifth-place finish in 50.60.
 
Emerton followed with a victory in the 200-yard backstroke, touching the wall in 1:57.57, nearly four seconds ahead of the runner-up. Andrew Thau placed fifth in 2:05.97. The Ducks collected three of the top four finishes in the 200-yard breaststroke. Bailey led the way with a winning time of 2:14.22, while Owen Yam finished third in 2:19.03 and James Johnson followed in fourth at 2:19.73. Scaperdas continued the run of victories by taking the 500-yard freestyle in 4:52.66. Shahani placed third in 4:56.66, with Patrick Cortelli fifth in 5:06.95.
 
Briggs earned Stevens' final individual victory in the 100-yard butterfly, touching in 52.62 to edge the runner-up by one-tenth of a second. Luke Albino placed fifth in 54.97. Moffatt and Shahani then took second and third in the 200-yard individual medley, recording times of 2:01.98 and 2:02.93, respectively. Stevens closed the meet by taking second and third in the 200-yard freestyle relay. Briggs, Nappi, Perez and Gvishi finished second in 1:28.20, while Tyler Mac, Matthew Beaney, Yusuf Tokuz and Emerton followed in 1:29.04.
 
UP NEXT
The Ducks are off until November 6-7, when they head across the Hudson River for the NYU Fall Invitational.