FERRUM, Va. – Sweet Briar swimming (3-0, 1-0 ODAC) earned two victories over the Ferrum Panthers and the Greensboro Pride (0-3) by scores of 117-65 and 137-24, respectively, to remain undefeated.
 
The Vixens kicked off the tri-meet with a first place finish in the 200-yard medley relay. Junior Peyton Murphy (Norfolk, Va.), sophomores Kass Carpenter (Mechanicsville, Va.) and Devin Montgomery (San Antonio, Texas) and first-year Mary Catherine Warner (Virginia Beach, Va.) finished the race with a time of 2:11.11.
 
Carpenter followed the relay performance by finishing first in the 1000-yard freestyle and 100-yard backstroke with times of 12:42.60 and 1:10.56.
 
First-year Acadia ElzHowe (Georgetown, Texas) finished the 200-yard freestyle in 2:04.32, nearly 20 seconds head of the second-place finisher from Ferrum.
 
Montgomery earned her second first place finish of the night in the 50-yard freestyle with a time of 28.29.
 
Sweet Briar finished one, two and three in the 100-yard freestyle thanks for times of 1:00.40, 1:06.88 and 1:07.88 from Murphy, senior Rachael Mills (Plymouth Meeting, Pa.) and junior Elizabeth Sanford (Charlotte, N.C.).
 
The Vixens closed out the meet with a victory in the 200-yard freestyle relay after completing the race in 1.58:00.
 
Highlights

• ElzHowe also captured a victory in the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 5:38.77.
• The winning 200-yard freestyle relay team was composed of ElzHowe, Mills, Sanford and first-year Gaby Aparicio (Quetzaltenango, Guatemala).

What's Next
Hampden-Sydney College will host the Vixens as they take on Virginia Wesleyan on Oct. 30 at 1 p.m.