Philadelphia, Pa. -- The UMBC Men's Swimming & Diving team returned to the pool in style, defeating host La Salle 178-121 in its first action since early December.

"Really good meet for the team today," said head coach Matt Donovan. "We are getting a lot closer to figuring out our conference line up. We have a few things to clean up but this was a great effort against a strong opponent."

Nick Zaharescu won the 1000 in 9:57.79, Christian Castro took second in exactly 10:00.00. Boris Milev (1:42.70) and Andrew McEachern (1:43.86) went 1-2 in the 200 free.

UMBC took the top three spots in the 200 fly as Marko Kovacic won in 1:54.03, followed by Max Casey-Bolanos (1:58.47) and Axel Mori (2:06.52). Milev then won the 100 free in 47.05. Max Trias (2:12.96), James Tao (2:13.78) and Matthew Johnson (2:15.10) followed by finishing 1-2-3 in the 200 breaststroke. 

McEachern (4:47.60), Castro (4:54.13) and Brendan Hanlon (5:01.81) then swept the podium in the 500 free, while Trias (1:59.88), Tao (2:02.28) and Zaharescu (2:04.59) were the top three in the 200 IM.

Isaac Poole continued to dominate the diving portion as he won both the 1 meter (298.88) and 3 meter (288.63)

Kaleb Cave (256.50) and Grant Moore (248.10) took third and fourth, respectively, in the 1 meter, while Anders Logas (253.35) and Andy Vines (243.68) went 3-4 in the 3 meter.

The Retrievers will face George Washington over two days next weekend. First, they will host the Revolutionaries for Senior Day on Saturday at 1 p.m., before heading to D.C. on Sunday for a 10 a.m. start.