Washington, D.C. -- The UMBC Men's Swimming & Diving team won 14 of 16 events en route to a convincing 220-79 win over host American in its season-opener on Friday night in D.C.

Anders Logas won both diving events, scoring 259.35 in the three meter, and then scoring 256.20 to win by nearly 35 points in the one meter. Grant Moore took second in the three meter (249.67) and was edged by .10 in the one meter (221.40) to finish third.

The season started off with a bang as the quartet of freshmen Quinn Marchionini, Braden Weise, Stefano Perez and sophomore Sean Neils set a pool record in winning the 200 medley relay (1:31.54).

Marchionini also won the 100 back (51.15) and the 200 back (1:55.30), he also took second in the 100 fly (51.01) behind classmate Matthew So (49.27).

So (1:40.67), Andrew McEachern (1:43.19) and Tyler Kay (1:45.48) took the top three spots in the 200 free, while Perez (52.54) and Nick Bracall (53.56) took second and third behind Marchionini in the 100 back. 

Transfer Elliot Fielder won the 100 breaststroke in 58.76, before Weise (21.33), So (21.41) and Neils (21.46) went 1-2-3 in the 50 free. Weise (46.47) and Kay (47.55) earned gold and silver in the 100 free, and that was followed by Fielder (2:09.86) and James Tao (2:13.25) duplicating that effort in the 200 breaststroke.

Felipe Taveira Lira won the 500 free in 4:44.07, and then took first in the 200 IM in 1:54.65. Perez, Weise, So and Neils then closed the meet with a win in the 200 free relay, touching the wall in 1:25.21.

The Retrievers host Navy and William & Mary next Saturday at 11 a.m,