The UMBC Swimming & Diving teams return to the pool this weekend as they compete in the three day Bucknell Invitational beginning on Friday morning at 10 a.m. Finals will be at 6 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, and 5 p.m. on Sunday.

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Last time out, the Men's team swept the podium in both diving events and won eight of the swim events en route to victories over Howard (221-78) and VMI (188-111) on Saturday. 

On the Women's side, junior Ember Stennett won both the one meter and three meter diving competitions, qualifying for NCAA Zones in the latter, as UMBC defeated both Howard (173-122) and VMI (227-72) on Saturday.

Stennett's dive three meter dive of 280.20 qualified her for NCAA Zones, while her one meter dive of 217.55 was just enough to edge teammate Alicia Buteau (217.25) to take gold. Isabella Evers took third in the three meter and fourth in the one meter, while Samantha Rhee took fourth in the three meter. 

Alice Marini won all three individual events she competed in, taking home the gold in the 200 fly (2:09.06), 200 back (2:04.80) and 200 IM (2:09.54). She also was on the second lace finishing 200 medley relay team along with Lea Kaiser, Nicol Davanzo and Erma Duratovic.

Duratovic also won both of her individual events, finishing first in the 100 fly (57.47) and the 50 free (24.43). She was also on the silver-winning 400 free relay team along with Bruna de Padua, Claire Oettinger and Evie Grim.

Kolby Reese and de Padua went 1-2 in the 1000 free, with Reese winning by over five seconds in a time of 10:50.38. Ula Parrill, Shannyn Lambert and Daphné Melis took the top three spots in the 200 breaststroke, while de Padua was just outtouched at the wall and finished second in the 500 free.

Davanzo finished second behind Marini in the 200 fly and was third in the 100 fly, while Oettinger took second in the 100 free. Breanna Smith and Karli Atwood finished second and third behind Marini in the 200 IM. 

For the Men, Anders Logas won both diving competitions as the Retrievers took the top four spots in the one meter and the top three in the three meter. In the one meter, Logas won with a score of 282.90 and was followed by Kaleb Cave, Aidan O'Callaghan and Grant Moore. A score of 282.05 won Logas the three meter with Moore and Cave taking second and third.

Freshman Quinn Marchionini won both 100 (50.96) and 200 back (1:54.09) and was the first leg on the winning 200 medley relay team, along with Elliot Fielder, Stefano Perez and Sean Neils. Matthew So and Marchionini went 2-3 in the 100 fly later in the meet.

Fielder won both the 100 (58.51) and the 200 breaststroke (2:08.74), while Neils won the free in a time of 46.07. Andrew McEachern (1:42.47) and Felipe Taveira Lira went 1-2 in the 200 free, and Taveira Lira went on to win the 200 IM in 1:56.17.

Nick Bracall finished second behind Marchionini in both backstroke events, while Neils took second in the 50 free. Nick Zaharescu, McEachern and Christian Castro went 2-4 in the 500 free, and Matthew Rotunda finished third in the 200 breaststroke for the Retrievers.

The 400 relay team of Neils, McEachern, Perez and So was just outtouched at the wall and finished in second to conclude the meet.