The men's and women's swimming and diving squads each won five individual races in last Saturday's home dual meet against Roger Williams University.

Despite both teams' individual successes in the season's second meet at the pool in the Joseph M. Linsey Sports Center, the men lost 144-110, and the women were defeated 152-116. Even so, coach Mike Kotch was pleased with how both squads swam.

"I thought we competed very well," Kotch said. "I was glad to see the effort collectively from the team. We know all season long as we reemerge into NCAA competition, we're just a small group, so there's not a lot of us to fill the lanes and compete for points.

"But the important thing is that we step up on the blocks, we compete, we try and execute our race strategies and use that as a chance to evaluate our training."

Brian Luk '16 won three races for the men's squad against Roger Williams, setting personal bests in two of those events.

He recorded these personal records by finishing first in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:50.28 and first in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 55:97. Luk also won the 100-yard freestyle in 49.74.

"He's got a great attitude and great work ethic," Kotch said. "The thing that keeps him going is that he's swimming as fast as he ever has at any point in his swimming career."

After setting a school record in the 1,650-yard freestyle at the Mini-University Athletic Association meet on Oct. 26, Max Fabian '15 finished first in the 1,000-yard freestyle against Roger Williams in 10:06.79.

Fabian's time was 25.78 seconds faster than Roger Williams senior Tim Ragan, who finished second in the race. Fabian also won the 500-yard freestyle with a time of 5:00.59.

For the women, Holly Spicer '13 finished first in the 100-yard and 200-yard breaststroke. She won the 100-yard race with a time of 1:10.65 seconds and the 200-yard competition with a time of 2:34.02.

"It's very exciting to see that she has the ability to really improve upon where she was way back as a freshman, whem she had the last chance to compete," Kotch said.

Fay Laborio '16 matched Spicer by capturing two wins against Roger Williams as well.

In her first collegiate victories, Laborio finished first in the 100-yard backstroke in 1:07.58. She also scored the Judges an individual victory in the 200-yard backstroke, where she clocked in at 2:24.17.

Theresa Gaffney '16 captured the final victory for the women's squad in the 1,000-freestyle, finishing first with a time of 11:49.30.

Both squads compete Saturday at Providence College at 11 a.m.

For the upcoming meet, and for the rest of the season, Kotch hopes that both teams continue to train hard and relish in the newfound ability to compete against other schools.

"As the season goes along, I really expect the kids to just bring a great attitude, embrace the opportunity to race some of the best available competition in the New England every weekend, and utilize our week's worth of training so we can evaluate where we are."