WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Washington and Lee men's and women's swimming teams were in action at Catholic University on Saturday afternoon. The men's team won, 135-67, while the women were defeated, 131-74.

Leading the way for the men's team was junior Patrick Frankfort (Lynchburg, Va./E.C. Glass), who emerged victorious in the 200 IM and 500 free events. In addition, Frankfort teamed with sophomore Eric Ritter (Birmingham, Ala./Mountain Brook), sophomore Drew Cantanese (Southampton, Mass./Suffield Academy) and senior Rick Black (Indiana, Pa./Marion Center) to win the 400 medley relay. Ritter also won the 100 free for the Generals.

On the women's side, senior Laura Ingoldsby (McLean, Va./Holy Child) won the 1000 free and junior Kelli Austin (Niles, Mich./Niles) took home runner-up honors in the 100 and 200 free events.

With the win, the W&L men improved to 3-2, while the women fell to 6-3 overall. Catholic's women improved to 5-1 overall, while the men fell to 2-3 overall.

Both the W&L men's and women's squads will be in action again on Monday as they host Grove City for a 6:00 pm meet.

-- GENERALS --