WASHINGTON D.C. -- The Washington and Lee men's and women's swimming teams earned a pair of victories over Catholic on Sunday. The Generals' men's squad defeated the Cardinals 123.5-81.5, while the W&L women's squad edged Catholic 103-102.

The Generals men's team (3-0) was led by freshman Michael Ginder (Jacksonville, Fla./Episcopal). Ginder emerged as the only W&L multiple individual event winner on the day with top honors in the 200 Free (151.81) and a first-place tie in the 100 Free (48.89). He also teamed up with senior Eric Ritter (Birmingham, Ala./Mountain Brook), freshman Benjamin Accinelli (Dubuque, Iowa/Hempstead) and senior Drew Catanese (Southampton, Mass./Suffield Acad.) for the winning 400 Medley Relay (3:46.49).

Ritter also won the 200 Back (2:01.26), while senior Paul Laraia (Houston, Texas/Memorial) hit the wall first in the 200 Fly (2:08.92) and teamed with freshman Kevin Hayes (Mercer Island, Wash./Mercer Island), sophomore Reed Evans (Greensboro, N.C./Greensboro Day) and freshman Maxwell Pike (Goldsboro, N.C./Wayne Country Day) for top honors in the 400 Free Relay (3:30.87).

On the women's side the Generals (103-102) started the day top honors in the 400 Medley Relay when sophomore Keturah Akida (Vincennes, Ind./Lincoln), sophomore Beth Sauer (Reisterstown, Md./McDonogh), freshman Abbie Sauter (Darien, Conn./Darien) and sophomore Kristine Holda (Strongsville, Ohio/Strongsville) combined for a time of 2:24.14.

Holda also won the 50 Free (26.16) and Sauter won the 200 Breast (2:35.01) to round out W&L's multiple event winners.

The W&L women's team returns to action on Tuesday, Nov. 18 when they host Hollins. Meet time is 7:00 p.m.

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