JAMESTOWN, N.D. – The University of Minnesota Morris women's swimming & diving team closed out its opening weekend of the season on Saturday with a 118-112 win at the University of Jamestown, moving to 2-0 in dual meets.

Minnesota Morris had six event victories on the night, doing just enough to sneak past the Jimmies with a win in the night's final relay. The first relay of the evening was the 200 Medley and the Cougar 'A' team of Morgan Ball, Madi Gerdes, Liesl Smee, and Shannon Dougherty finished second in 2:06.41. The 'B' team followed in third as Lucia Rainbow, Lydia Dahlager, Paulina Bekkum, and Hannah Wellens clocked in at 2:11.01.

Jenna Gutterman led off the individual events with a win in the 1650 Freestyle in a time of 19:47.33. Lexi Gerdes finished in fourth place but was able to add her name to the UMN Morris record book with a time of 21:08.03 that ranks 16th all-time in program history.

In the 200 Freestyle, Minnesota Morris had the second through fifth-place finishers in the race. Lilly Radintz was the runner-up in 2:07.95. Madelyn Murley was third in 2:14.03. Bethany Knopp placed fourth in 2:17.53 and Natalie West was fifth in 2:20.15.

Following that was the 50 Freestyle. Dougherty notched a victory for the Cougars in the sprint event with a time of 27.12 seconds. Paulina Bekkum was third in 28.38 seconds and Wellens was fourth in 28.89 seconds. Prior to the start of diving was the 200 IM. Minnesota Morris once again had three of the top four in the race as Abby Doyle placed second (2:33.10), Dahlager was third (2:38.72), and Ball was fourth (2:43.63).

Returning to swimming events following the diving interlude, Lexi Gerdes swam a near-identical time in the 100 Butterfly as she did on Friday with a 1:06.62 to place second. Ball was fourth in 1:08.25 and had the 19th-fastest time in program history. Knopp was fifth in the race as well (1:16.26).

The Cougars had a 1-2-3 finish in the 100 Freestyle with Radintz winning the race in 57.77 seconds. Gutterman placed second in 1:01.83 and West finished in third (1:04.64).

Another event victory followed in the 100 Backstroke as Murley had a winning time of 1:09.10. Wellens took third in the race (1:13.84) and Rainbow was fifth (1:15.97).

The 500 Freestyle featured a third-place showing for Doyle (5:56.40) and a fourth-place finish for Smee (6:05.33). The final individual event of the night was a win for Madi Gerdes in the 100 Breaststroke. Her time of 1:14.65 eked out a victory by less than two-tenths of a second and was good for sixth all-time in program history in the event.

The night's final event was the 400 Freestyle Relay and had three Minnesota Morris teams competing in the race. The Cougar 'A' team of Gutterman, Dougherty, Doyle, and Radintz cruised to a win in 3:59.87. The 'B' team placed second as Murley, Bekkum, Lexi Gerdes, and Smee combined for a 4:12.48. Finally, the 'C' team was fourth as Knopp, Rainbow, West, and Madi Gerdes touched the wall in 4:27.46.

Minnesota Morris will be off from competition next weekend, then return to action in a multi-team field at the Augustana Invite in Sioux Falls, S.D. from Nov. 17-19.