MORRIS, Minn. – The University of Minnesota Morris had two wins in three matchups within a quad meet on Friday night at Cougar Pool. The Cougars defeated Concordia College (Minn.), 139-81, and Iowa Lakes Community College, 169-6. Southwest Minnesota State University notched a 162-52 win over UMN Morris on the night, moving the Cougars to 4-2 overall on the season.

Though most of the event wins went to NCAA Division II SMSU, Minnesota Morris racked up enough higher placements to outlast the other two teams involved in the meet. In the opening relay of the night, the 400 Medley, the team of Morgan Ball, Madi Gerdes, Lexi Gerdes, and Shannon Dougherty placed fourth in 4:36.52. The night would close with the 400 Freestyle Relay, in which the 'A' team of Lilly Radintz, Faith Hamm, Kennedy Olson, and Shannon Dougherty finished as runners-up in 3:52.79. The 'B' team of Lucy Schultz, Ball, Rita Erickson, and Natalie West were third in 4:07.39.

The lone individual runner-up finish of the night came from Radintz in the 50 Freestyle with a time of 26.16 seconds. Minnesota Morris received third-place finishes from West in the 1000 Freestyle (12:13.71), Olson in the 200 IM (2:26.67) and 500 Freestyle (5:49.91), Radintz in the 50 Butterfly (28.70), Dougherty in the 100 Freestyle (57.78), and Ball in the 50 Backstroke (32.22).

The Cougars return to action tomorrow in Marshall, Minn., facing SMSU and Iowa Lakes Community College once again beginning at 11 a.m.