Newburgh, N.Y. – The Mount Saint Mary College Men's Swimming Team returned home on Saturday and dropped a tough non-conference decision to the College of Staten Island, 102-94. Junior Robert Kohlus (Wading River, N.Y.) led the Mount charge with two individual wins.
 
Kohlus scored half of the team's four individual wins in the meet, taking the top spot in the 200-yard individual medley and the 100-yard butterfly. His initial win of the day came in a time of 2:08.16, winning the IM event by better than eight seconds. Kohlus followed that up with a dominating swim in the 100-yard butterfly, winning the race in 56.72 seconds, topping the field by better than seven seconds.
 
Junior Michael Neugebauer (Newburgh, N.Y.) and freshman Joseph Tagliareni (Hackettstown, N.J.) also turned in strong outings on Saturday for the Knights. Neugebauer won the 50-yard freestyle in 23.07 seconds and added a second place swim in the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 52.47 seconds. Tagliareni won the 100-yard backstroke for the Mount in 1:03.04 and followed Kohlus in the 200-yard individual medley.
 
Senior Philippe Noisy (New York, N.Y.) and junior Sam Kenney (Poughkeepsie, N.Y.) each picked up second place finishes for the Mount against the Dolphins. Noisy took the runner-up spot in the 200-yard freestyle in 2:05.05, while Kenney earned second place points in the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:16.77.
 
Mount Saint Mary opened the day in strong fashion, scoring a win in the 200-yard medley relay. The team of Matthew Gallo (Clark, N.J.), Neugebauer, Kohlus and Tagliareni took the top spot with a time of 1:47.80.
 
Saturday's loss drops Mount Saint Mary to 1-2 in dual meet action. Next up for the Knights is a home Skyline Conference meet with Sarah Lawrence on November 10. Events with the Gryphons are scheduled to begin at 1:00 p.m.