Patchogue, N.Y. – The Mount Saint Mary College Men's Swimming team got back into the win column on Saturday afternoon with a tight 70-64 Skyline Conference victory over Purchase. Three Knights picked up individual victories in the meet.
 
Jackson Lerner (Bayside, N.Y.) finished a strong weekend for the Mount with wins over the Panthers in the 200-yard freestyle and the 100-yard butterfly. He opened the day with a winning effort of 2:10.34 in the freestyle race before touching out in a time of 1:01.86 in the butterfly event.
 
Joseph Tagliareni supported the Mount's win on Saturday with first place finishes in both the 200-yard individual medley and the 100-yard backstroke. The IM swim was completed in 2:13.76 before he topped the field in the backstroke event in 1:00.77.
 
Tyler Williams (Middlebury, Conn.) also scored a pair of victories for the Knights, scoring first place points in both the 500-yard freestyle and the 100-yard breaststroke. The 500-yard swim was completed in a winning time of 5:55.27 before he took the top spot in the breaststroke race in 1:27.37.
 
Christopher Astacio (Bronx, N.Y.) also turned in a solid day for the Knights, taking the third position in the 50-yard freestyle in a time of 35.01 seconds.
 
Mount Saint Mary went on to secure Saturday's victory with a win in the 200-yard freestyle relay. The team of Astacio, Tagliareni, Lerner and Williams topped the team from Purchase with a time of 1:48.73.
 
Saturday's victory events the Mount's record at 2-2 overall and pushes it to 1-0 in Skyline Conference competition. Next up for the Knights is the three-day Diamond City Invitational beginning on November 18.