[Swimming & Diving] Bees defeat Illinois Institute of Technology

St. Ambrose stayed on its early-season roll, taking duals from Illinois Tech Saturday afternoon at the Davenport Central pool.

The men won 130-58 to remain unbeaten in three duals this year while the women moved to 2-1 in duals with a 124-101 win.

Catie Schimmelpfenning and Andrea Adam each won a pair of events for the SAU women.

Schimmelpfenning won the 50- and 100-yard freestyle events in 25.85 seconds and 56.02 seconds, respectively. Adam, the defending national champion in both events, won the 1-meter dive with a score of 235.90 and the 3-meter dive with a 156.70. Teammate Taylor Madison took second in diving with scores of 239.75 and 138.40.

Kelly Baughman was the other individual winner for St. Ambrose, coming in first as part of a 1-2-3 finish for the Bees in the 100-yard breaststroke. Her time of 1:18.41 held off teammates Laura Williams (1:22.72) and Grace Johanns (1:31.08).

Schimmelpfenning and Baughman also teamed with Bethany Anderson and Dani Crum to win the 200-yard freestyle relay in a time of 1:44.31.

Crum collected two second-place finishes - coming in less than a second behind the winner in the 100-yard backstroke and also taking runner-up honors in the 200-yard freestyle. Anderson placed second in the 200-yard butterfly.