FGCU swimming and diving head coach Dave Rollins addresses the team during a pre-meet huddle at the FGCU Aquatics Center in Fort Myers, Fla. (Zachary Gibbons/The Eagle Sports Report)

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Florida Gulf Coast University women’s swimming and diving team knocked off No. 9 University of Tennessee (156-107) and ASUN foe Queens University of Charlotte (145-129) while falling to No. 25 Virginia Tech (160-82) in quad-meet action at Levine Aquatic Center.

With the pair of victories, the Eagles move to 3-1 overall on the season and 1-0 in ASUN dual meets.

Highlighting the marquee win over the ninth-ranked Lady Volunteers, FGCU secured two individual event titles and logged top-five finishes across multiple races against elite SEC and ACC competition.

Senior Aislyn Barnett provided a major spark for FGCU, touching first overall in the 200-yard breaststroke with a winning time of 2:12.90. Barnett also earned a podium finish in distance freestyle, placing third in the 500-yard freestyle at 4:50.90.

Izzy Ackley captured FGCU’s second individual victory of the meet, pacing the field in the 100-yard backstroke with a first-place time of 53.02 seconds. Ackley added a runner-up finish in the 200-yard backstroke, touching the wall in 1:56.20.

The Eagles set the tone early in relay competition as the quartet of Ackley, Cassie Bauer, Leah Gentry-Tuney, and Jasmin Kroll took second place in the 200-yard medley relay with a mark of 1:40.30. FGCU closed out the afternoon by taking fourth in the 200-yard freestyle relay in 1:34.56.

At the diving well, Alexandra Andueza led FGCU by placing second in the 1-meter dive with 262.65 points. Bella Pfeil added a top-five performance in springboard events, finishing fourth in the 3-meter dive with 232.15 points.

In individual stroke and freestyle events, Bauer notched a fourth-place effort in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:02.51) and added a fifth-place finish in the 200-yard individual medley, with a time of 2:04.63. Charlotte Driesse took third in the 200-yard butterfly with a time of 2:04.34. Kroll delivered a busy slate in the freestyle events, placing fourth in the 50-yard freestyle (23.08), fifth in the 100-yard freestyle (50.67), and sixth in the 200-yard freestyle (1:50.83). Nori Hetyei rounded out the top-10 individual efforts with a ninth-place finish in the 100-yard butterfly (56.65).

FGCU remains in Charlotte, North Carolina, for a tri-meet against Queens and Wingate on Saturday, Oct. 24 at 11 a.m.

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