ROCHESTER, N.Y. – The Hartwick Hawks Men's Swimming and Diving improved their Empire 8 record to 2-0 on Saturday afternoon with a 170-118 win over Nazareth.
 
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
 

• Hartwick started off strong, picking up a win in the 200-meter medley relay.  Mikey Schultz (Binghamton, N.Y), Sebastian Knowles (Plano, Tex.), Nic Tirrell (Turner, Me.), and Reid Sinkinson (Telford, Pa.) finished their race with a time of 1:51.75.
• Knowles followed up his relay performance with a first-place finish in the 100-meter breaststroke, finishing with a time of 1:10.34.
• The men picked up important points in the 12^th event of the day, taking the top three spots in the 200-meter butterfly.  Schultz finished first, followed by Dawson Tupponce (Phoenix, Ariz.) and Nick Canney (Chandler, Ariz.).
• Devin Masongsong (Pleasant Hill, Calif.) delivered a first-place finish in the 200-meter backstroke with a time of 2:25.28.
• Schultz and Tupponce went 1-2 in the 100-meter butterfly to pick up 15 points for Hartwick in the 26^th event of the afternoon.
• Schultz and Masongsong also picked up 15 points with their 1-2 finish in the 200-meter individual medley.

 
UP NEXT FOR THE HAWKS
 
The Hawks return to their home pool on Saturday, November 12 as they host cross-town rival, Oneonta State at 1 PM.
 
HARTWICK COLLEGE
 
One of the oldest colleges in the country, Hartwick has continually evolved for 225 years. The College's exciting new chapter is called FlightPath, a future-focused approach to education. Offering a distinctive blend of curricular, co-curricular and real-world work experiences, FlightPath builds on Hartwick's long history of integrating broad-based studies with experiential learning.
 
Hartwick College is a nationally ranked independent college of the arts and sciences located in picturesque Oneonta, NY, in the northern foothills of the Catskill Mountains. The College offers 35 courses of study leading to a bachelor of arts or bachelor of science degree, two master's degrees in the sciences, and a graduate certificate in nursing education. For more information, visit www.Hartwick.edu.