MEN'S SWIMMING & DIVING

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NIAGARA UNIVERSITY, NY - The University at Buffalo men's swimming and diving team posted a 161-72 win over Niagara University on Tuesday night at the Kiernan Center to complete the season sweep of the Purple Eagles. With the win, the Bulls even their record to 2-2 overall.

Dustin Hui

UB won 11 of the 13 events on the evening with a pair of Bulls picking up double victories. Sophomore freestyler Dustin Hui (Gardner, MA/Gardner) swept the 200 and 500 events. Hui lowered his season-best time in the 200, finishing in 1:46.49 to shave two and a half seconds off his previous best which he set in last month's meet against Niagara at the Alumni Arena Natatorium. Hui also cruised to a 4:51.41 finish in the 500 as the Bulls took the top three spots in the event.

Freshman diver Patrick Lee (North Tonawanda, NY/North Tonawanda)

Patrick Lee

also posted two victories as he won both the one- and three-meter competitions. Lee turned in a six-dive total of 278.03 points to win the one-meter event and edge teammate Jim Taravella (Hamburg, NY/Orchard Park) by less than six points. Lee took the three-meter board with a six-dive total of 283.95 while Taravella finished third, scoring a season-best 214.58 points.

Other individual winners for the Bulls included Mark Sy (Scarborough, Ontario/Mary Ward) in the 1000 freestyle (9:55.00), Aviv Oren (Rishon Le-Zion, Israel/Makif A') in the 50 freestyle (22.54), Evan McCormack (Webster, NY/Webster) in the 200 IM (2:01.35), Alan Lowe (Brownsville, TX/Hanna) in the 200 butterfly (2:02.44), Erik Schwarz (Fairport, NY/Fairport) in the 100 freestyle (50.51) and Dave Richards (Baldwinsville, NY/C.W. Baker) in the 200 backstroke (1:57.75). The foursome of Kurt Bessel (Mexico, NY/Mexico Academy), Oren, Kevin Gatley (Charlton, NY/Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake) and Schwarz also won the the 400 medley relay in 3:39.47.

With two victories over Niagara, the Bulls will look to complete a season sweep of their Western New York rivals as UB hosts St. Bonaventure on Thursday at 4 pm.