VILLANOVA, Pa - The Wildcats hosted Georgetown on Nov. 2 for the first home meet of the season. It was the first competition of the year for Villanova that featured team scoring and the wildcats wasted no time earning points. 

The women's side tallied a score of 210 to the Hoyas' 90 for their first win of the year, while the men fell to Georgetown, 175-125.

Villanova started out on the right foot, taking first in the 200 medley relay thanks to Kelly Montesi, Margaret Kleinsmith, Rayann Jaryszak and Milly Routledge. The group finished the event almost three seconds faster than the second-place team. Villanova also finished third in the event, swimming 1:48.30. 

The Wildcats swept the 1,000 yard freestyle, with Nicole Welch taking first (10:21.29), Brenna McLaughlin taking second (10:23.11) and Kaitlin Gravell finishing third (10:25.61). It was just one of five events in which Villanova won the top three spots, the others being the 200 freestyle, 200 butterfly, 200 backstroke and 500 freestyle. 

In addition to taking first in the relay, Montesi also earned the top spot in the 200 butterfly (2:01.05), 200 backstroke (2:01.71) and 400 IM (4:19.71). Jaryszak took first in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:06.39. Kleinsmith swam 1:07.02 and took second in the event. Routledge earned first in the 100 freestyle with a time of 51.66, and was part of the 400 freestyle relay team with Abbey Berloco, Anastasia Kontrimas, and Tarryn Els that took first in that event. 

Welch also added a first place finish in the 500 freestyle with a time of 5:00.70, while Gravell also took first in the 200 breaststroke. Anna Turner, Micaela Grassi and Bridie Dunn closed out the first-place finishes, taking the top spot in the 200 freestyle, 100 butterfly and 1-meter dive, respectively.

Villanova also took first in the 1-meter and 3-meter dives on the men's side, with Michael Perra scoring 283.04 and 291.67. Michael Ackert was not far behind, registering 271.58 and 261.60 for second place in each event. Stephen Krecsmar won three events, taking the top spot in the 50 freestyle (21.05), 100 freestyle (47.00) and 100 butterfly (50.72). Kevin Geist picked up a first-place finish in the 200 butterfly with a time of 1:55.28.

Overall, the Wildcats had five top finishes, but had 19 finishes in the top three.

Villanova will be back in action on Nov. 15 when they take a trip to Penn to take on the Quakers. That meet is schedule to begin at 5:00 p.m.