BEREA, OHIO – The Baldwin Wallace University women's swimming and diving team lost in Ohio Athletic Conference competition to the University of Mount Union today in the BW Natatorium inside the Lou Higgins Center.

The Yellow Jacket women, now 2-5 overall and 0-2 in the OAC, lost to the Purple Raider women, 131-106.

The BW women were led by senior CAPITAL ONE Academic All-American and six-time NCAA Division III All-American senior diver Julie Pinter (Broadview Heights/Brecksville-Broadview Hts.). Pinter won both the 1-meter voluntary and 1-meter optional diving events with 200.40 points and 270.85 points, respectively.

In addition to Pinter, junior Angela Musille (Canton/GlenOak) won both the 100-yard breaststroke with a times of 1:10.51. Freshman Chandler Ashbaugh (Napoleon) won the 200-yard individual medley with a time of 2:19.50. Junior Emma Gerdes (Avon) won the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 1:02.40. Rounding it out for the Yellow Jackets was the 200-yard medley relay team consisting of Gerdes, Mussile, Ashbaugh, and sophomore Carli Dugan (Mentor) placing first with a time of 1:54.10.

The Yellow Jackets are idle this week due to Fall Semester final exams and return to the pool on Sunday, December 16 when they host OAC foe Defiance College and non-league foe Ursuline College in a home tri-meet at 1:00 p.m.

The BW tankers begin the 2013 portion of the schedule on January 1 when the teams travel to Sarasota, Florida for their annual Fall/Winter Break trip from Jan. 1-12. BW will swim against OAC foe Transylvania (Ky.) University on Jan. 5 in Sarasota.

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