DURHAM, N.C. - UNC Wilmington set a pair of pool records, but came up short as Duke swept the Seahawks in the swimming and diving opener for both teams on Saturday at the Taishoff Aquatics Pavilion.

The Blue Devils won the men's meet by a score of 163-137 and the women's 175-120.

The Seahawk men set the first pool record of the afternoon when the 200 Medley Relay of junior Bobby Guntoro, senior Rob Anderson, junior Tucker Waldron and sophomore Alex Aguilar clocked in with a first-place time of 1:32.76.

UNCW closed out the meet with the women setting the other pool record, this coming in the 200 Free Relay. The relay team of sophomores Anna Munger and Mattie Riley, freshman Carly Tanner and senior Caitlin Kirsteier finished first with a time of 1:35.39.

Kirsteier led the Seahawks, winning both the 100 Freestyle and 100 Butterfly with times of 52.03 and 55.83, respectively.

Guntoro, meanwhile, added a pair of wins in the 100 Butterfly and the 100 Backstroke. Guntoro swam 51.22 in the IM and followed with a time of 51.56 in the Backstroke.

Also winning individual events for the Seahawks on the men's side were freshman Ray McGorry in the 200 Backstroke (2:10.42), senior Bennett Rainey in the 200 IM (1:55.62) and Anderson in the 100 Breaststroke (57.80).

On the women's side, the 200 Medley relay of sophomore Alden Dyer, Tanner, Kirsteier and Riley.

In diving action, sophomore Kristin Harris fashioned a pair of third-place finishes in the 1 and 3-meter dives with scores of 229.80 and 244.43, respectively. Junior Kobi Salinas finished second in the men's 1-meter (288.82) and third in the 3-meter (317.55).

The Seahawks open their home schedule on Oct. 23, when they host Gardner-Webb at 4 p.m. UNCW will have a short turnaround before returning to the pool on Oct. 24 for a 1 p.m. start against Colonial Athletic Association foe Old Dominion.

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