COLLEGEVILLE, Pa. - The Ursinus College men's swimming team began its 2019-20 campaign on Saturday afternoon with a 114.5-82.5 victory over Cabrini. The Bears took seven of the 11 events on the day. 

Ursinus got off to a fast start in the men's first event of the afternoon, taking first through third in the 200-yard Medley Relay. Leading the pack was the team of freshman Ryan Schreffler, sophomore Matt Snyder, junior Matthew Buccella, and senior Casey Lear who combined for a time of 1:40.61. 

The Bears kept it going in the 1000 yard freestyle, again taking the top three places. Junior Michael Prior took first, finishing 21 seconds ahead of the pack with a time of 10:09.19 while seniors Jacob Menzer and SamuelSjosten followed.

The Cavaliers took their first event of the afternoon in the 200-yard freestyle, but the Bears made up for it by taking second through fourth place. 

Jared Krawetz won the 50-yard freestyle and then again it was the Bears dominating the 200-yard individual medley, taking first, second, and third place. In the individual medley it was Daniel Mueser leading the way with Liam White and Trevor Mislan right behind. 

The Bears took the top three places in the following race, the 100-yard butterfly, as Matthew Seeburger, Matt Snyder, and Thomas Rogers led the way. Schreffler and Samuel Taffet were neck and neck in the 100-yard freestyle, but it was Schreffler who edged Taffet by half a second as the Bears took the top two places.

Menzer and White took first and second in the 100-yard backstroke before the teams moved to exhibition scoring. 

The Bears will host Dickinson next week.