Senior Lexi Riley-DiPaolo won the 500 freestyle, and Wooster went on to beat Ohio Wesleyan 109-95 on the women's side. The Scots entered the event trailing 75-74.

The College of Wooster's women's swimming and diving team took charge late with wins in the 500 freestyle, 200 breaststroke, and 200 freestyle relay, as the Fighting Scots rallied back, and then held off Ohio Wesleyan University 109-95 on Saturday afternoon at the Meek Center in Delaware, Ohio. On the men's side, the Scots comfortably beat the Battling Bishops 126-91.

Entering the 500 freestyle, Wooster found itself facing a 75-74 deficit. That changed quickly, thanks to seniors Lexi Riley-DiPaolo and Madison Whitman, who put Wooster on the right side of the score 86-82. Riley-DiPaolo gradually crept away from the field to the tune of a 5:25.73, the winning time by 8.17 seconds, while Whitman scored three key points with her third-place time of 5:44.32.

First-year Maddie Becker picked up the torch in the 200 breaststroke, winning the event for the third straight meet, this time with a 2:33.11. Senior Heidi Likins (fourth, 2:42.23) and senior Kera Sells (fifth, 2:46.27) picked up a combined three points, which padded the Scots lead to 98-89 heading into the 200 freestyle relay.

Wooster, which needed a second-place finish in the 200 freestyle relay to secure the victory, edged out Ohio Wesleyan's top relay by just over half a second to win it. Junior Molly Likins, junior Mia Chen, sophomore Kay Wetmore, and Riley-DiPaolo teamed up for a 1:42.50. Ohio Wesleyan's top quartet touched at 1:43.05.

Senior Hannah Langer, Molly Likins, senior Anne Bowers, and first-year Emma Connors started the meet on a positive note with the winning time of 1:52.75 in the 200 medley relay, while Wetmore was first to the finish in the 1,000 freestyle at 11:04.13.

Senior Josh Gluck and first-year Josh Pearson took first in all three of their respective events. The duo joined up with senior Craig Klumpp and sophomore Noah Fox to win the 200 medley relay at 1:39.79. Individually, Gluck captured first in the 400 individual medley and 200 backstroke with times of 4:23.09 and 1:58.91, respectively. Pearson continued his impressive dominance in the distance freestyle events with times of 4:48.01 and 10:23.06 in the 500- and 1000-yard events, respectively.

Junior Eric Jacques scored 18 big points for the Scots in the diving well, as he was unopposed on the one- and three-meter boards. Jacques tallied 218.80 points on the one-meter board, and his three-meter score was 232.05.

First-year Lyonel Fritsch and Klumpp rounded out the day's winners for Wooster. Fritsch posted a 2:05.82 in the 200 butterfly, while Klumpp touched at 2:17.72 in the 200 breaststroke.

Next, Wooster's at Denison University for an 11 a.m. dual meet on Saturday, February 27.