CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Queens swimming welcome the reigning Division III champions, Emory, into the Levine Center in search of each squad's third consecutive victory. 
 
Queens got the results it wanted, as the men's side came out on top, 156-106, while the women's team also grabbed a win, 153-109. 
 
The Royals got off to a hot start with victories in the 400-yard medley relay on both sides, earning a quick 9 points for each team. 
 
That was followed up with impressive times in the 1000-freestyle, as Sophie Lange (10:19.33) and Luke Erwee (9:34.14) each won their event by roughly 15 seconds each. 
 
Monica Gumina, who contributed to a top finish in the 400 medley relay, swam the top time in the 200-yard freestyle as well (1:54.18). Daniel Meszaros did the same on the men's side, contributing to the 400 medley relay victory and taking the top time in the 200 freestyle relay as well (1:39.82).
 
Alexander Bauch was able to follow up with a victory in the 100-yard backstroke by roughly half a second (50.29), narrowly beating out teammate Andreas Marz (50.98) who took second.
 
In the 100-yard breaststroke, Annika Huber dashed to a first-place time of 1:04.85, her second victory of the day. 
 
Katherine Bailey and Alex Kunert each took the top spot in the 200-yard butterfly, posting times of 2:07.97 and 1:49.94, respectively. 
 
In the 50-yard dashes, Danielle Melilli (23.53) and Matej Dusa (20.13) dominated as they have so far this season.
 
After the break Melilli earned another victory, this time in the 100-yard freestyle (51.06). Meszaros earned his third victory of the day on the men's side shortly after (44.83).
 
Marz followed up those performances with a first-place finish of his own in the 200-yard backstroke (1:49.72).
 
After Huber took the top spot in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:20.84), Katherine Bailey and Luke Erwee each earned first-place finishes in the 500-yard freestyle with times of 5:07.25 and 4:35.63, respectively. 
 
Gumina and Kunert went on to take first in the 100-yard freestyles before the final individual event of the day, the 200-yard individual medley. Huber dominated as she had all day, finishing first at 2:08.26. Jan Delkeskamp followed suit with a 1:51.75 first-place time. 
 
The day was capped off with each of Queens' squads earning victories in the 200 freestyle relay. Danielle Melilli, Monica Gumina, Giulia Grasso, and Ayvah Johnson swam to a time of 1:35.17.
 
Matej Dusa, Alex Kunert, Daniel Meszaros, and Finn Howard took first with a time of 1:21.36.

"After two weekends of racing the team is looking forward fall break. The break gives an opportunity to take what we have learned and make some changes" said head coach Jeff Dugdale.
 
The men's side will enjoy a nice break until mid-November, while the women's side will compete in a quad meet against Vanderbilt, Marshall, and Richmond at home on November 4-5.