TAMPA, Fla. - The Nova Southeastern Sharks were back in the pool on Friday afternoon, as they travelled to the University of Tampa for a dual between both defending national champions. The Sharks, champs on the women's side. and the Spartans on the men's side.

Both defending champs planted their flags with the NSU women emerging victorious, 137-125 and the Tampa men taking the victory, 183-79.

 (Women)

• Kristina Orban led the Sharks in points scored with 18 winning in every event she swam in. She took the individual crown in the 100 free and 200 free.
  • Won the 200 free relay alongside teammates Zinna Nimander, Kamila Swidnicka and Maxine Egner.
  • Also was a part of the winning 200 medley relay team joining teammates Mariia Nekrylova, Maria Zornoza Quiros and Zinna Nimander. The event started the dual meet and saw teams of Sharks take both first and second places in the event.
• Zinna Nimander also clinched first individually in the 50 free racing out to a time of 23.18 just a tenth of a second faster than the next finisher from Tampa.
• The Sharks kept the pace with a sweep of the podium in the 100 yard backstroke with Mariia Nekrylova claiming first at 54.49 with teammates Nika Tomic and Valentina Masella in tow. Those three were the only Sharks in the pool taking down the six Spartans occupying the remaining lanes.
  • Tomic took first place in the 200 yard variant of the event at 1:58.29, nearly two seconds faster than the next best finisher.
• Maria Zornoza also took first place in the 100 breaststroke at 1:02.24.
• The Sharks secured another podium sweep in the 100 yard butterfly as Mathilda Sandberg coming in at 55.15 with Zinna Nimander and Caprice Schlueter in second and third, respectively. Nimander and Sandberg were only separated by three one-hundredths of a second.

  (Men)

• The Sharks were led by Alex Ochsenbein in the dual against the defending champs as he collected an individual victory in the 200 breaststroke while adding two silvers in the 100 breaststroke and 200 medley relay.
• The other NSU individual victory came from Ethan Baylin in the 50 freestyle with a sprint of 20.30 leading the field.
• NSU swimmers collected four combined personal bests: Sam Harper in the 1000 free (9:31.89), Fabrizio Pacioni in the 200 butterfly (1:51.42), Jackson Patterson in the 50 backstroke (24.27), and John Aegerter in the 50 freestyle (22.11).

Both Shark squads are back in action tomorrow, Saturday, Oct. 24 against Rollins at Alfond Pool in Winter Park, Fla. The dual is slated to begin at 11 a.m. To stay up to date on the Sharks, follow on Instagram at NSU_Swim.