ALFRED, NY – The Alfred University men's swimming & diving team defeated the defending Empire 8 Champions, 147-90 as they welcomed Nazareth College to the McLane Natatorium on Friday evening.
 
The Saxons got things started on a high note, taking first and second in the 200-yard medley relay. The winning team of William LaMastus (Maumee, OH/Anthony Wayne), Colin Schultz (Spencerport, NY/Spencerport), Emiliano Terrazas (La Paz, Bolivia/St. Andrew's) and Alessandro Lagos Canales (Tegucigalpa, Honduras/Escuela e Instituo Lincoln) finished with a time of 1:40.47 with the B-relay of Phillip Volaski (Poughquag, NY/Arlington), Wade LaMastus (Maumee, OH/Anthony Wayne), Giuseppe Piede (Dunellen, NJ/St. Peter's Prep) and R.J. Zellner (Wallingford, CT/Mark T. Sheehan) following with a 1:44.20.
 
"It was a great night in the pool! We had a good amount of in season bests both in swimming and diving and it is quite early in the season," Head Coach Brian Striker '00 said. "As a coach, I really like what I am seeing from everyone, in the water and on the deck. I was excited for the men, as it has been awhile since we have been able to come out of a dual meet with a win against Nazareth."
 
Jordan Fixsen (Fairport, NY/Penfield) crushed a season best in the 1,000-yard freestyle following the opening relays. Their new time of 10:58.89 was an improvement of almost 20 seconds from the RIT meet. Fixen's new time earned them second place in the event on Friday. Fixen led a group of Saxons to take third and fourth as well in the event as Lucas Crane (Queensbury, NY/Queensbury) and Tucker Jones (Fort Plain, NY/Fort Plain) swam 12:18.71 and 12:52.64, respectively.
 
Fernando Lagos (Tegucigalpa, Honduras/Escuela e Instituo Lincoln) and Will LaMastus took second and third in the 200-yard freestyle with times of 1:49.42 and 1:53.18, respectively as LaMastus edged out a Golden Flyer contestant. Alessandro Lagos and Paul Tuttle (Irondequoit, NY/Irondequoit) went second and third in the 50-free, marking times of 22.88 and 23.21 following the 200-free event.
 
The Saxons swept both diving events with Ryan Way (Penfield, NY/Penfield) winning both boards. He scored a 192.95 on the 1-meter board after winning the 3-meter with a 190.70. Max Sereno (Victor, NY/Victor) took second in both events with Deaglan Doyle taking third.
 
Fernando won the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 53.12, surpassing all competitors by over three seconds. Volaski and Nathan Sponenberg (Bloomsburg, PA/Central Columbia) went one-two in the 100-yard backstroke as Volaski posted a 56.79 and Sponenberg almost surpassed a minute with a time of 1:00.62. Terrazas closed out the individual events with a win in the 100-yard breaststroke. He clocked in a time of 1:01.52 as Schultz and Wade L. finished third and fourth.
 
The Saxons will next head to University of Pittsburgh at Bradford on Thursday, November 3 for a 5:00pm dual meet.