Fortune was on the Blue Streaks' side as the John Carroll University women's swimming and diving team came away with a 161-133 road victory over the host Baldwin Wallace Yellow Jackets.

The victory enabled John Carroll to place fifth as a team in the Cleveland City Championship tournament.

Results vs BW

Freshman Lindsey Fano started the scoring for the Blue Streaks when she picked up points for JCU by winning the 1650-yard Freestyle event with a finish time of 19:31.26. Junior Lindsay Eddingfield (3rd place, 19:56.86) and senior Megan Carrig (4th, 20:22.42) also picked up points for the Blue Streaks in the event.

Senior Julia Adams was the first of three Blue Streaks to cross the finish line in the 200-yard Freestyle with a time of 2:03.03, good for first place in the event. Sophomore Katie Sheffield took second place with a time of 2:06.00 and senior Maggie Donoghue finished just behind Sheffield in third place with a time of 2:06.74.

In the 100-yard Backstroke, sophomore Karyn Adams beat the competition as she won the event with a time of 1:03.32 to pick up nine crucial points for JCU.

Sophomore Victoria Watson and Karyn Adams finished first and second, respectively, in the 50-yard Freestyle with respective, nail-biting times of 26.34 and 26.35. Watson also won the 100-yard Freestyle with a time of 56.27.

Three more Blue Streaks added on to the fun as junior Rachel Libertin (1st place, 5:32.62), Watson (2nd, 5:36.51) and Sheffield (3rd, 5:42.72) all stole the show in the 500-yard Freestyle event.

While John Carroll and Baldwin Wallace are Ohio Athletic Conference rivals, the dual meet did not count as a league match-up. The one that did count in the standings was staged Friday night in Alliance, and JCU fell to the host Mount Union Purple Raiders, 133-104.

Results vs Mount Union

In the opening event, the Blue Streaks were able to come away with an early victory. The quartet of senior Julia Adams, sophomore Karyn Adams, freshman Lindsey Fano and sophomore Victoria Watson combined for an impressive finish time of 1:53.10 to pick up early points for JCU.

Watson also picked up points for the Blue Streaks as she posted a time of 2:00.04 in the 200-yard Freestyle, winning the event by more than three seconds. The Canonsburg, PA native also won the 100-yard Freestyle event with a time of 55.75.

 In the 200-yard IM event, the elder Adams was successful in claiming first place as she narrowly won with a time of 2:16.89, just .36 seconds better than her teammate Fano, who took second place with a time of 2:17.25.

Sophomore Danielle Ketterer also joined in on the action as she claimed first place in the 1-meter diving event with a score of 126.95, beating out the score of 115.25 posted by Mount Union's Sara Fountain.

Fano again came up big for the Blue and Gold as she won the 100-yard Breaststroke with a time of 1:13.61, again proving her worth.