CHICAGO, Ill. - The Cleveland State University men's and women's swimming & diving teams came up short against Horizon League opposition Friday evening inside Flames Natatorium.

The CSU men dropped a 158-141 decision to host UIC. The Viking women dropped a matchup to host UIC (206-91) as well as fellow league foe IUPUI (165.5-128.5).

For the second straight dual meet, sophomore Jack Krusinski led the way for CSU by winning a trio of individual events.

Krusinski posted a dominating showing in his first individual event, winning the 100 breaststroke by two full seconds, as he finished in 56.46 seconds. He then won the 200 breaststroke by over two seconds (2:07.62) while fellow Viking Tyler Stevenson was the runner-up (2:09.99). Krusinski finished off his day with his closest race in the 200 IM, but he still came out on top in 1:53.36.

Senior Jack MacDonald finished in first place in both of his individual events. In the 50 free, he tied for first with classmate Dominic Poletta, as the two touched the wall in identical times of 21.05 seconds. In the 100 free, MacDonald finished in first place by himself (46.31) while Poletta was took third (47.60).

Senior Matthew Martin and junior Dominik Niedzialek each added a first-place finish. Martin did so in the 100 butterfly (50.10) while Niedzialek did so in the 500 free (4:38.22). Martin was the runner-up in the 200 fly (1:52.51) while Niedzialek took second in the 100 backstroke (50.77).

Junior Alec Bowie (1650 free - 16:35.77), freshman Nathen Eberhardt (200 free - 1:42.51) and junior Timothy Kubacki (200 back - 1:49.66) each posted a runner-up finish on the day.

The CSU men took second in both the 200 medley and 200 freestyle relays. In the medley, Kubacki, Stevenson, Martin and MacDonald finished in 1:32.81 while Poletta, Stevenson, junior Ryan Sedlak and MacDonald finished the free relay in 1:23.90.

Junior Alana Cartwright led the way for the CSU women by sweeping the breaststroke events.

She won the 100 in 1:06.47 and claimed the 200 in 2:24.72, winning the latter event by over two seconds.

Sophomore Agnes Bahr and junior Shaw Barney both finished second in races, with the former doing so in the 100 fly (59.51) and the latter in the 200 IM (2:12.04). Junior Erica Henrichsen finished second in 3-meter diving with 241.95 points.

The CSU women notched third-place finishes in a pair of freestyle events—senior Gabriella Marinelli in the 200 (1:56.14) and freshman Rachel Contich in the 1650 (17:43.03).

Marinelli also anchored CSU's third-place 200 free relay squad. Barney and Cartwright swam the lead legs while freshman Abby Allison swam the third leg. The quartet finished in 1:39.97.

Sophomore Stephanie Sipple, junior Sule van der Merwe and senior Chuchu Yang each were the fastest Viking in a race they swam. Sipple finished the 200 fly in 2:12.99, van der Merwe finished the 200 back in 2:10.49 and Yang stopped the clock in the 100 back in 1:00.81. Yang also was right behind van der Merwe in the 200 back in 2:10.77.

Yang, Cartwright, Barney and Marinelli were the top CSU team in the 200 medley relay, finishing in 1:49.16.

CSU will be right back in action Saturday as it competes against the same set of teams in dual action.