NIAGARA, N.Y. – Cleveland State claimed their third straight dual meet victory on Friday afternoon, besting Niagara 130-100. The Vikings will conclude the regular season on Saturday, January 28 at Oakland at 1 p.m.

"The team had a lot of fun today while showing true care for one another in their cheering," said coach Burandt. By doing this, we created the opportunity for people to step outside their comfort zones and race with true confidence and grit. I'm excited to build off this as we have one dual race remaining. Taper and conference are right around the corner and this makes us even more excited for HL Championships."

For the second straight day, the Green and White opened the dual with a victory in the 200-yard medley as the team of Kenny Thomas, Griffin Manning, Thomas Lundin, and Connor Green registered a time of 1:32.88.

Jackson Nester (9:47.68) won the 1000-yard freestyle while Jake Taulbee took the runner-up spot after clocking a 9:48.17. In the 500-yard freestyle, Nester (4:42.54) again beat out Taulbee (4:49.78).

Cleveland State went 1-2-3 in the 200-yard freestyle with Nathen Eberhardt as the top finisher with a time of 1:42.28.

Thomas Lundin won the next two individual races; 200-yard IM (1:55.40) and 100-yard butterfly (50.67). In addition, the Green and White were first-through-third in the 200 IM.

The Vikings were 1-2-3 in the 100-yard backstroke as Thomas won the event with a time of 51.63.

In the 100-yard breaststroke, Manning took home the win after touching the wall in 57.20.

Cleveland State capped off the meet with a victory in the 400-yard freestyle relay as the team of Thomas, Josh Merchbaker, Spencer Tussing, and Eberhardt finished in 3:06.79.