St. Cloud State (Minn.) 150.5, UW-La Crosse 88.5

La Crosse, Wis. - The University of Wisconsin-La Crosse men's swimming & diving team opened its 2013-14 home season with a 150.5-88.5 loss to NCAA Division II St. Cloud State University (Minn.) Saturday afternoon in Mitchell Hall.  The Eagles are now 1-1 on the season.

UW-L's Justin Bublitz and Caleb Cole both won individual titles Saturday.  Bublitz captured the three-meter diving competition with 318.95 points while Cole won the 500 freestyle with a time of 5:02.50.  Bublitz was also second in the one-meter diving with 307.25 points.

Both UW-L relays placed second Saturday.  The 200 freestyle relay of Nick Kehler, Nicholas Brehmer, Stephen Hanko and Erich Schnell finished second (1:28.20) as did the 400 medley relay of Hanko, Jesse Gambrell, David Flickinger and Jackson Uselman (3:33.63).

Other top individual finishes included Andrew Janny second in the three-meter diving (302.80) and third in the one-meter (284.10).

Uselman was second in the 200 freestyle (1:47.13) and third in the 500 freestyle (5:07.68).  Kehler was second (22.41) in the 50 freestyle while Schnell placed second (48.87) in the 100 freestyle.

Jesse Gambrell placed second (2:20.97) and Spencer Ritt third (2:25.83) in the 200 breaststroke while Flickinger was second (2:01.11) in the 200 butterfly and Hanko second (1:58.49) in the 200 backstroke.

The Eagles' Jacob Kisiolek placed fourth (10:53.40) in the 1,000 freestyle and Charleton Skinner was fourth (2:03.97) in the 200 I.M.

UW-L returns to action Saturday, November 23 hosting the River City Relays starting at 10 a.m.