CHICAGO - The Milwaukee women's swim & dive program earned its first victory of the season Saturday afternoon, defeating IU Indy 128-107 at the UIC Triangular. 

The Panthers improved to 9-2 against the Jaguars all-time, winning five of the last six battles. Milwaukee fell to the host, UIC, 113.5-128.5 to wrap up their meet at the Flames Natatorium. 

"This was the meet we had targeted once the schedule was released," head coach Kyle Clements said. "Two fast teams and a good pool to race them in. We just wrapped up our ninth week of practice and haven't had the chance to race this fall with any kind of rest. The team has been very patient up to this point waiting to see some results to the work they've been putting in.

Kristina Wittmann kicked things off with a first-place finish in the three-meter dive, notching a score of 230.03. The sophomore followed it up with the top performance in the one-meter dive as well, tallying 250.65. 

The 400 medley relay combination of Christiana Brooks, Heidi Swerkun, Maddi Hayashi and Tatum Scully earned gold with a time of 3:46.23. 

Swerkun followed it up with a first-place mark in the 200 breaststroke, covering the distance in 2:20.26. Kambree Draper followed as the runner-up with a time of 2:21.55. 

Hayashi garnered a runner-up performance in the 200 butterfly with a time of 2:04.21. Brooks also tallied silver in the 100 freestyle, turning in a time of 50.73.

The Panthers will be back in action next week, returning to Illinois to take on Wheaton College Friday, Nov. 6. The competition is set to get underway at 5:00 p.m. CT. 

"Not having a lot of meets and data points, I was getting a little concerned about where we were at this point when it comes to racing, but after leaving UIC today we now know that we are right on track, and maybe a little ahead," Clements said.