The Binghamton University men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams dropped their second home dual meet of the season to University of Massachusetts Amherst over the weekend. After trailing by two at the end of the first day, the men’s team fell to the defending Atlantic 10 Conference champion Minutemen by a final score of 191-126 on Saturday. The women, who held an 18-point deficit at the end of Friday, were topped by a final score of 196.5-122.5.

The women’s squad jump-started the meet Friday night with a record-breaking victory in the 200 medley relay. Senior Melissa Lindahl and sophomores Corinne Zotter, Shannon Lampe and Caitlin Kelly recorded a 1:47.65 finish to snap the previous record by just under a second. The men’s team would later notch a win of its own in the same event when the foursome of senior Tim Cabasino and freshmen Eric Farm, Kevin Ling and Brian McKenna edged out the UMass squad by .04 of a second.

Kelly and Cabasino each recorded individual wins in the 50 free for the second straight time this season. McKenna took silver in the event for the men, marking the second consecutive time the Bearcats have registered a one-two finish in the 50 free.

On Saturday, Cabasino notched his second individual gold of the weekend, taking the 100 fly with a time of 51.19. In the 100, McKenna topped reigning Atlantic 10 champion Hao Luong with a 52.53 finish. McKenna took second in the 100 free.

Zotter and Lindahl highlighted the women’s individual performances on the second day as Zotter cruised to gold in the 100 breast and captured second in the 200 breast and Lindahl took first in the 200 back and second in the 100 back. Kelly and senior Karissa Gorman also registered second-place finishes for the women in the 100 free and 1000 free, respectively.

For the men, Ling, freshman Tommy Cummings and senior Andrew Ellman each captured individual silvers on Saturday. Ling, who finished third in the 100 breast, took second place in the 200 breast. After finishing in second in the 200 IM on Friday, Cummings captured second in the 400 IM on Saturday while recording a third-place finish in the 200 breast. Ellman registered a second-place finish in the 100 breast with a finish of 1:00.11.

The Bearcats are scheduled to return to action on Saturday for their first away meet of the season against Drexel University. The event is set to begin at 1 p.m. at the Daskalakis Athletic Center.