The Shippensburg University men's swimming team had a thrilling conclusion to its non-conference matchup against Frostburg State Friday evening, winning by a single point, 102-101, at Bobcat Natatorium.
 
Shippensburg (2-2) was faced with a 92-75 deficit going into the final two events of the meet but used strong performances in both races to pull ahead of the Bobcats (0-1) at the end.
 
Friday's night meet was contested with the distances of events in meters as opposed to the normal measurement of yards.
 
Senior Nathan VanNatter outswam the field in the 100-meter breaststroke, winning with a time of 1:09.46 that just out-touched Frostburg's top swimmer at 1:09.61. Freshman Kiran George and junior Nate Wauls continued the strong swims to take third and fourth with times of 1:09.97 and 1:10.78.
 
SU cut the lead to 97-89 with the 400-meter freestyle relay to go and delivered two phenomenal performances to take the meet. The quartet of sophomore Mason Koeth, sophomore Robbie Ferlick, senior Zaidian Van Orden, and sophomore Connor Ludwig sprinted through the water to a time of 3:35.98, beating the field by more than four seconds.
 
The team of freshman Josh Einolf, graduate JC Greenwood, freshman Alex Kissinger, and senior David Johnson competed with the Bobcat's "A" relay, finishing third with a time of 3:42.66.
 
The Raiders opened the meet with Koeth, VanNatter, Einolf, and Ferlick taking the 400-meter medley relay by more than eight seconds, swimming 4:00.33. Koeth returned two events later to win the 200-meter freestyle, dipping under two minutes in the race, going 1:59.97.
 
Einolf used a 28.08 opening 50-meter split to surge away from the field in the 100-meter butterfly, returning in a 32.28 that resulted in a time of 1:00.36 and first place. Ferlick showed off his sprinting prowess one event later in the 100-meter freestyle, beating the field by nearly two seconds with his time of 53.59 seconds.
 
Johnson picked up second place in the 200-meter IM with a time of 2:17.37, and Kissinger took second in the 400-meter freestyle, touching the wall in a time of 4:29.27.
 
The Raiders will travel to host California (Pa.) to face Fairmont State at 11 a.m. Saturday.
 
400 Medley Relay
1. Mason Koeth, Nathan VanNatter, Josh Einolf, Robbie Ferlick 4:00.33
3. Cooper Mercer, Kiran George, Zaidian Van Orden, Connor Ludwig 4:10.33
 
800 Free
3. Alex Kissinger 9:21.06
 
200 Free
1. Mason Koeth 1:59.97
3. JC Greenwood 2:06.33
 
50 Free
3. Kevin Noldy 25.34
Nathan VanNatter 25.36
Zaidian Van Orden 25.46
 
200 IM
2. David Johnson 2:17.37
Cooper Mercer 2:23.06
Nathan Wauls 2:30.73
 
100 Fly
1. Josh Einolf 1:00.36
David Johnson 1:03.42
Luke Roettger 1:04.89
 
100 Free
1. Robbie Ferlick 53.59
3. Connor Ludwig 56.33
JC Greenwood 57.70
 
100 Back
2. Kevin Noldy 1:04.46
3. Cooper Mercer 1:05.81
Luke Roettger 1:09.38
 
400 Free
2. Alex Kissinger 4:29.27
 
100 Breast
1. Nathan VanNatter 1:09.46
3. Kiran George 1:09.97
Nate Wauls 1:10.78
 
400 Free Relay
1. Mason Koeth, Robbie Ferlick, Zaidian Van Orden, Connor Ludwig 3:35.98
3. Josh Einolf, JC Greenwood, Alex Kissinger, David Johnson 3:42.66