The Binghamton University men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams fell to Bucknell University at Kinney Natatorium on Saturday before traveling to the Koessler Athletic Center pool and defeating Canisius College. The men remained winless through four meets as they were defeated by Bucknell, 171-128, while the women fell to 1-3 as they dropped their meet, 215-85. But both teams recovered quickly when they faced Canisius Sunday afternoon, with the men posting a 199-101 victory, their first of the season, and the women improving to a win under .500 with a 191-109 victory over the Golden Griffins.

Despite the loss against Bucknell, the men had six first-place finishes, all by underclassmen. Freshmen Tommy Cummings, Eric Farm and Brian McKenna recorded victories in the 200 IM (1:57.04), 100 back (52.43) and 50 free (21.22), respectively. McKenna’s strong performance in the 50 free was his third win of the year in that event.

Binghamton sophomore Emmett Jacobi and senior Josh Saccurato recorded first-place finishes in the 1000 free (9:46.84) and the 100 fly (51.74), respectively. Sophomore diver Devin Zdanowski took both the one-meter dive, with a score of 278.08, and the three-meter dive, with a score of 298.28.

The lone victory for the women came from sophomore Caitlin Kelly, who touched first in the 50 free with a time of 24.09.

Both the men and women were able to shake off their losses to Bucknell and grab wins over Canisius the following day. Binghamton posted 15 individual victories and three winning relay teams in its final competition until 2013.

Once again, the freshmen shined for the men, as they combined for eight first-place finishes. Cummings, McKenna and freshman Pat Kilgallen each won two events, while Farm and freshman Andrew Duszynski each captured a gold of their own. Duszynski’s performance in the 200 free (1.45.33) helped him attain his first collegiate victory.

Senior Tim Cabasino also had a strong day, setting a new pool record in the 100 fly (51.68) and claiming a second-place finish in the 50 free (21.87). The 200 back saw a sweep for the Bearcats as sophomores Alexi Corey and Chris Doherty and junior Winston Chiang finished first, second and third, respectively, in the event.

Zdanowski swept the one-meter and three-meter events for the second straight time with scores of 282.60 in the one-meter and 258.60 in the three-meter.

The women started strong with a win in the 200 medley relay as the quartet of senior Melissa Lindahl, Kelly, sophomore Corinne Zotter and freshman Selina Ng set a pool record time of 1:49.53. The women also finished strong as the foursome of senior Olivia Baczek, and sophomores Kelly, Timea Tozser and Shannon Lampe touched first in the 200 free relay with a time of 1:40.52.

Zotter and junior Lauren Flower impressed in the individual swims as they each had two victories. Other Bearcats to earn first-place finishes in individual events were senior Karissa Gorman, freshman Haley Rice, Kelly, Tozser, Lampe and Ng.

The Bearcats are scheduled to return to competition when they host Colgate University at 1 p.m. Jan. 18 in the Patricia A. Saunders Aquatic Center.