The Batten University women's swimming team earned a 125-120 victory over Randolph College while falling to St. Mary's College of Maryland 141-115 in a tri-meet on Friday afternoon.

The Marlins recorded eight first-place finishes, including six individual victories and two relay wins, highlighted by strong performances from Emery Garza and Lana Macchi.

Garza led the Marlins with three individual victories, taking first in the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 2:01.95, the 200-yard backstroke in 2:14.76 and the 500-yard freestyle in 5:52.02.

Macchi added two individual wins, capturing the 100-yard breaststroke with a time of 1:12.28 before narrowly winning the 100-yard freestyle in 58.34 seconds, edging Randolph's Katelyn Spuchesi by just one-hundredth of a second.

Suzanna Fernandez also contributed a first-place finish in the 100-yard backstroke, touching the wall in 1:05.88. Kylie Currie rounded out Batten's individual victories, winning the 200-yard individual medley with a time of 2:24.31.

In relay competition, the Marlins opened the meet with a victory in the 400-yard medley relay as Garza, Macchi, Currie and Fernandez combined for a time of 4:21.93.

Batten closed the meet with another first-place finish in the 400-yard freestyle relay, with Garza, Macchi, Fernandez and Maddie Feeney recording a time of 3:56.50.

Additional strong performances came from Lora Young, who finished second in the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 1:08.13, while Currie placed second in the 200-yard butterfly in 2:42.48. Feeney added a fourth-place finish in the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 1:00.02.

The Marlins finished the afternoon with a narrow victory over Randolph, securing the five-point win behind their eight first-place finishes.