Brooklyn, NY - The Lightning took the first two events, the men's and women's 200 yard medley relay, and went on to defeat Brooklyn.  The men prevailed 112-103 and the women cruised 123-71.  The Lehman men now stand at 7-3:3-1 and the women have a record of 6-6:3-3.

Men
Enes Mernica and Siprian Mayol finished one two in the 1000 yard freestyle in times of 11:12.17 and 13:58.65 respectively.  In the 200 yard freestyle Carlos Alonso posted a 2:02.64 to win the event.  Anthony Preda earned captured gold in the 50 freestyle in a time of 22.42.  Mernica pulled off the double winning the 200 Individual medley after posting a 2:17.73.   Adam Acevedo and Chris Fischer placed one two in the 100 fly in times of 58.27 and 58.39 respectively.  Jeremy Guerra posted a 52.82 in the 100 free to win the event.  Preda also won the 100 backstroke by more than three seconds after posting a 1:01.40.  Enes Mernica earned gold after posting a 5:37.51 in the 500 yard freestyle.  It was the third event he won tonight. 

Women
Christy Maldonado was victorious in the 1000 yard freestyle after posting a 14:35.25.  Jessica Reynoso captured gold in the 200 freestyle with a time of 2:09.05.  Lightning also took the top spot in the as 50 freestyle Angela Mejia posted a 27.14.  Melody Ovalles posted a 1:16.91 to win the 100 yard butterfly. The Lightning took the top four spots in the 100 freestyle and Reynoso, Mejia, Gabriela Garcia and Katia Galindo swam to victory.   Susana Perez posted a 1:20.29 win the 100 yard backstroke.  The Lightning also took the top three spots in the 500 freestyle as Maldonado, Samantha Cardi and Christina Lousell topped the field. 

For complete results for tonight's meet follow the this link.

The Lightning return to the pool on Friday night at FDU – Florham.