NEW YORK - The Yale women's swimming and diving team moved to 3-0 on Friday, taking down Columbia by a score of 172-127. The Bulldogs got off to a hot start before the Lions closed the gap by taking first in the final four individual events.
 
Yale almost pulled off a full sweep of the freestyle events. First year Ophelia Pilkinton won the 50-yard freestyle (23.55), while sophomore Izzi Henig took first in the 100-yard freestyle (51.52). Fellow sophomores Raime Jones and Ashley Loomis won the 200-yard freestyle (1:49.69) and 1000-yard freestyle (10:12.35), respectively.
 
For the second consecutive meet, juniors Caitlin Tycz and Cate Sawkins took first in their respective events. Tycz won the 200-yard butterfly (2:00.89), while Sawkins paced all swimmers in the 200-yard backstroke (2:00.86). First-year Jaime Yeh placed first in the other individual backstroke event, the 100-yard backstroke. She finished the event in 56.58 seconds.
 
Diver Nikki Watters had an incredibly successful meet, receiving the winning scores in both the 1-meter and 3-meter dive.
 
Yale will not have another regular season meet as a team until Dec. 5, when the Bulldogs takes on Southern Connecticut. However, many of the Bulldogs will travel to Ohio State next weekend for the Ohio State Invitational.