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Women's Swimming Top Bellarmine in Saturday Action

MUNCIE, Ind. - - No meet since November, no problem for the Ball State women's swimming & diving program which picked up right where it left off with a 265.5-80.5 victory over Bellarmine Saturday afternoon at the Lewellen Aquatic Center.

In improving to 3-0 on the year, the Cardinals picked up wins in 12 of the 14 swimming events against the Knights who were opening their 2020-21 campaign.

The biggest winner of the day was freshman Marcella Riberio who picked up a pair of individual wins in her Ball State debut. The Minas Ferais, Brazil, native was unable to join the team until late December due to the COVID 19 global pandemic, but made her presence felt in her first collegiate meet by winning both the 200 (1:53.