The Hillsdale College women's swimming and diving team improved to 5-1 on the season, topping a solid host Bethel team 121-100 and beating Anderson 169-27 as well in a double dual at the Elkhart Aquatic Center on Saturday.

Sophomore Avery May was Hillsdale's top swimmer with three event wins, taking first place by a significant margin in the 400 IM (4:41.91) and beating out teammate Rylee Harris to win the 500 freestyle in 5:18.04, with Harris taking second in 5:25.36. May also teamed with Harris, freshman Cali Kissel and senior Alyson Early for a win in the 400 freestyle relay in 3:46.09.

Junior Ella Schafer also was a multiple event winner for the Chargers, taking first in the 50 freestyle (25.51) and 100 freestyle (55.53) for Hillsdale as well as teaming with junior Ella Malone, sophomore Kate Potwardowski and senior Inez McNichols to finish runner-up in the 400 medley relay in 4:09.97.

Senior Isabel Ondracek brought home an event win for the Chargers in the 1,650 freestyle, in 18:37.11, while teammate and senior Irene Del Castro took third in 19:30.59.

Along with her relay success, Ella Malone earned a pair of runner-up finishes in the 50 freestyle (26.10) and 100 butterfly (1:00.85) for the Chargers, while Rylee Harris also earned a runner-up finish in the 200 freestyle (2:00.29).

Senior Alyson Early took runner-up in the 100 freestyle (56.06), ahead of Isabel Ondracek in third (56.78), and Early also took third in the 200 freestyle (2:00.96). Freshman Isavella Stergiou was second in the 100 backstroke (1:01.35), with junior Yvonne Botha taking third (1:02.84), and Stergiou also placed third in the 50 freestyle (26.35).

Kate Potwardowski was third in the 100 breaststroke (1:10.86) as well for the Chargers, and freshman Campbell Witte was third in the 400 IM (4:57.05).

Hillsdale is off next weekend and will compete on Saturday, Nov. 7, traveling to the Chicagoland area to face host Lewis and also battle Bethel again in another double-dual.