FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – The Nova Southeastern men's and women's swim teams took care of business with a sweep of Sunshine State Conference foe, Tampa, winning 25 of the 28 events at the NSU Aquatic Center on Saturday morning.

INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
WOMEN TOTAL SCORES: No. 3 Nova Southeastern (175), No. 16 Tampa (87)
MEN TOTAL SCORES: No. 7 Nova Southeastern (201), No. 18 Tampa (61)
LOCATION: NSU Aquatic Center | Fort Lauderdale, Fla.   
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HOW IT HAPPENED:

• The Sharks won the first ten events before the Spartans were finally able to snap the run of victories.
• NSU dominated the relays, sweeping the 200 yard medley and 200 yard freestyle races.
• The women swam seven NCAA B-Cut times, while Franco Lupoli hit the lone standard time for the men in the 500 yard freestyle.
• Magnus Poulsen led the way with four wins, three individually, and one in the relays.
• Thomas Rutherford provided a breakout performance by winning three events.
• Jenna Johns carried the women with two individual wins wins while contributing to both relay victories.

TOP PERFORMERS: 

• Rutherford posted a career day by picking up three wins. The senior started the morning with a victory in the 200 yard butterfly with a time of 1:52.83. Rutherford then touched first in the 200 breaststroke, as well as the 200 IM, with times of 2:09.59 and 1:55.44.
• Madison Yelle and Bernardo Abascal gave the Sharks some early momentum with a sweep in the 1,000 yard freestyle. Yelle swam 10:28.53, while Abascal finished with a time of 9:37.22. Yelle also hit a B-Cut time in the 500 freestyle with a time of 5:06.01.
• Emma Sundstedt followed up both Yelle and Abascal with a win in the 200 yard freestyle, and the first NCAA B-Cut time of the day at 1:53.37. The freshman then rallied to claim the 500 freestyle with another B-Cut time of 5:04.63.
• Alina Shoulhofer added a B-Cut time of her own in the 200 freestyle, finishing second in 1:53.39.
• Lupoli secured the sweep in both the 200 and 500 freestyle races with times of 1:42.39 and 4:35.00, respectively.
• Johns once again claimed the 100 backstroke victory, along with a win in the 100 butterfly, swimming B-Cut times in both events at 56.61 and 55.96.
• Pouslen secured the sweep with a pair of wins in the men's 100 yard backstroke and 100 yard butterfly with times of 52.23 and 50.13. The sophomore also won the 100 Freestyle with an impressive pace of 46.33.
• Sydney Panzarino also contributed to the relay victories, and swam yet another B-Cut time in the 50 freestyle with a first-place time of 23.79.
• Malin Westman continued her dominant start to the season in the 100 and 200 breaststroke, winning both events with times of 1:05.60 and 2:29.75.
• Courtney DeVeny had a strong showing as well, winning the 200 backstroke and the 200 IM with times of 2:06.31 and 2:09.95.

UP NEXT: 
The Sharks will have a week off before traveling to Tampa to compete in the Spartan Invitational from Friday, Dec. 15 to Monday, Dec. 18. Follow along throughout the invitational with live Twitter updates @NSU_Swim.