SCHENECTADY, N.Y. – Seniors Jess Konsky and Chloe Matthews won events for the Union College women's swimming & diving team on Saturday as the Garnet Chargers defeated Roberts Wesleyan University 177-100 and Westfield State University 193.5-81.5, but fell to Smith College 204-88. 

Konsky championed a tightly contested 100 backstroke with a 1:04.31, and Matthews won the 100 butterfly with a 1:03.63. Matthews also touched the wall second in the 50 freestyle (26.47) and third in the 200 free (2:07.39). She also competed on the 200 medley relay for Union, swimming the fly leg and helping her squad to a second-place finish. 

Konsky led off that second-place relay along with Matthews, sophomore Alison Sweeney, and sophomore Maggie Reale. Konsky went on to place second in the 200 back (2:17.17) and third as a member of the 200 free relay.

Sophomore Lucia Lazarus and senior Samantha Picciotti earned second and third-place finishes in the 200 fly, respectively, with Lazarus clocking a 2:31.57. Picciotti touched the wall in 2:34.54 and also posted a 1:08.54 in the 100 fly. 

Sophomore Julia Garber found the podium in third place during the 100 free (59.31), and Sweeney placed second in the 200 breast (2:35.20). Garber and Sweeney were the top-two Union finishers in the 200 individual medley, with Garber placing third (2:26.84) and Sweeney coming in fourth (2:27.45). Senior Grace Furtado placed fifth in that event, touching the wall in 2:30.77. 

Union improves to 4-1 on the season, and its 193.5 points against Westfield State mark its most points in a head-to-head matchup since beating Hartwick College 199-95 on Jan. 7, 2017.

The Garnet Chargers will compete in an intersquad meet on Friday, Oct. 23 at 6 p.m. on Homecoming and Family Weekend.