Wabash battled the NCAA Division I swimming and diving program from Ball State University Saturday afternoon. The Little Giants lost 195.5 to 96.5 to the host Cardinals in Muncie.
 
Anthony Mendez scored a first- and second-place finish for Wabash at the meet. He earned first-place points in the 200-yard individual medley with a time 2:08.72. Tyler Richmond scored a second-place finish with a time of 2:12.34. Daren Glore placed third by finishing in 2:18.88.
 
Mendez added a second-place finish in the 100-yard butterfly by completing the race in 55.92. Ricky Damron turned in a season-best time of 56.62 to place third.
 
Wesley Slaughter tied for first place in the 100-yard freestyle, matching the time of 48.07 turned in by Ball State's Drew Weeks.
 
Justin Dusza raced to a second-place finish in the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 55.96. Ben Klimczak placed third by finishing in 56.75. Justin Wallar claimed second place in the 500-yard freestyle by finishing in 5:09.62. Penrose touched the wall in 5:09.73 to place third.
 
Penrose added a third-place finish in the 1,000-yard freestyle by completing the race in 10:38.59. Tanner Carver placed third in the one-meter diving competition by scoring a total of 215.95 points.
 
Wabash closed out the meet with a victory in the 200-yard freestyle relay. Wesley Slaughter, Caleb McCarty, Wallar, and Isaac Temores combined for a time of 1:29.53 to score first-place points for the Little Giants. Damron, Nick Young, Klimczak, and Dusza claimed second place by finishing in 1:32.58. The quartet of Lucas Daniken, Adam El-Khalili, Jacob Penrose, and Kevin Sheridan placed third with a time of 1:35.08.
 
The 200-yard medley relay team of Dusza Temores, Mendez, and Slaughter place third in that event with a combined time of 1:39.50.
 
Wabash returns to action in late November when the Little Giants host the first Gail Moll Pebworth Invitational. The meet takes place Friday, Saturday, and Sunday November 22-24. The swimming events will be held at Crawfordsville High School with the diving events taking place at the Class of 1950 Natatorium.