Wilmore, KY – The Tigers season debut got under way Thursday evening when the team traveled to Asbury University.
 
The team had three overall wins to start the season. Sebastion Escobar picked up where he left off from last season. Escobar contributed to all three of the wins. The 200 yard freestyle relay of Ian Lopez, Nick Kessler, Noah Ackermann and Escobar won the relay with a time of 1:31.55 beat out Asbury at the wall with their time of 1:32.06. 
 
Escobar went on to win two more events on the day. He won the 200 yard freestyle in a time of 1:41.58 ahead of Asbury's Ian Wang at 1:53.44. He won 500 yard freestyle in a time of 4:43.35 ahead of Asbury's Haden Hebenstreit at 5:15.00. Both of those times hit an early season NAIA B cut. 
 
The Tigers had a bundle of runner-up finishes on the night. In the 100 yard backstroke, Logan Reichey came in at the second place spot with a time of 1:00.40 while followed immediately by Nick Kessler just .27 second behind at 1:00.67. 
 
Ian Lopez had two individual runner-up finishes in the 50 yard freestyle and the 100 yard freestyle. Lopez swam a time of 22.47 in the 50 freestyle and turned around a 49.96 in the 100 yard freestyle. Noah Ackermann was the other lone Tiger to have a runner-up finish on the day. Ackermann came in at 2:09.38 in the 200 yard backstroke behind Asbury's Haden Hebenstreit at 2:02.32.
 
"I am incredibly grateful to have been able to travel and compete at this double dual meet." head coach Casey Bradstreet said. "I am thankful for the training and focus we have had as a team to get us to this point. I really enjoyed watching each swimmer battle through their races, and the way they worked together was wonderful. We had a lot of great swims and, although it's so strange to have our first meet in the middle of November, we are grateful for the insights we've gathered as a result. I'm really looking forward to this next week of training and competition this next weekend and am excited to finish out this semester victoriously."
 
The Tigers are slated to host Shawnee State for senior day next Saturday November 21 at 11 AM and Thomas More University on November 22 at 1 PM.