PRINCETON, N.J. – The Cornell women's swimming and diving team recorded six individual top-five finishes against Penn and Princeton on Saturday afternoon at the Denunzio Pool in Princeton, N.J., but it was the Quakers and Tigers that emerged victorious. The Big Red fell to Penn, 212-88, and Princeton, 247-53.

Freshman diver Elise Jendritz posted the top finish of the day for Cornell, finishing third in the 3-meter diving competition with 275.65 points. Erika Lacasse also turned in a strong performance, as her point total of 260.20 was good for sixth. Demetra Williams recorded the highest point total among the Cornell divers in the 1-meter competition, placing fifth with 246.15 points.

In the swimming events, Allison Chang and Sophia Cherkez paced the Big Red. Chang swam well in the 200-yard breaststroke, placing fourth in 2:23.39. Cherkez continues to be someone that Cornell can rely heavily upon, finishing fifth in the 200-yard freestyle (1:54.43) and sixth in the 200-yard IM (2:08.69).

Lexi Schaaf helped Cornell's relays to a pair of top-five finishes. In the 400-yard freestyle relay, Schaaf teamed up with Chloe Mikles, Maddy Redding, and Alexandra Handlin, guiding the group to a fourth place finish in 3:36.50. Aviva Muñoz, Cape Murch Elliot, and Vanessa Ruiz joined Schaaf in the 200-yard medley relay and the squad finished fifth with a time of 1:47.78.

Murch Elliot and Ruiz swam solid races in their individual events as well, as Murch Elliot placed seventh in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:08.33) and Ruiz was Cornell's top-finisher in the 50-yard freestyle, placing eighth in 24.60.

Maegan Rudolph pushed herself in the 200-yard butterfly, touching the wall sixth with a time of 2:06.95.

The Big Red had a pair of student-athletes record notable performances in the 100-yard freestyle and 200-yard backstroke. Mikles (53.76) and Melissa Parker (53.95) finished sixth and seventh, respectively, in 100-yard freestyle, while Handlin (2:08.62) and Gillian Caverly (2:09.28) finished sixth and seventh, respectively, in 200-yard backstroke.

The Big Red women's swimming and diving team will return to the pool when it hosts Binghamton in a non-conference meet on Tuesday, Nov. 26 at 4 p.m. at Ithaca College's Kelsey Partridge Bird Natatorium in Ithaca, N.Y.