LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The Pirates turned it up a notch in their second day of action at the SCAC Championships, moving up one place in the standings after four top five finishes in eight events. Southwestern is in eighth place currently and just 19 points out of seventh.

Sarah Ayers had a big day in the pool for SU, placing second in the 100 back coming in at 58.97 for an NCAA DIII B Cut time and fourth in the 100 fly with a time of 59.40.

Bailey Thompson was just behind Ayers in the 100 back, taking third place in 59.53 which was also an NCAA DIII B Cut time.

Ayers and Thompson joined up with teammates Sarah McCausland, and Melissa Nelson in the 200 yard medley relay and captured fifth with a time of 1:55.06. The Southwestern 'B' relay team of Christine Moody, Stephanie Morton, Anya Lopez-Fuentes and Katie Coleman came in 16th in the event in a time of 2:08.30.

Elizabeth Lewis, Nelson, Ayers and Thompson swam well as a team in the 800 free relay, placing eighth with a time of 8:13.44 while the 'B' team of Moody, Coleman, Morton and Comerota finished in 16th at 8:54.03.

Other finishes for Southwestern were Elizabeth Lewis' eighth place finish in the 400 IM by coming in at 4:52.38, while Nelson finished in a time of 1:02.40 in the 100 fly for 12th place.

The Pirates close up the meet on Saturday with finals in the 1650-yard freestyle, 200-yard backstroke, 100-yard freestyle, 200-yard breaststroke, 200-yard butterfly and 400-yard freestyle relay.