FORT MEYERS, Fla. — For the second time in three meets, Reagan MacDonald earned a first-place finish in the 200-yard individual medley.
 
However, that wasn't enough as the Stony Brook swimming and diving team fell to Florida Gulf Coast, 178-65, on Saturday afternoon at the FGCU Aquatics Complex.

"Today was a great day for us to learn and make ourselves better," head coach Kerry Smith said. "Our focus has been on training hard to prepare ourselves for championship season. Florida Gulf Coast is a great team and it was an opportunity for us to get better and see what things we need to tweak before championships."
 
MacDonald swam a 2:10.83 to win the race by a tenth of a second. That would be the team's only event win of the day. The 11-time Coastal Collegiate Sports Assocation champions otherwise overpowered the Seawolves.
 
The team was able to notch three second-place finishes on the day.
 
Coming off a strong performance at the Israeli National Championships a little over a week ago, Michal Liberman finished second in the 100-yard butterfly. Her time of 56.63 was just six-tenths behind the first-place finisher.
 
A team of Liberman, MacDonald, Jessica Salmon and Maddy Enda earned a second-place finish in the 400-yard medley at 4:02.32.
 
Salmon swam a 1:07.75 in the 100-yard breaststroke, good for second place.

It marked the first meet for the Seawolves since the Dec. 6-8 ECAC Championships.