Middlebury men's swimming and diving hosted Bates on Sunday, falling by a score of 171-108. The Panthers will be home again over the weekend when they take on Springfield on Sunday, January 16.
 
Riley Griffis won the 200-yard freestyle with a time of 1:43.39, leaving almost a second and a half between him and the Bobcat in second. He was also second in the 100 free (47.74) and part of the winning 400 free relay (3:13.08) along with Jake Gaughan, Aidan McKenrick and Pierce Bigelow. Bigelow went on to win the 500 free with a 4:56.13.
 
William Sonne was first in the 200 butterfly in 2:01.17 and, later on, placed third in the 400 individual medley (4:20.63). Ryan Greguski won on both boards with a score of 199.95 on the 1-meter and 189.00 on the 3-meter.