Three Eastern swimmers got two first place finishes as the men defeated Evansville 140.5-90.5 Saturday at Lantz Natatorium. The women were unable to get the same results as they fell 143-100.

Led by strong finishes from Rich Wahlgren, Tom Watson and Dave Trabilsy the men were able to improve their season record to 3-2 in dual meets.

Wahlgren swam to first place finishes in both the 100 and 200-yard free events for the third meet in a row. He set a season-best in the 200 with 1:45.69.

Watson won both the 500-yard free and the 1,000-yard free, setting season bests in both.

Wahlgren and Watson share a team high 10 victories with Bill Senese, who won the 50-yard free for the sixth time this season.

Trabilsy won for the second time this year as he was the only Eastern diver who competed Saturday. Trabilsy captured both the one and three-quarter diving events, giving him four individual victories on the year.

Trabilsy has given the Panthers much needed points in the diver’s role because the team was without a diver last season.

“I think it’s helped the team a lot,” Trabilsy said. “I have a lot of help from the other divers from the team. We coach each other and help each other out.”

The other first place finish came from a 400-yard relay team made up of Eric Peterson, Matt Holben, Wahlgren and Senese.

The Panthers also had five second-place finishes including Chad Croucher who picked up his first second-place finish of the season.

The women were not as lucky as the men with their top swimmer unable to pick up a win. Jordan Sherbrooke failed to win an individual event for the first time this season

The women were lead by Jenny Curry, who got first place finishes in both the 50 and 100-yard free events, besting her times from the previous week. Curry is second on the team with four individual victories.

The Panthers had only one other first place finisher, which was the 400- yard free relay team of Allison Putt, Kristen McCoy, Curry and Sherbrooke.

The women also had eight second-place finishes. Eastern next travels to Saint Louis for a dual meet at 5:30 p.m. Thursday.