TERRE HAUTE, Ind. – The Indiana State Sycamores defeated Xavier and Olivet-Nazarene today (Oct. 14) in their first home meet of the season. ISU defeated Xavier 133 to 103 and Olivet-Nazarene 170 to 108.

"This program took some big steps forward today. Competing in back to back dual meets is on purpose and that's a way for us to grow and get more confident in our training and the skills we're developing. We came out harder today than we have all season and made major steps forward for this program," said head coach Matt Leach.

This meet was a large turnaround for ISU as they fell by a large margin to Xavier only two weeks ago. Indiana State came out quick right from the start earning multiple personal bests and even setting a couple of school records throughout the day.

Indiana State was ready to compete right from the start and came out strong with a second place finish in the 200 medley relay. The team of Kendall Hansen, Megan Schade, Jacquie Price and Alex Malmborg posted a time of 1:48.22 to start the day.

The following event, the 1000 yard freestyle, proved to be huge for the Sycamores. Just two weeks ago Xavier won all distance events, but today ISU flipped the results.

Cierra Campbell and Elisabeth Peskin absolutely dominated the pool. Campbell placed first with a 10:44.08 and Peskin swam strong as well.

"Our distance group did fantastic today and it was great swimming from event to event to event. One of the biggest step for me is not just the times, it's the energy we brought today. We have been working on our team culture from day one and it clicked today," said Leach.

Following this Indiana State continued to rattle off more notable performances.

Martina Marks finished first in the 200 freestyle with a 1:54.99, then Kendall Hansen rattled off a win and an ISU school record in the 100 yard backstroke with a 57.67.

Jacquie Price added a pulled away with a first place finish in the 200 butterfly with a 2:08.23, followed by Alex Malmborg finishing second in the 50 freestyle.

Blanca Saez-Illobre posted a good win in the 200 breastroke with a 2:22.20 and later another first place finish in the 200 IM.

The Sycamores then ended the day with a first place finish in the 400 freestyle relay with a 3:35.97.

Laura Fulton set two new school records in both the one meter and three meter dives while Mckenzie Plummer competed in the three meter dive for the first time in her career.

"Laura earned two records and Mckenzie earned a personal best in the one meter and competed in the three meter for the first time today. I couldn't be more proud of her. When we first started she struggled on the one meter and now she has conquered that and can also compete in the three meter. Laura did a great job again and I believe she will continue to score higher as the season goes on," said diving coach Fengting Chen.

The Sycamores will be back in action on Oct. 27 as they face off with Bellarmine and Rose-Hulman here in Terre Haute, Ind. at 6 p.m.