PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y. – Melo Meir earned a victory in the 100-yard breaststroke and Nikolas Kline swept the diving events as Pace University Men's Swimming and Diving team fell to Adelphi, 155–122, in its home opener Friday at the Goldstein Fitness Center.

Meir delivered a tightly contested win in the 100 breaststroke, finishing in 59.77 to edge Adelphi's Andrew Kravtsov by 0.43 seconds. He also placed second in the 200 breaststroke with a time of 2:19.12.

Kline led the Setters on the boards, winning the one-meter event with 280.05 points and the three-meter event with 230.40. Adem Ozkurt added a second-place finish in one-meter diving with 126.15 points.

Morgon Washington-Patterson narrowly missed a victory in the 100 freestyle, touching second in 48.97—just seven hundredths of a second behind the winner. He also placed third in the 50 freestyle in 22.39.

Javier Cisternas Gomez finished third in the 100 backstroke in 54.02, while Gregory Farnum took third in the 200 butterfly in 2:02.73. Matthew McCaffrey led Pace in the 1,000 freestyle with a third-place finish in 10:45.47, followed closely by Colton Roberts in fourth at 10:46.28.

The 200 medley relay team of Cisternas Gomez, Meir, Farnum and Washington-Patterson earned second place in 1:38.52.

The Setters start the dual meet season 0-1 with their next action in the pool set for Oct. 31 at 4:00 p.m. against the College of Staten Island.