Moment 14: SIX-PEAT- Wolverine women take PAC Swimming & Diving title for sixth-straight year

It may have been a little closer than they would have liked, but the Grove City College women's swimming and diving team did enough to roll to the 2014 Presidents' Athletic Conference championship- their sixth-straight and 12th overall- at the James E. Longnecker Competition pool from February 13-15.

While the Wolverines knew that the final margin would likely be a bit closer than their 151-point domination the year before, a late-season 155-133 victory at rival Westminster led most to view Grove City as a solid favorite heading into the 2014 championships.

However, with a few results going the wrong way, the Wolverines found themselves leading the Titans by just 11 points after day one of competiton and just 14 points after the second day.

Westminster's depth in both the 1650 and the 200 backstroke allowed the Titans to take an 18-point lead through 15 of 20 completed events, but dominant showings in the 100 freestyle and the 200 breaststroke put the Wolverines on top to stay.

Grove City won four of the five relays (200 medley, 400 medley, 800 free and 400 free) and titles in 10 of 13 individual swimming events, led by three each from Megan Bilko (500 free, 400 IM, 1650 free) and Lauren Cassano (200 IM, 100 back, 200 back). Tori Baker won a pair of titles in both the 100 free and 200 free while Kaley Hess (100) and Keegan Reed (200) combined for a Grove City sweep of the breaststroke events.

Bilko was named the PAC MVP after achieving NCAA "B" qualifying times in each of her three events. She and fellow women's 800 freestyle relay members Baker, Cassano and Abby Jank would all go on to represent the Wolverines at the NCAA Division III Championships.

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