SPRINGFIELD, Mo. – Missouri S&T's swimming team dropped a dual meet for the second straight day to Missouri State on Saturday, but did get a winning performance along the way from Gabe Asevedo in a meet the Bears won by a count of 109.5-57.5.

Competing in nine different events than they did in their meet on Friday, the Miners got a win from Asevedo in the 50-yard freestyle as he edged Missouri State's Reese Hodgins and teammate Connor Wiedemeier (West Monroe, LA/West Monroe) with a time of 21.61 seconds.  Wiedemeier was tied with Hodgins for second in 21.68 seconds.

Noah Clancy (Alton, IL/Alton) recorded a second place performance in the 100-yard backstroke with his time of 50.76 seconds, as did Andy Huffman (Lee's Summit, MO/Lee's Summit) in the 200-yard breaststroke in a time of 2:06.96 and Nate Baxter (St. Charles, IL/St. Charles North) in the 100-yard butterfly in 51.21 seconds.

The Miners' team of Clancy, Josh Umrysh, Nolan Fergus (Aurora, IL/Marmion Academy) and Asevedo finished second in the 200-yard medley relay in a time of 1:32.13, while their second team in that event of Mark Cavanaugh (Papillion, NE/Papillion-LaVista), Jay Mercer (Kansas City, MO/Whitefield Academy), Nate Baxter (St. Charles, IL/St. Charles North) and Cole Akal (Alton, IL/Alton) finished third in 1:34.55.

S&T also had second and third place finishes in the 400-yard freestyle relay, with the team of Wiedemeier, Asevedo, Baxter and Aidan Walters (Olathe, KS/Olathe East) taking second in 3:07.43.  The Miners' quartet that took third in a time of 3:12.80 consisted of Marcelo Busch (Sao Centrano Do Sui-Sp, Brazil/Colegio Ateneu), Alec Davis (Joplin, MO/Joplin), Akal and Umrysh.

Alex Graham (Parker, TX/Homeschooled) placed third in the 1,000-yard freestyle in 9:38 flat as did Nolan Fergus (Aurora, IL/Marmion Academy) in the 100-butterfly in 51.37 seconds and Wiedemeier in the 200-freestyle in 1:44.56.  Fourth place finishes came courtesy of Martin Melinder (Upplands Vasby, Sweden) in the 1,000-freestyle in 9:38.38, Mercer in the 200-breaststroke in 2:09.53 and Huffman in the 400-yard individual medley with a time of 4:12.29.

Missouri S&T's next competition will take place at the Missouri Invitational starting on Nov. 17 in Columbia, Mo.