The Eastern men’s and women’s swim teams were defeated in their second road meet of the year, losing the dual match up against Illinois-Chicago by 165-67 for the men and 140-92 for the women.

The men’s team remains winless this year and the women fell to 1-2 after the loss on Saturday in Chicago.

Head coach Elliott McGill said they competed well and put up some solid times and overall said he was pleased with the teams’ performance.

Senior Hailey Foss, who continues to perform well and rack up victories in mid- and long-distance events, led the women’s team.

The Wisconsin native captured two wins in both the 200-freestyle with a time of 1:58.58 and in the 500-freestyle with a time of 5:15.46.

First-year swimmer Kaylee Morris also swam well in the 200-freestyle, finishing second to her teammate with a time of 1:59.29.

“Hailey and Kaylee finished with solid times,” McGill said. “Mary Lacine and Kate Paige also had some very solid swims.”

The Eastern women also recorded the best three times in the 100-breaststroke, led by Kelli DiCanio with a time of 1:08.77.

The men’s team struggled besting their UIC competitors as the Flames swam their way to the best times in the majority of the events they competed in.

Despite not coming away with many best times, McGill said some of the men still had a strong showing.

“Freshman Dylan Ferguson had a very good 1000-free(style) and senior Michael Bower had two nice races in the 400-individual medley and 500-free(style),” he said.

Junior Josh Miller recorded the top time of 1:01.36 in the 100-breaststroke event while senior Joe Ciliak came in second place in the same event.

“We competed very well and put up some solid times,” McGill said. “However, we ran into a very strong UIC team.”

The Eastern swim team is no stranger to being outshined in its meets against the Flames.

The defeat on Saturday marked the 10th consecutive loss to Illinois-Chicago.

The Panthers will seek a better performance in front of their home crowd, as they will host their first dual meet of the season on Nov. 9, against the Ball State Cardinals.

“The next two weeks of training are going to be really important as we will continue to train really hard before Ball State,” McGill said.

The event is scheduled to begin at 4 p.m. at Padovan Pool.

Aldo Soto can be reached at 581-2812 or asoto2@eiu.edu.