LOS ANGELES, Calif. (Nov. 8, 2008) – In the opening conference meet of the season the Occidental College men's swimming and diving team recorded a 124-92 victory over Cal Lutheran University.

The men were led by Jeven Dovey who opened his junior campaign as the high scorer for the Tigers as he claimed three victories on one relay and in two individual events. The Tacoma, Wash. native kicked the meet off with the second leg, breaststroke (1:07.78), on the winning 400 yard Medley Relay team before swimming to victory in the 200 yard IM (2:06.96) and 100 breaststroke (1:03.61). In his final race of the day he won by over two full seconds. Occidental defeated Cal Lutheran 124-92.

Joining Dovey on the relay were freshman Zachary Condon and seniors Jack Hans and Cameron Carlson. These three went on to sweep the 100 backstroke, led by Condon who finished in 58.28 ahead of senior teammates Carlson (1:01.13) and Hans (1:04.00).

Occidental sophomore Ross Miner won the 50 free in 23.25 with Carlson just behind in third at 23.51.

Mike Wong opened his senior season by claiming a victory in the 1000 free in a time of 10:58.25, beating his next closest opponent by 24 seconds.

Junior Matt Harter out touched CLU's Jake Kaija in the 200 free with a time of 1:51.13 and was also victorious in the 100 butterfly, hitting the wall in a time of 54.58.

On Saturday, Nov. 15 the Tigers will compete against the Alumni at Taylor Pool as part of the Homecoming festivities, beginning at 10:00 a.m.