PEMBROKE – The UNC Pembroke swimming team climbed to the top of the podium in 10 of the evening's 14 events, including a trio of event titles by Mariel Mencia Martinez, and the Braves romped to the program's first victory over an NCAA Division I opponent with a 132-130 win over Campbell in the home debut for the program on Saturday inside the UNCP Aquatic Center.

Mencia Martinez captured titles in the 50- and 200-Yard Freestyle events, as well as the 100-Yard Butterfly, to lead the way for the Braves (0-1) who hosted the first intercollegiate home meet in the 49-year history of the English E. Jones Center. Gillian Manning put the golden touch on both the 100-Yard Freestyle and 200-Yard Butterfly events, while freshman Ianna Gomez Veloz won a pair of events in her collegiate debut – the 100- and 200-Yard Breaststroke disciplines.
 
Nathalia Silva picked up top honors in both the 500- and 1000-Yard Freestyle, while the 400-yard Freestyle Relay squad – Mencia Martinez, Ketlyn Rodriguez Matos, Silva and Manning – bested the field in that event by more than a second.
 
UNCP will be back in action again, October 1-2, when it heads to Kingsport, Tenn., for the King Invitational. The 2-day, multi-team event will be held in the Kingsport Aquatic Center which will also play host to the 2021-22 Conference Carolinas Championships in February.
 

VS. CAMPBELL (SEPTEMBER 25, 2021)
200 Yard Medley Relay
3	UNC Pembroke 'A' - Jaycie Knight, Ianna Gomez Veloz, Sarah Morden, Bianca Bateman	1:52.38
5	UNC Pembroke 'B' - Paige Seplak, Anna Miller, Jena Wise, Gretchen Gillenwater	1:57.75
1000 Yard Freestyle
1	Nathalia Silva	10:53.61
5	Nevaeh Roverato	11:37.16
6	Natalia Sarmiento	12:05.74
200 Yard Freestyle
1	Mariel Mencia Martinez	1:57.84
5	Anna Miller	2:05.89
6	Gretchen Gillenwater	2:08.67
-	Gina Ruffino	2:17.44
100 Yard Backstroke
3	Gillian Manning	59.91
4	Jaycie Knight	1:04.98
6	Paige Seplak	1:05.21
-	Jena Wise	1:07.82
-	Sara Ormsby	1:11.12
200 Yard Butterfly
1	Gillian Manning	2:09.18
2	Ketlyn Rodriguez Matos	2:14.64
6	Natalia Sarmiento	2:46.14
50 Yard Freestyle
1	Mariel Mencia Martinez	24.13
5	Ianna Gomez Veloz	25.89
6	Bianca Bateman	25.96
-	Gretchen Gillenwater	27.33
-	Gina Ruffino	27.78
-	Madeline Everhart	28.01
-	Athina Wiatrowski	30.75
100 Yard Freestyle
1	Gillian Manning	53.23
3	Nathalia Silva	55.26
4	Bianca Bateman	57.29
-	Sarah Morden	57.27
-	Madeline Everhart	1:01.79
-	Sara Ormsby	1:02.79
-	Athina Wiatrowski	1:07.92
200 Yard Backstroke
4	Paige Seplak	2:20.84
5	Jaycie Knight	2:25.54
6	Jena Wise	2:32.91
-	Sara Ormsby	2:36.00
200 Yard Breaststroke
1	Ianna Gomez Veloz	2:27.13
2	Ketlyn Rodriguez Matos	2:28.30
4	Sarah Morden	2:36.83
500 Yard Freestyle
1	Nathalia Silva	5:21.72
5	Anna Miller	5:35.38
6	Nevaeh Roverato	5:59.51
100 Yard Butterfly
1	Mariel Mencia Martinez	59.71
4	Bianca Bateman	1:06.16
-	Jena Wise	1:07.41
-	Gina Ruffino	1:11.15
200 Yard Individual Medley
2	Ketlyn Rodriguez Matos	2:14.65
4	Anna Miller	2:23.76
6	Natalia Sarmiento	2:24.72
100 Yard Breaststroke
1	Ianna Gomez Veloz	1:06.81
2	Sarah Morden	1:08.97
6	Nevaeh Roverato	1:22.81
400 Yard Freestyle Relay
1	UNC Pembroke 'A' - Mariel Mencia Martinez, Ketlyn Rodriguez Matos, Nathalia Silva, Gillian Manning	3:36.70
5	UNC Pembroke 'B' - Madeline Everhart, Natalia Sarmiento, Nevaeh Roverato, Gretchen Gillenwater	3:59.18
$ - School Record + - NCAA B Standard Qualifying Time