CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - The Northeastern women's swimming and diving team had a chance to throw some early-season times up on the board on Friday afternoon, competing in a dual-meet scrimmage against Harvard at the Crimson's Blodgett Pool.
 
The Huskies won four out of 16 events overall, including one relay and three individual events.
 
Freshman Sara Touchette-McGowan placed first in both the 100 freestyle (52.46) and the 100 butterfly (56.35). Teammate Rachel Green finished second in the 100 freestyle (53.56) behind Touchette-McGowan, and co-captain Megan Foran finished fourth (55.19), giving Northeastern three out of the top four spots in the event.
 
Team newcomers Taylor Ellis and Samira Hoesl kicked off the season with strong times in the 100 breaststroke. Ellis won the event with a time of 1:04.47, while Hoesl finished right behind her in second place with a time of 1:05.99. Harvard's Katie Evans was more than two seconds off the pace of the two new Husky swimmers, winding up in third.
 
Northeastern also came away with the victory in the final event of the afternoon, the 400 freestyle relay. Senior co-captain Anna Schegoleva joined Green, Ellis, and Hoesl as members of the Huskies' A-squad that topped Harvard's B-squad by just 0.30 seconds. Northeastern-A was more than two seconds behind Harvard-B after 300 yards, but Green managed to turn on the jets in her final four laps, propelling the Huskies to a time of 3:35.61.
 
Schegoleva was also Northeastern's top swimmer in both the 100 backstroke (58.32) and the 200 backstroke (2:05.95), finishing third and second, respectively.
 
Sophomore Jordan Domeier had a strong first outing of the season, collecting a time of 10:54.79 in the 1000 freestyle, good for second place behind Harvard's Regan Kology.
 
The Crimson placed first and second in both diving events, but freshman Caroline Gonsalves was just 0.22 points away from cracking into the top two in the 1-meter dive.
 
Two-time Ivy League individual champion Danielle Lee helped guide Harvard to victory in the 200 medley relay, and defeated Northeastern's Ellis by less than a second to win the 500 freestyle event.
 
The Huskies will have two more weeks to prepare for the 2014-15 season opener in a dual meet against New Hampshire at Barletta Natatorium. Northeastern looks to avenge a 167-128 loss they had suffered to the Wildcats last season on Oct. 26 in Durham, New Hampshire.