Siena Swimming & Diving collected five event victories in its season opener Saturday but fell to Iona 164-134 in the first dual meet of the season at the Joel & Diane Bloom Wellness and Events Center at NJIT.
 
Claire Donlon and freshman Caroline Suter each won two individual events, while the Saints' 400 freestyle relay also earned a victory.
 
Donlon opened the individual wins for Siena by taking first in both the 1-meter and 3-meter diving events. She posted a score of 221.35 on the 1-meter board before recording a 234.20 on the 3-meter board. Molly Murphy finished third on the 1-meter board with a 211.35 and second on the 3-meter with a 233.30, while Bette Sherr-Garcia placed fourth on the 1-meter with a 189.75. Sydney Murray added a third-place finish on the 3-meter with a score of 191.85.
 
Suter provided two more individual victories in the pool, winning the 200 butterfly in 2:13.89 and the 200 individual medley in 2:12.49. Skylar Ricard followed Suter in the 200 butterfly, placing second in 2:15.29, while Mea Amedio took third in the 200 IM in 2:15.04 and Abby Clayton was fourth in 2:17.14.
 
The Saints closed the meet with a victory in the 400 freestyle relay, as GayLynn Kirn, Camryn Raines, Clara Samko, and Amedio combined to finish in 3:38.62. Siena's B relay of Mary Ellen Stratman, Natalie Blume, Julia Filiault, and June Grim finished third in 3:43.86.
 
Kirn added a runner-up finish in the 200 freestyle in 1:59.73, with Clayton taking fourth in 2:02.38 and Blume fifth in 2:02.75. Samko was second in the 50 freestyle in 24.70, followed by Raines in fourth at 25.30 and Grim in fifth at 25.59. Samko also placed second in the 100 butterfly in 1:00.69, while Carsyn Ide finished fourth in 1:01.79.
 
Amedio added a runner-up finish in the 100 freestyle in 54.71, with Grim placing fourth in 55.80. Rentosa was second in the 100 backstroke in 1:01.32, followed by Ide in third at 1:02.09 and Stratman in fourth at 1:02.40. Rentosa also helped the Saints' 200 medley relay to a second-place finish alongside Julia Mihok, Raines, and Samko in 1:50.29. Siena's B relay of Abby Clayton, Mihok, Skylar Ricard, and Amedio finished third in 1:53.76.
 
Mihok led Siena in the 100 breaststroke with a third-place finish in 1:10.15, while Kayla Lombardo placed fourth in 1:10.78 and Filiault fifth in 1:11.20. Lombardo later finished fourth in the 200 breaststroke in 2:35.86, with Filiault taking fifth in 2:36.38.
 
Alex Uhlmann recorded a pair of runner-up finishes, taking second in the 200 backstroke in 2:11.07 and fourth in the 1,000 freestyle in 11:23.97. Stratman was fourth in the 200 backstroke in 2:18.25, while Hope Ivanovich finished fifth in both the 1,000 freestyle (11:34.79) and 200 backstroke (2:21.67).
 
Ricard added a third-place finish in the 500 freestyle in 5:25.29.
 
The Saints return to action next weekend with a tri-meet with Rhode Island and Stonehill in Kingston, RI.