MADISON, Wis. – In an impressive performance Friday at the UW Natatorium, the Wisconsin swimming and diving teams sped to victory in their season opener against Green Bay. 

The Badgers men's team (1-0) dominated the Phoenix men (0-1), 219-74. Similarly, Wisconsin's women (1-0) defeated the Green Bay women (0-1), 212-82.  

"My message to the team is that it's going to take everybody to contribute this year," said head coach Yuri Suguiyama. "This is a team in which I think we have a good balance on both sides, but it's going to take everybody. It's everybody on our roster valuing their spot and knowing their contribution to our team."

And it was a collective effort – the Badgers won 31 out of 32 events.

In diving, sophomores Tereza Vithoulkas and Tazman Abramowicz swept both the women's and men's 1-meter and 3-meter boards, respectively. Vithoulkas scored 250.28 in the 1-meter and 292.10 in the 3-meter, while Abramowicz finished with 303.52 in the 1-meter and 299.50 in the 3-meter.

"It was exciting competing in the Big Ten again, as a coach this time," said first-year UW diving coach Landon Marzullo. "The athletes did great. It's an early meet in the season; they're not doing other dives, so to have two zone cuts from Taz and Tereza was awesome."

Freshman Braden Rumpit also earned high praise from his coach and a second-place finish on the 3-meter board, finishing with a score of 275.85.

"He (Rumpit) came up and got second-place today, and that was impressive," Marzullo said. "The energy on deck was great. It was a lot of fun seeing that."

The Badgers return to competition on Oct. 25 on the road against the University of Virginia.