The magic numbers are 223 and 3: 223 days between Salem University athletics competitions and three consecutive Tiger wins dating back to March.
 
Both the Salem University men's and women's swimming teams were victorious as the Tigers competed against West Virginia Tech in a dual meet Friday at the YMCA of Southern West Virginia in Beckley, W.Va. The Tigers won the men's meet 123-56 and won the women's meet 98-55.

Event Results
 
Friday's dual meet was the first intercollegiate competition by any Salem athletics team in 2020-21 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Salem announced in August that fall sports competition is postponed until after January 1. The NCAA classifies men's and women's swimming as winter sports.
 
Salem will play host to West Virginia Tech in a rematch January 9 at Salem Pool. The meet will also be the Tigers' Senior Day.
 
The Tigers are tentatively scheduled to play host to Fairmont State University November 13 in Salem's home opener. The status of the meet is unclear after the Mountain East Conference, of which Fairmont State is a member, announced two weeks ago that winter sports will not begin until at least January 1.
 
The last Salem intercollegiate competition prior to Friday took place March 13 when the Tiger women's tennis team defeated Slippery Rock University 4-3.
 
Men's Swimming: Salem 123, West Virginia Tech 56
Brady Samuels and Fernando Gomez Perez were part of two relay wins and combined for three individual wins to help pace the Tigers. Samuels earned first-place finishes in the 50-meter freestyle and the 100-meter butterfly, while Perez won the 100-meter breaststroke and finished second in the 200-meter individual medley.
 
Jakub Husar and Zach Bell joined Samuels and Perez to win the 200-meter relay in the opening event. The Tigers closed out the meet with a first-place finish in the 200-meter freestyle relay as Greg Smith joined Samuels, Bell and Perez.
 
Tiger swimmers captured two more individual first-place finishes as Husar won the 200-meter freestyle and Caden Huffman won the 100-meter freestyle.
 
Women's Swimming: Salem 98, West Virginia Tech 55
Lauren Platz and Veronica Bolibaugh each posted two individual event victories and combined with Katherine Turner and Ivani Kamidoi for a relay win to help lead the Tigers. Platz, Bolibaugh, Turner and Kamidoi opened the dual meet with a win in the 200-meter medley relay.
 
Platz also finished first in the 100-meter backstroke and the 400-meter freestyle. Bolibaugh won the 50-meter freestyle and the 100-meter butterfly. Both Platz (200-meter freestyle) and Bolibaugh (400-meter freestyle) earned a second-place finish.
 
In addition to the relay win, Kamidoi finished first in the 100-meter freestyle. Turner also finished first in the 200-meter individual medley.