Coming off a huge victory over Parkland, Liberty's boys swim team suffered its first loss of the season to Emmaus last week, 124-62.

"Basically, we knew they were really good, but before the meet, we were just pumping up the guys, saying don't worry about the score, just swim your hardest," said Hurricane captain, Brandon Hlavaty.

Perhaps the defeat was expected, but the Hurricanes believe the score could have been relatively closer.

"Everyone was swimming kind of iffy that day. Even though our coaches don't believe this or tell us this, I think we went into it thinking that Emmaus is unbeatable, and with that mentality, it made them unbeatable," Hlavaty said.

The closest races of the day, however, ended in first or second place finishes for Liberty.

Robert Negron won the 50 free with a time of 22.53, and Emmaus's Patrick McAllister was second with a time of 22.84. Reid Rossi was outtouched by Emmaus's Tom Schlechter in the 100 butterfly, and Evan Smith was outtouched in the 100 free by Emmaus's Connor DeJohn.

In the 200 free relay, Negron, Jacob Jones, Hlavaty, and Smith took second place with a time of 1:30.88. The Hornets' time was 1:30.61.

"[The relay] was close for the majority of it. We didn't swim our greatest, and we knew that," said Hlavaty.

This week, the Hurricanes will take on Pocono Mountain West, as the regular season begins to wind down.

"We want to put this [Emmaus] meet behind us and plan ahead for districts. We're just going to move forward," Hlavaty said.