The Hood College women's swimming team dropped its home opener and its first Atlantic Women's Colleges Conference meet of the season Saturday against Wells College.

Wells topped the Blazers, 138-97, in Hood's first AWCC meet as the defending league champions. Hood drops to 0-2 overall and 0-1 in the AWCC.

Rachel Hejnal led the Blazers in the dual meet with two top finishes and the Blazers' 200-yard freestyle relay team also placed first.

Hejnal won the 100-yard breaststroke and the 200-yard breaststroke and Hood's 200-yard freestyle relay team of Jennifer Hill, Chelsea MacBride-Gill, C.J. Harvey and Meghan Held won its event.

Hood's Jessica Steindel, Hejnal, Carly Coonce and Jenn Harmon took second in the 200-yard medley relay, losing by just 25-tenths of a second. Harmon also showed well in the 100-yard freestyle with a second place finish and Coonce finished a close second in the 100-yard butterfly.

The Blazers resume their schedule Wednesday night at McDaniel College in a non-conference meet. The meet is set to begin at 7 p.m.