According to a member of the women's swimming and diving team, it was the squad's depth that carried the team to a victory over Keene State College last Saturday. But, down three swimmers and without any divers on the roster, the men's team was not able to capture the win.Strong performances all the way down the lineup, along with five members taking first place in multiple individual events, carried the women's team to its first victory in a dual meet this season, a 174-125 win over Keene State College. The team is now 1-1 after last Wednesday's 145.5-116.5 loss to Division I Boston College

"There's a lot of people on the team that worked really hard to help us win this meet," Hollis Viray '10 said. "We won it with our depth, not with our first places alone, so I think everyone did a really good job."

The men's team, however, found itself at an automatic 32-point disadvantage without any divers on the roster. They eventually lost 172-122 to Keene State and are 0-2 this season after a 149-109 loss to Boston College last Wednesday.

"The bottom line was . just going in with a 32-point deficit was the hardest part," coach Jim Zotz said.

On the women's side, Angela Chui '12 finished first in three individual events for the second-straight meet, breaking her own school record in winning the 100-yard backstroke in 1 minute, 0.84 seconds, the 200-yard backstroke in 2:15.47 and the 500-yard freestyle in 5:32.74.

"There's not much to say. [Chui's] just amazing," Viray said. "She works really hard, and she always goes out and gives 100 percent. We're just really glad that she's on the team this year, and she's doing such a good job."

Viray also tallied three first-place finishes, winning the 1000-yard freestyle in 11:18.29, the 200-yard breaststroke in 2:35.62 and the 200-yard individual medley in 2:19.89. Julia Derk '12, who captured the 100- and 200-yard freestyle events, and Rachel Sawicki '10, who finished first in the 100- and 200-yard butterfly races, also had multiple event wins.

"Overall, people raced really well and had really good finishes, so we had a lot of people out-touching the Keene swimmers," Rachel Nadas '09 said.

The Judges also captured the 400-yard freestyle relay race in 3:50.57. Chui, Sawicki, Viray, and Siobhan Lyons '10 comprised the winning squad.

In diving, Dana Simms '11 won the 3-meter diving event, collecting 172.50 points, more than six points better than the second-place finisher.

On the men's side, James Liu '10 and Aaron Bennett '11 won two individual races each. Liu captured the 200-yard freestyle event in 1:48.18, beating the second-place finisher by 2.2 seconds, and also won the 200-yard individual medley event in 2:06.57. Bennett placed first in both the 100- and 200-yard butterfly events.

Liu normally competes in short-distance races, but he also swam in the 500-yard freestyle event and finished in second place with a time of 5:04.66.

"Coach decided to put me in . different events [last Saturday and] try new things," Liu said. "I definitely wasn't as nervous as I expected to be, and I definitely. took the challenge, and it felt fine."

Liu also anchored the winning 400-yard freestyle relay team, joining teammates Jesse Hershman '10, Bobby Morse '09 and Michael Rubin '09 to beat out the second-place team by over four seconds.

Both squads lost to Division I Boston College last Wednesday. Chui and Viray both had multiple wins on the women's side. In her first collegiate dual match, Chui broke school records in both the 100- and 200-yard backstroke events. She has already set a school record in four different individual races this season.

"[Chui's] a great swimmer, and she's a really, really good teammate," Nadas said. "She works really hard at practice, so we're definitely really excited to have a record [going down] this early and looking forward to seeing that continue throughout the season."

Liu led the men's team, garnering three individual events and anchoring a winning relay team. Marc Eder '12 and Justin Wellins '10 also had individual wins for Brandeis.

"We [knew] going into the meet that [Boston College is] a [Division I] school and that they're a bigger team and they're a fast team, so we just looked at it as an opportunity to swim fast against a fast team, and we definitely all did that," Rubin said.

Both teams will travel to Worcester Polytechnic Institute next Saturday for a meet at 4:30 p.m.