With four swimmers winning three events apiece, it was no surprise that the women's swimming and diving team was miles ahead of host Trinity College on the scoreboard last Saturday.The women's squad routed Trinity 177-120, closing its dual-meet season with a record of 6-3 following last Friday's 129-114 win against Clark University. The men's team also competed at both meets last weekend, coming away with a 133-104 win at Clark but falling to Trinity 154.5-139.5 to put them at 4-5 at the conclusion of dual-meet competition this season.

Hollis Viray '10 was one of the four women's swimmers to post three wins at Trinity as the Judges took first place in 14 of 16 team events on the day. Viray won the 400-yard individual medley in a time of 4 minutes, 50.40 seconds and also took two breaststroke events, setting a facility record in the 200-yard breaststroke with a time of 2:29.73.

"I was proud of my races," she said. "I was hoping to go under 2:30 for my 200 breaststrokes and I was able to do that. I think this put me in a good place looking forward."

The other three-event winners for the women's team were Siobhan Lyons '10, Angela Chui '12 and Julia Derk '12, who along with Viray were also members of a winning relay team.

Lyons took the 1,000-yard freestyle event in 11:35.82 while also winning both the 100-yard and 200-yard butterfly events with times of 1:03.48 and 2:17.77, respectively. Chui captured the 100-yard and 200-yard backstroke events and also won the 200-yard freestyle event in 1:58.96. Derk won three different freestyle events, winning the 50-yard and 100-yard sprints in times of 26.12 seconds and 56.30 seconds, respectively, and the 500-yard event in 5:27.72.

"We had a lot of great performances," coach James Zotz said. "The women were pumped up; they knew it was our last meet. I felt everybody swam well."

The men's team won 10 of 16 events but still fell short to Trinity College by just 14 points. Bobby Morse '09 led the way for Brandeis, winning the 100-yard freestyle in 58 seconds and the 500-yard freestyle in 4:59.04. He then tied for a win in the 1,000-yard freestyle, catching up to Trinity rookie Adam Eramo toward the end of the race and finishing with a time of 10:16.64.

"[Morse] had a great day," Zotz said. "You don't see one swimmer win the variety of events that he did."

Once again the men's team did not compete in diving events, which automatically put them in a 32-point deficit to open the meet.

"It's not frustrating because it's just something we have to accept," Zotz said. "For the rest of the meet you're depending more on things being consistent, which is unfair on the team because it leaves no margin for error, and that's hard."

Last Friday, both the men's and women's teams defeated Clark University in a meet that was supposed to be held at Brandeis but was moved to Clark because of the closing of the Linsey pool Oct. 28. Still, despite being away from familiar grounds, the teams honored their senior members in what would have been the final home meet of their careers.

Three of the five seniors were winners during the meet. On the men's side, Morse won both the 200-yard freestyle and the 500-yard freestyle in season-best times of 1:48.46 and 4:57.69. For the women, Leah Lipka '09 and Rachel Nadas '09 and were each a part of the Judges' winning 400-yard medley relay team and also posted second-place finishes in the 200-yard individual medley and 200-yard breaststroke, respectively.

Men's captain Michael Rubin '09 said that despite being away from home, the ceremony honoring him and his fellow seniors was "not too bad," but Viray, a junior, said the whole scenario was disappointing.

"It was really sad, especially having watched [the ceremony] two years before this [at the Linsey pool]," she said. "It's such a special day normally where everyone's families come to the meet and we decorate our pool, and this year we had to trim it down to the bare minimum. All they did was announce [the seniors' names and accomplishments], and we gave them balloons and flowers, and that was it. It would have been nice to recognize them more if we had our own pool."

Both teams now will prepare for the University Athletic Association Championships in Chicago Feb. 12. Zotz said that despite the many obstacles his team has faced all season he expects them to do well on individual bases.

"This thing really hasn't sunk in. We're just responding to a challenge, and it's working for us," he said. "We're still going to be doing the same things we've been doing all along. I'm expecting individually for everyone to have a great meet. I'd be disappointed if we're not in the championship finals in a number of events. That's what we should expect at this point, and that's my goal for the team.