SPRINGFIELD, Mo.– Missouri State's men's and women's swimming & diving teams both edged the Drury Panthers on Saturday at Hammons Student Center in Springfield. MSU's men's team squeaked out a 122-119 win over Drury while the Bears won the women's event 131.5-111.5. 
 
Men's Highlights
Drury got an early edge in Saturday's dual in the 400 Medley Relay with their top two teams finishing first and second. Nathan Bighetti, Caleb Carlson, Pavel Semochkin, and Kham Glass won the event by six seconds with a time of 3:19.60. Drury's team of Aiden Glynn, Cole Vanden Hoek, Dominik Karacic, and Caden Akal came in second (3:25.64). 
 
The Panthers also had a 1-2 finish in the 200 Individual Medley as Pavel Semochkin edged teammate Andrew Rodriguez. Semochkin posted a time of 1:52.46 while Rodriguez was just behind at 1:52.60. 
 
Nathan Bighetti won the 200 Backstroke (1:51.28) while Rodriguez was second again (1:53.74). 
 
Freshman Cole Earl won the 3-meter diving event with 314.62 points while Gino Alfano was fourth (159.00). Earl was also second on the 1-meter board, finishing with 275.62 points. 
 
The Panthers finished the event with a win in the 400 Free Relay as Glass, Ahmed Wahby, Bighetti, and Glynn won by 0.48 seconds with a time of 3:04.66. 
 
Women's Highlights
Drury opened Saturday's event with a win in the 400 Medley Relay as Ellie Shell, Bailee Nunn, Bec Cross, and Caytee Wright won by more than two seconds over Missouri State's 'A' team with a time of 3:54.01. 
 
The Panthers had a 1-2 finish in the 200 Individual Medley as Bailee Nunn took the event with a time of 2:06.65, followed by Bec Cross (2:08.26). 
 
Mackenzie Harris followed with a win in the 200 Butterfly (2:06.91) while Nunn finished third (2:07.80). 
 
Cross gave the Panthers another first-place finish winning the 200 Breaststroke with a time of 2:22.88. 
 
Drury's 400 Free Relay team picked a win to end their afternoon as Hailey Hamlin, Julie Berger, Yasmin Preusse, and Erica Dahlgren won by more than a second with a time of 3:31.81. 
 
 
Both Drury teams get a rematch with Missouri State on Jan. 20 at the Breech Pool on the DU campus. The Panthers' next competition is Jan. 11 when they face Hawaii and Minnesota in a triangular in Manoa, Hawaii. 
 
 
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