SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — After sweeping Missouri State Friday to open their home-and-home dual, Drury men's and women's swimming and diving split Saturday's competition at Hammons Student Center Pool, with the DU men topping MSU for the second day in a row, while the women dropped a narrow decision to the Bears.

The Drury men remained perfect on the season in dual competitions, claiming an 86.5 to 77.5 decision over MSU, thanks to big mornings from  Alvaro Zornoza, who posted individual wins in the 200 back and 200 IM,while helping the Panthers' 200 medley relay team to a win. Yuri Cabral also played key roles in DU's two relay wins and earned a win in the 100 free. 

On the women's side, Maria Fe Munoz led the Panthers for the second day in a row, posting wins in the 200 fly and 200 IM, and Nikol Maniko and Gwen Bergum picked up individual victories in the 200 back and 200 breast, respectively.
 
HIGHLIGHTS

• Maniko came through with the first Drury win of the day, clocking a time of 2:03.87 in the 200 back.
• Maniko also helped the Panthers' 400 free relay squad (Belen Morales, Sophia Kelly, Maniko, Ashlyn Moore) to a second-place finish (3:26.64).
• Bergum followed with a big performance in the 200 breast, finishing in 2:16.10; she also placed second in the 200 IM (2:04.27).
• Munoz notched the victory in the 200 fly (2:00.88) before duplicating the feat in the 200 IM (2:02.84).
• Rianne Rose also turned in a strong effort, placing second in the 200 fly (2:05.16) and fifth in the 1000 free (10:44.88).
• Sophia Deane placed second in the 200 back (2:03.95) and assisted on DU's 200 medley relay second-place finish as well.
• In the 1-meter diving competition, Piera Rufino placed second with a score of 264.53, followed by Anamarie Lewis (235.43) and Claire Garrelts (233.63).
• The DU men swept both relay events, paced by a 1:28.18 time in the 200 medley from the quartet of Ivan Adamchuk, Alvaro Zornoza, Cabral and Lucas Mineur.
• Zornoza picked up victories in the 200 back (1:44.72) and 200 IM (1:48.95).
• Cabral followed his lead, earning the gold in the 100 free (44.26), as DU swept the three podium spots with Mineur placing second and Matteo Vissotto finished third.
• Drury also swept the top three positions in the 200 IM, with Adamchuk placing second and Belhassen Ben miled finishing third.
• Vissotto was DU's top finisher in the 1000 free, clocking in 9:21.86 to place third.
• Carter Austin placed third in the 3-meter diving competition with a score of 276.38.

UP NEXT
Both Drury squads will be back at Breech Pool next weekend when they host Oklahoma Christian for a dual, beginning Friday (Jan. 23).

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