SPRINGFIELD - The Missouri State swimming & diving team sent off its seniors right Friday night as it swept crosstown Drury University in a dual meet at Hammons Student Center Pool. The women took the win over their Panther counterparts 166-72. The men earned themselves a win by a score of 142-99.

"I'm just really pleased with how we performed today," head swim coach Dave Collins said. "Senior Day, obviously you want to send our seniors out on a high note. I felt like our team did that. We had great performances out of the seniors, some pretty great ones there. But we also had some breakout performances too."

The seniors were a highlight as outgoing Bears accounted for six of Missouri State's 19 wins across 26 total events.

Lily DeSpain got the senior festivities rolling with her win in the 200-yard freestyle (1:48.25). Holding the best time in the event across the MVC this season, DeSpain reset her previous time of 1:49.43 she set against Missouri last month.

Fifth-year senior Jordan Wenner earned her fifth individual win this season and third in the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 50.73. Her teammates, freshman Makenzie Kurre (51.36) and fellow senior Samantha Roemer (51.57), finished second and third respectively to sweep the podium.

Cabrini Johnson rounded out the senior women who secured wins in their final home meet. The swimmer from Rodgersville, Missouri earned her first individual win of the season with her season-best 2:14.74 in the 200-yard breaststroke.

"Today was a really good meet for me," Johnson said. "It was a breakthrough kind of day. My 200 breast has been an event that I've struggled with. It was really good to see teammates also have breakthrough swims."

The women were once again particularly strong in the relays, opening the meet with a win in the 400-yard medley relay. The combination of freshman Caitlyn Friebe, Cabrini Johnson, Roemer and Wenner defeated Drury's A team by over three seconds with a time of 3:42.88. Missouri State ended the women's events with a win in the 400-yard freestyle relay with sophomore Lana Janson, senior Anna Lucas, Wenner and DeSpain (3:22.75).

Young Bears were also impressive. Freshman Claire Culberson smoked the 1,000-yard freestyle with a time of 10:14.22, one of the best times in the conference so far this season. Janson, in her first year in Springfield, won the 200 IM (2:03.60) for her first individual win of the season.

Freshman diver Maggie Arceneaux won both the 1-meter (239.55) and 3-meter (220.42) dives over at Breech Pool on Drury's campus.

The senior men were just as impressive. Dylan Moffatt was the standout senior for the Bears with two individual wins on the night. Moffatt solidified his spot in the Mid-American Conference leaderboard in the 1,000-yard freestyle with a winning time of 9:27.80, only bested in the conference by his Hammons Student Center Pool-record time of 9:13.95 he set against Arkansas in November. Moffatt took another victory in the 500-yard freestyle (4:36.23) for his fourth win in the event and sixth overall this season. 

"The meet went great," Moffatt said. "We had great energy all throughout the meet. Winning two events really helped bring that energy to the team all the way through. It was just great to see the team get together to cheer people on and have a great day."

AJ Huskey ended his Hammons career with a bang in the win in the 200-yard butterfly (1:49.71).

"It's always super fun swimming for the Bears here at home," Huskey said. "The energy is super high and it's always an exciting meet. I had a pretty tough double today, 200 IM and 200 butterfly back-to-back. The 200 IM was a little rough but I'm glad I got to bounce back in the 200 fly and have a good meet."

Other notable performances come in the 200-yard freestyle where the men got a podium sweep of their own with junior Reese Hodgins leading the way with a time of 1:38.98, followed by sophomore George Holesinger (1:39.98) and junior Brunno Suzuki-Tomiyama (1:40.89).

Freshman Nadim Elgohary received roaring applause for his win in the 100-yard freestyle (44.98), his first win in the event. Sophomore Brayden Goeldner also took glory in the 200-yard breaststroke (2:01.82), a season-best for him.

Sophomore Storm Opdahl swept the 1-meter (314.10) and 3-meter (337.05) dives at Drury.

Missouri State will take on Drury again Saturday in the second part of the weekend home-and-home series tomorrow starting at noon. The swimming events will take place at Breech Pool on Drury's campus while divers will participate at Hammons Student Center Pool at the same time as part of the same meet.