SPRINGFIELD - The Missouri State swimming & diving teams concluded their home-and-home weekend series with crosstown Drury University Saturday afternoon following a Bears sweep of the men's and women's meets Friday night. The women replicated Friday's success with a 153-84 win over the Drury women, but the men fell in a close battle with the Panthers, 123-118, at Breech Pool on Drury's campus.

The women picked up where they left off in the relays early on. Missouri State's quartet of freshman Caitlyn Friebe, senior Cabrini Johnson, senior Samantha Roemer and senior Jordan Wenner won the 200-yard medley relay in the first event of the day (1:41.92). The same group also won the 200 medley relay at the start of last night's meet.

Senior Lily DeSpain expanded on her success in last night's win in the 200-yard freestyle with a pair of wins in the 200 IM (2:02.69) and in the 500-yard freestyle (4:55.31). Her 200 IM time is the best by a Bear this season. Her three individual wins this weekend match her win total all season going into Senior Day last night where she was honored. 

More seniors kept the festivities going today at Drury. Samantha Roemer held off Panther junior Mellie Wijk by one-hundredth of a second in the 100-yard butterfly (54.80). The win marks her fifth individual victory this season and third in the 100 fly.

Other consistent swimmers across both meets include sophomore Lana Janson, who got another win in the 200-yard freestyle (1:49.79) after earning her first win last night in the 200 IM. The freestyle was where the Bears feasted. Freshman Lindsey Hervey snagged her first individual win since October against Southern Illinois with an impressive 10:15.04 time in the 1,000-yard freestyle, a time just over two seconds back of the top MVC time in the event going into the weekend.

Jordan Wenner swept the 100-free this weekend. After winning it at Hammons Student Center Pool on Friday, she improved on her previous winning time with a 50.39 at Drury. 

Cabrini Johnson took the mantle in the breaststroke events all weekend, taking another win in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:02.73) after winning the 200-breast on Friday.

The men battled hard up to the very end looking to complete the sweep over Drury, but despite the single-digit loss on the score sheet, the Bears maintained dominance in the endurance freestyle events.

Senior Dylan Moffatt once again headlined the Bears with two more individual wins to match his total from Friday. Just like on Senior Day, Moffatt got the men's individual events started with a dominant win in the 1,000-yard freestyle (9:30.03), defeating the next-best finisher of Drury freshman Matteo Vissotto by nearly sox seconds (9:35.83). Moffatt also defended his 500-yard freestyle on Friday with an even better winning time on Saturday (4:37.41). His four individual wins this week bring him to a team-leading eight this season. 

Junior Brunno Suzuki-Tomiyama remerged to bring in more points on top of Moffatt's stack with his first individual win since the opening meet of the season against Lindenwood in October. Suzuki-Tomiyama won his second 200 IM event this year with a time of 1:50.67.

Sophomore Luigi Maciel da Silva matched Cabrini Johnson's win in the 100-yard breaststroke to give the Bears the sweep in the event. He came in with a time of 54.59 for his third individual win at MSU. 

Missouri State swimming & diving will be back in action next weekend with a quick turnaround to the state of Illinois for another doubleheader starting with dual meets against UIC and Evansville on Friday, Jan. 26 at 5:00 p.m. in Chicago. The Bears will head to Westmont, Illinois the following day for the UIC Invitational starting at 10:30 a.m. at FMC Natatorium.