From the beginning of the meet it was all Lumberjacks as the Northern Arizona swimming and diving team defeated visiting San Diego by a score of 185-108 in a dual meet at the Wall Aquatic Center.
 
NAU finishes the season 6-6 in dual meets, and will now take just under three weeks off before heading to San Antonio, Texas, for the Western Athletic Conference Championships from Feb. 14-17.
 
The Lumberjacks saw their only weakness come in the backstroke, as Kristen Yoon from San Diego won both the 100 and 200-meter backstroke events but NAU won the other 14 events of the day.
 
Danielle Borth started the day off with a first-place finish on the 1-meter springboard with a career-best score of 294.15. Teammate Natalie Hughes took second with 285.90 and NAU senior Shannon Colvin was third with a career-best score of 262.20.
 
On the 3-meter board later in the meet, Hughes took first with a score of 290.03, Borth was second and Colvin was once again third.  Lumberjack senior Monica Bernhard had the fourth-best score on both the 1-meter and 3-meter, recording a career-best score of 224.25 on the 1-meter.
 
NAU was less than a second off the pool record as Rachael Foe, Cassie Lyons, Renee Rother and Corie Collins teamed up for a win in the 200 medley relay with a time of 2:01.15.
 
Foe went on to record two more individual wins, first in the 50 freestyle (27.21) and then in the 100 butterfly (1:05.71). Collins also went on to win two events of her own, the 200 freestyle (2:08.08) and the 100 freestyle (59.35).
 
Alexis Buckley picked up three individual wins, taking first in the 800 freestyle (9:11.98), first in the 400 freestyle (4:33.50) and first in the 200 individual medley (2:28.30).
 
Renee Rother and Maria Hechanova both won events for NAU, with Rother taking first in the 200 butterfly (2:26.29) and Hechanova winning the 100 breaststroke (1:15.72).
 
NAU finished the day with a win by Collins, Foe, Becky Triemstra and Tami Binek in the 400 freestyle relay in a time of 4:01.70, once again less than a second off the pool record.
 
“I expected (the score) to be a lot closer,” said NAU head coach Andy Johns. “The girls always get up for swimming at home, and they did that today. I know they were also excited to send our seniors out on a good note. We’ve started to come together at the right time, and now we will take the next few weeks and get ready to swim fast in Texas.”