The swimming and diving team defeated the University of Massachusetts Minutemen at Barletta Natatorium on Saturday, 174-123. The win improves the squad to 4-3 on the season.

The Huskies were led by senior co-captain Kathrine Fugge who won three individual events and was also part of a relay victory. Fugge paced the 100 (53.27) and 200 (1:55.37) freestyle events, the 100 butterfly (58.93) and also earned a victory as part of the 200 medley relay (1:51.47) with Nicole Colucci, Keary McClernan and Sarah Martin.

McClernan also earned a solo victory as she led the pack in the 200 breaststroke (2:27.12).

Emily Sutliff turned in a strong performance, earning wins in the 500 (5:14.59) and 1000 (10:42.09) freestyle events.

Jill Kearns won the 200 freestyle with a time of 2:09.18.

In the 50 yard freestyle event junior Rachel Mondello and freshman Kelley Becherer took the top two slots finishing in 25.16 and 25.23 respectively.

The Huskies also took first and second-place in the 200 yard backstroke as Natalia Snegour and Cassandra Cesaro finished with times of 2:11.60 and 2:11.79.

The two teams split the diving events with Northeastern's Rachael Peterson taking the 3-meter dive event with score of 227.31.

The Huskies will next return to the pool in 2010 when they head to the University of New Hampshire with Boston University on Monday, Jan. 18. The team will head to Puerto Rico to train from Jan. 2-9.