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The Northeastern swimming & diving team picked up a pair of CAA victories Saturday in a tri-meet against Delaware and Drexel held at Drexel's Daskalakis Athletic Center.

The Huskies earned their first two conference wins by easily dismissing Drexel, 220-77, and staging a dramatic come-from-behind victory over Delaware, 151-148.

Northeastern entered the final event of the afternoon, the 200m freestyle relay, needing a first and third place finish to edge the Blue Hens and claim the victory. The quartet of Sarah Martin, Chelsea Lim, Rachel Mondello and Erica Smotrycz delivered the first place finish, and broke the Drexel pool record set in 1990, with a time of 1:36.70.

The team of Nicole Colucci, Dana Schleif, Adriana Sepulveda and Kelley Becherer registered the necessary third place finish in 1:39.93 to propel the Huskies past Delaware for the victory.

Northeastern got off to a strong start, placing second in the 200 yard medley relay. Colucci, Smotrycz and Martin combined with Julia Alvarez for a time of 1:50.44. Martin and Smotrycz also finished 1-2 for the Huskies in the 50 freestyle, with Martin touching the wall in 24.58 followed closely by Smotrycz in 24.62.

Freshman Adriana Sepulveda notched a pair of first place finishes in the 200 and 500 freestyle events. Sepulveda finished the 200 yard event in 1:54.85 and the 500 yard race in 5:05.57. The rookie also took third in the 100 freestyle (54.09).  Adriana's twin sister Julia Sepulveda earned a first place finish of her own in the 200IM, clocking in at 2:10.59.

The Houston, Texas native also took third in the 200 butterfly in 2:09.42, just behind teammate Jill Kearns who claimed second in 2:08.36. Kearns also picked up a third-place finish in the 200IM (2:10.60).

Rookie Dana Schleif led three top-five finishers for the Huskies in the 100 yard backstroke. Schleif claimed first with a time of 59.79, while Allison Walker took third in 1:00.48 and Colucci placed fourth in 1:00.57. Schleif returned to the pool for a third place finish in the 200 backstroke with a time of 2:09.66, just behind Cassandra Cesaro, who finished second in 2:08.81.

Junior transfer Brie de Palezieux turned in a pair of solid performances, taking second in the 200 breaststroke (2:27.75) and third in the 100 breaststroke (1:08.77). Keary McClernan also tallied points for the Huskies in the 100 breaststroke, placing second with a time of 1:08.63.

Freshman Colleen McCormack delivered a second place performance for the Huskies in the 1000 freestyle, touching the wall in 10:35.25.

Senior Jennyfer Roberts paced the Huskies from the diving platform, claiming first from the 1-meter board with a score of 247.55 and second from the 3-meter board (251.30). Freshman Candace Young placed third in the 3-meter event, scoring 248.70.

The Huskies return to the pool on Saturday, Jan. 22 when they host Siena in Barletta Natatorium for a non-conference meet. Competition is slated to begin at 1 p.m.