Durham, N.H. -- The University of Maine women's swimming & diving team fell at New Hampshire 159-111 in Friday evening's 'Border Battle', presented by Buffalo Wild Wings.

Rita Chen, PhilAnn Dixon, Sarah Mansfield and Valentina Rengifo each collected individual victories to lead the way for the Black Bears.

Maine's team of Emma Blair, Chen, Kayla Loughman and Ines Khiyara teamed up to take home first place honors in the 200-yard freestyle relay with a winning time of 1:38.91. The stable of Jennifer Prior, Kate Pontius, Morgan Bui and Caroline Strolic were the runners-up in the event, touching the wall at 1:43.40.

Chen scored her individual victory in the 50-yard butterfly event, pacing the field with a final time of 26.55. Mansfield scored the individual win in the 200-yard IM at 2:17.30 while Rengifo added a win with a time of 5:13.84 in the 500-yard freestyle event.

Maine swept the top three spots in the 500 free with Emily Lund (2nd - 5:33.11) and Alex Bromley (3rd - 5:40.29) joining 500-free winner Rengifo on the podium. Rengifo added a runner-up showing in the 200-fly with a time of 2:08.79.

The Black Bears also took the top three spots in both the 50-yard fly event with Chen setting the tone followed by Pontius at 28.45 and Emily Ketch in third with a time of 28.59.

Following Mansfield, the top finisher in the 200 IM, were Syd Loper in second at 2:18.53 and Anna McCurdy who placed third at 2:27.01.

Aside from her runner-up showing in the 200-free relay, Strolic added a pair of third place victories in the 50-yard backstroke (27.98) and the 200-yard breaststroke (2:26.19).

On the diving boards, Dixon took home first place honors in the one meter competition with a final score of 249.90.

The Black Bears are back in action on Saturday, Jan. 25 when they travel to take on Providence at 11 a.m. in the final regular season meet of the season.

-UMaine-