On Senior Day, the Calvin women's swimming and diving team dug down deep and came away with a hard-fought 157-143 dual meet victory over rival Hope. Calvin's victory over the Flying Dutch took place Saturday afternoon inside the Venema Aquatic Center.

The meet featured back-and-forth action between the two rivals.

Hope opened with victories in the 200 medley relay and 1,000 freestyle but Calvin battled back with a 1-2 finish in the 200 freestyle and a 1-3-4 finish in the 100 breaststroke.

Freshmen Abby VanHarn and Rachel Mattson led the charge in the 200 free as VanHarn took first (1:58.30) and MAttson second (2:01.73). In the breaststroke, senior Lexi Scott pulled out a tough win in a time of 1:08.56 while sophomore Adrienne Wesselius was third (1:10.67) and sophomore Nicole Karl fourth (1:12.77).

Calvin came up with a 1-3 finish in the 200 butterfly with junior Alayna Gallegos winning in 2:11.81 while sophomore Karine Rose was third (2:25.06).

VanHarn and Mattson then went 1-2 in the 50 freesttyle with VanHarn winning in 24.86 and Mattson taking second in 25.26. Calvin then went 1-2-3 in the 100 freestyle with VanHarn first (54.64), Mattson second (55.19) and Wesselius third (56.01).

The 200 breaststroke was another key with the Knights going 1-3-4. Scott won again, this time in a time of 2:30.20 with freshman Klara Oh third (2:34.37) and Wesselius fourth (2:36.44).

Heading into the final two events, Hope trailed by just three points but the Knights stepped up and sealed the win as Scott won the 200 IM (2:14.96) and the quartet of Mattson, junior Megan Schroder, Wesselius, and VanHarn won the 400 freestyle relay in a time of 3:37.89.

Scott was one of five seniors competing in their final home meet on Saturday. Those seniors included Scott, Erika Waugh, Alex Dhaenens, Betsy Otten and Becca Mumby.

"It was quite an afternoon," said Calvin head swim coach Dan Gelderloos. "We received contributions from people all over the place and we needed every point. Our seniors today were terrific and showed great leadership.  Our goal now is to refocus for the conference meet. I expect the conference meet to be very exciting and hard-fought."

Calvin will now prepare for the MIAA Championships slated for February 11-14 at the Holland Aquatic Center.