MORRIS, Minn. – The University of Minnesota Morris women's swimming & diving team competed for the first time in nearly a full year on Saturday, getting past Concordia College (Minn.) in a dual meet, 140-108. The meet also doubled as Senior Day for the Cougars and six members of the team competing for the final time – Abi Fountain, Taryn Longshore, Nora Lund, Liz Melssen, Sierra Walker, and Tatiana Walker-Rozo.

The day began with a convincing victory for Minnesota Morris in the 200 Medley Relay with Ahnika Vininski, Walker, Carolyn Curtis, and Olivia Salzwedel combining for a time of 2:00.40. That was 22 seconds better than the UMN Morris 'B' team of Anna Fairbanks, Liz Melssen, Walker-Rozo, and Lund, who ended in second at 2:22.78. The Concordia team in the event was DQ'ed, giving the Cougars 15 points to start.

Next up was the 1650 Freestyle where Paige Haugen won in 22:01.08 and Curtis came in second in 22:33.84. Vininski and Walker soon won back-to-back events as Vininski eked out a victory in the 100 Backstroke (1:06.02) and Walker edged out Haugen in the 100 Breaststroke (1:18.46).

The last event prior to the start of diving competition was the 50 Freestyle and Salzwedel took another event for the Cougars with a time of 26.54 seconds, a quarter-of-a-second faster than Concordia's top finisher in the event.

Taryn Longshore was the lone diver of the day and she scored 141.20 on her first five dives of the day. She later added 203.40 points on her second trip to the 1-Meter boards.

In some of the final individual events of the day, Walker and Jalissa Johnson had a 1-2 finish for Minnesota Morris in the 200 Breaststroke. Walker won in 3:00.18 and Johnson clocked in at 3:01.72. Curtis added one final victory for the Cougars in the 100 Butterfly, touching the wall in 1:10.12.