VESTAL, N.Y. – Seniors Alex Brion and Brooke Pettis as well as sophomore Kaitlyn Smolar all won two individual events, leading the Binghamton swimming & diving teams to a sweep of St. Bonaventure on Senior Day at the Patricia A. Saunders Aquatic Center. The women (7-1) defeated the Bonnies 159-145 while the men recorded a 155-145 victory.

With the regular season now concluded, the Bearcat women tied their second-highest dual win total in a season during their 18-year NCAA Division I era. They finished the 2002-03 campaign 11-4 and were 7-6 in 2009-10. Furthermore, the combined winning percentage of both Binghamton squads this season (.846 with an 11-2 overall record) is the best during the Bearcats' Division I era.

Brion swept the men's 50 free (21.04) and 100 free (47.33). He also anchored the first-place 200 medley relay team, which also consisted of seniors Zachary Kaplan and Matthew DeVito as well as sophomore Patrick Wilson and recorded a time of 1:34.37. Brion and Wilson then joined juniors Thomas Mackey and Tyler Meyers to win the 400 free relay with a first-place time of 3:09.61.

Pettis took top honors in the women's 100 fly (57.59) and 200 IM (2:14.25) while Smolar captured the 1000 free (10:37.83) and 500 free (5:11.89). Pettis was also on the winning 200 medley relay team, which included juniors Kristina Keefe, Sydney Atendido and Olivia Santos. In addition, Smolar, Atendido, Santos and freshman Belen Marriaga took first place in the 400 free relay (3:36.12).

Heading into the final two events of the day, both Bearcat teams were behind in the standings. Led by Pettis, however, the women went 1-2-3 in the 200 IM and won the 400 free relay by nearly three seconds over St. Bonaventure's top team (3:39.07). On the men's side, the Bearcats went 1-3-5 in the 200 IM and won the 400 free by over two seconds over the Bonnie's fastest quartet (3:11.95).

"It was an amazing ending for us on both teams and I can't say enough about how we finished the meet," head coach Brad Smith said. "Give Kudos to St. Bonaventure -- they are a good program that really brought it today and gave us all we could handle. It was the most dramatic finish to a meet on both sides in my 13 years as a coach."

Other individual winners on the men's team included Wilson in the 100 breast (58.04), sophomore Shane Morris in the 100 back (52.31), freshman Chris Egan in the one-meter diving event (288.68), senior Colin Coughlan in the three-meter diving competition and junior Ross Bernstein in the 200 IM (1:56.55).

On the women's side, individual first-place finishers also included Santos in the 100 free (53.77), and sophomore Erica Bachiller in the 100 back (58.92).

Prior to the meet, the Bearcats held their annual Senior Day Ceremony. The six men honored were Brion, Coughlin, Kaplan, Devito, Gerard Martusciello and Max Willard. The women's seniors included Pettis, Jennifer Gosule, Sarah Schoenfeld, Katarina Tibensky and Sarah-Jane Wied.

"Our seniors really wanted to perform well today," Smith said. "I am so proud of all of them. This meet couldn't have been scripted out any better considering how much they have done for our program. I was telling some of them during the final break that this was setting up to be the perfect ending for their class, being their last meet at home."

Binghamton now has three weeks to prepare for the America East Championships. The four-day event will be held Feb. 14-17 with Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) serving as the host school.

"We are in a good spot right now," Smith said. "Our teams are starting to peak at the right time and a meet like today really helps us get ready for the conference meet. I told them all to enjoy the victory this weekend but to be back ready to go on Monday."

NOTES: Binghamton also finished the dual meet season undefeated at home. The men were 3-0 while the women were 4-0.