PHOENIX – Five wins and four new top-10 marks helped California Baptist University give Grand Canyon all it could handle on Saturday's dual.

CBU got wins from five different swimmers, but it still fell to the Lopes on a score of 163-136. The Lancers' record in dual moves to 2-3-1 on the year, as they now head into their final dual of their season and Senior Day against UC San Diego on Saturday, Feb. 1 at noon at the Lancer Aquatics Center. 

The highlight of the day came when Martha Aguilar won the 1650-yard freestyle in 17 minutes, 16.19 seconds, which set a new pool record by more than 15 seconds at the Reese Aquatic Center. It was also a new top-10 time for the true freshman, ranking ninth overall. Senior Mackenzie Mergel pushed Aguilar in the event before she took second (17:36.21).

The Lancers' highest-scoring event on the day was the 200 individual medley. Isabella Rhodes won in 2:08.64, while Lauren McKenna took second 2:08.92 and Rebeca Oviedo finished fourth (2:11.98).

Savannah Uhlir posted two new career bests on the 1-meter and 3-meter boards. Her score of 269.40 points was good for second place and ranked her fourth in CBU history on the 3-meter, while her score of 246.85 on the 1-meter placed her fifth and is seventh all-time for the program.

Kiree Lowe took fourth place on both boards, with scores of 249.05 on 1-meter and 264.95 on 3-meter. She hit a new career-best on 3-meter to build on her No. 5 standing in the Lancer record books.

Hannah Houlton and Rhodes gave CBU a one-two finish in the 100 free, with respective times of 52.32 and 52.89.

The Lancers also went one-three in the 200 butterfly and 500 free. Nicole Cienega (2:03.90) and Kyle Morrison (2:10.28) were the leaders in the 200 fly, while Cienega also took third in the 100 fly (57.59).

Oviedo (4:53.68) and Mackenzie Degn (5:09.78) were two of the top-three finishers in the 500 free. Oviedo (1:54.77) and Degn (1:55.19) also finished second and third in the 200 free.

Three swimmers finished top-four in the 50 free. Rita Smirnova and McKenzie Kelly tied for second in 24.70, while Houlton came in fourth.

Faith Brazil took second in both breaststroke events, with times of 1:05.45 in the 100 and 2:19.24 in the 200. Emma Lindquist (1:05.81) and Alexa Melara (2:19.91) took third place in the 100 and 200, respectively.

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