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Saturday's final double dual meet at Kentucky's Lancaster Aquatic Center against Cincinnati and Kentucky marked the fourth consecutive weekend of competition for the IU women's swimming and diving team. \nThe No. 19 Hoosiers (7-1-1, 4-1-1 Big Ten) battled through and prevailed over Kentucky (3-6) by a score of 152-91. They also defeated Cincinnati (5-3) by a tally of 189-47.\nTierney thought the stretch of meets exhausted the Hoosiers.\n"This was the first time we have done four meets in a row, and I think it showed today," Tierney said. "We need to be a lot better. Mentally, we were a little bit drained."\nIU was led by junior Brooke Taflinger who won the 200-yard individual medley with a time of 2:07.02, just eight-hundredths of a second ahead of teammate Tina Gretlund. Taflinger finished second in the 500-yard freestyle. Taflinger also led a quartet of Hoosiers in the 200-yard breaststroke which finished 1-2-3-4. Taflinger won with a time of 2:22.64 with Kristy Martin, Jennifer Lichtblau and Megan Geers finishing second, third and fourth.\nMartin collected a victory in the 200-yard butterfly, leading the Hoosiers to a 1-2-3 finish with teammates Erin Smith and Gretlund taking second and third. Martin's winning time was 2:03.81.\nOther victorious Hoosiers included Sarah Fiden in the 1000-yard freestyle. Fiden and teammate Erin Rice finished 1-2 with times of 10:13.16 and 10:20.73 respectively. Susan Woessner won the 200-yard backstroke with a time of 2:01.57, concluding an undefeated dual season for Woessner in the 100-yard and 200-yard backstroke events.\nThe Hoosiers also concluded with a win. Woessner, Meghan Medendorp, Jillian Lathrop and Anne Williams won the 200-yard freestyle relay in 1:35.99.\nOn the diving side of the competition, the Hoosiers focused on saving their best dives for competition. After previous events, diving coach Dr. Jeff Huber thought the Hoosiers performed better in warm-ups than in competition.\nThe Hoosier divers responded, placing 1-2-3-4 in the one-meter competition with Jennifer Sonneborn leading the way. Sonneborn edged teammate Erin Quinn by 1.2 points to win the event with a score of 276.55. Sara Reiling and Cassandra Cardinell brought home third and fourth with scores of 267.10 and 263.65 respectively.\nHuber was content with the Hoosiers' performance.\n"We are still throwing some difficult dives and we hit a few and we missed a few," Huber said. "We are trying to get off some hard dives and get ready for what is down the road."\nThe Hoosiers next compete at the Big Ten Championships at Canham Natatorium in Ann Arbor, Mich. The event is scheduled to start on Feb.20 and conclude Feb. 23.