The Northeastern swimming and diving team split last weekend’s three-team match-up with Princeton University and Binghamton University, a challenge coach Roy Coates called the first real test of the season.

As history has proven, Princeton continues to be an obstacle, defeating the Huskies 152-90, while NU (4-1, 2-0) was able to beat Binghamton for the third straight year, and fourth straight meet, by a 138-63 score.

With these two wins, the Princeton University Tigers celebrated their 43rd and 44th consecutive victories, setting a new school record. The Tigers haven’t lost a meet since a 177-122 decision in their season-ending match-up with Brown in the 1997-98 season.

Out of the 13 events at this meet, Northeastern swimmers took first place in two of them and junior diver Adela Gavozdea won both the one-meter and three-meter dives.

The Huskies took the first event of the day, the 200-yard medley relay, when the four-person team of Katie Schamling, Katie Kane, Emily White and Kelly McIsaac finished 45 hundredths of a second ahead of Princeton. Twelve total teams participated, and Northeastern’s other two finished eighth and ninth.

“I think it was unexpected for Princeton,” Coates said. “I think they thought they were going to win what they wanted. It made them stand up and take notice; gave them a scare for a moment. Both coaches knew the depth of the talent. For the moment, it shook them up.”

Gavozdea won the one-meter dive by 32 points. The three-meter was closer, with Gavozdea’s total of 260.00 just 3.3 points from Princeton’s Reagan Reber, who took second place.