The Cougars had an all-around great meet with UC Santa Cruz during its 196-102 win.

Highlighting the trip up north was the diving exploits of Kianna Mourer. The sophomore posted a qualifying score for the NCAA Championship from March 10-14 in Indianapolis, Ind. Mourer won the one-meter event with a six-dive score of 272.40. She followed that up with a three-meter win by scoring 268.60. It is the second straight season she qualified for the national championships.

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In addition to Mourer's exploits on the boards, Rachel Johns continued to show solid improvement. The freshman tallied 226. 10 points during the one-meter event then notched 225.25 points in three-meter. Each score was good to place second to aid in the Cougars team point total.

During the swimming portion of the meet the Cougars were dominate. The duo of Heidi Zuniga and Rosalee Mira Santa Ana each won two individual races to propel Azusa Pacific. Zuniga put together a solid 200-yard butterfly as she topped teammate Patrica Lucas by touching the wall in 2:11.46. Zuniga finished her day with a victory in the 500-yard freestyle race. Not a regular event for the junior she held off a challenged by the Banana Slug's Kelly Henderson to win the race in 5:22.58 – just 1.29 seconds faster than Henderson.

Santa Ana continued her dominance as she won the 200-yard freestyle and 400-yard IM. The sophomore was pushed well by a pair of her freshman teammates in the 200-yard event before winning in 1:57.65. Abigail Wiet (2:02.50) and Bailie Carroll (2:04.22) placed second and third respectively. A similar story unfolded in the 400-yard IM with Santa Ana winning (4:42.45) and fellow Cougars Syndey Bello (4:52.60) and Lucas (4:58.10) touching the wall in second and third.

Bello took a home a first place finish of her own as she won the 1000-yard freestyle in narrow form. Her time of 11:10.19 was just enough to beat Henderson's time of 11:10.53. Wiet didn't end the day without a first place finish despite coming up just short in the 200-yard freestyle. The freshman won the 200-yard breastroke in 2:31.95 as she continued a streak of winning at least one event in every dual meet this season. Another freshman, Elodie Poo Cheong, also continued a solid start to her collegiate career as she won the 100-yard butterfly with a time of 1:01.02.

Rounding out the individual victories for Azusa Pacific was the tandem of Erica Knudsen and Alyse Darnall in the sprint freestyle races. Knudsen touched the wall in 25.58 to win the 50-yard event while Darnall edged out Knudsen in the 100-yard race with a time of 55.19. Knuden finished second in 55.91.

The Cougars wrapped up the meet with a victory in the 400-yard freestyle race. The combination of Knudsen, Carroll, Wiet and Santa Ana won with a time of 3:45.34.

Azusa Pacific completes the 2015 portion of their schedule at the Winter Invitational next weekend. The three-day competition starts on Friday in South Gate, Calif. and is hosted by La Verne.