When the waves finally settled at the LSU Natatorium on Friday, the LSU men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams proved victorious in their dual meet with Alabama.
The Tigers won a nail-biter with the entire meet coming down to the last event of the day — the 400-yard freestyle relay.
LSU had to either win the final race or have two of its three relay teams come in second and third to secure the six points needed to clinch the victory.
“In hindsight, we got pretty lucky,” said LSU swimming coach Dave Geyer. “Any time you are ahead, you should go for the strongest relay up front and let Alabama split up and try to do something with their lineup. It worked out well with our depth to spread out to get that second and events.”
 
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