The Panther swimming and diving teams ended their semester by hosting a dual meet against Amherst. The women utilized their depth to defeat the Jeffs for the first time since the 2002-03 season by a 158-130 score, while the men fell by a 203-77 tally. The Panthers return to action on January 3rd when they host Bates for a dual meet starting at 2:00 p.m.

During the women's competition, the Middlebury quartet of Sarah Bartholomae, Jamie Hillas, Megan Griffin and Courtney Haron touched the wall first in the 200 medley relay with a time of 1:48.72.

Individually, Hillas was victorious in the 100 breaststroke (1:06.03), while Ann Carpenter stopped the clock first in the 50 free (25.19), just ahead of teammates Stephanie Andrews (25.26) and Morgan Burke (25.28). Haron led the field to the wall in the 100 freestyle (54.35), while Burke was second.

On the diving board, the Panthers recorded 26 team points from the tandem of Elissa DeNunzio and Adrianna Baker as Amherst didn't have a diver compete. DeNunzio won the 1-meter event with a score of 213.83, while Baker was second (206.55). In the 3-meter, the tables were turned as Baker took home the win (201.38), while DeNunzio was the runner-up (195.68).

In the final event of the meet, the team of Burke, Griffin, Ann Carpenter and Haron won the race to the wall with a time of 3:39.45 in the 400 free relay for 11 key team points.

On the men's side, individual event victories came from Stephan Koenigsberger and Bryan Cheuk. Koenigsberger touched the wall first in the 100 breaststroke in a time of 58.59, while Cheuk won the 50 free (21.98).

Individual runner-up finishes were posted by Michael McGean in the 1000 free with a time of 9:53.26, Koenigsberger in the 200 breaststroke (2:10.93) and Matthew Lantin in the 500 free (4:47.65).

The 400 free relay team of Cheuk, Paul Lagasse, Lantin and Koenigsberger tallied a runner-up finish in a time of 3:17.99.