The Tigers were propelled by co-captain Alicia Aemisseger, a 10-time All-American. Individually, Aemisseger took the 200-yard butterfly in pool-record time and won the 1000-yard freestyle in 9:37.27—18 seconds ahead of runner-up Aislinn Smalling.

Aemissiger also touched the wall first in the 500-yard freestyle, besting runner-up Kaufmann by almost 14 seconds.

Princeton is now in position to claim its fourth-straight dual-meet title if it can hold off Columbia on Friday. The Crimson will have another opportunity to compete against the Tigers at the Ivy League Championships in late February, when it hopes to repeat last year’s victory.

“This weekend, we learned what we need to work on over the next month towards the championship,” Slack said. “The straight wins we had brought us together, but the loss has truthfully motivated us even more for the end of the season.”

For Morawski, the final meet against Princeton will not only be a test of her team’s skill, but also of its character.

“Princeton is certainly going to be swimming off a huge confidence booster,” Morawski said. “It shows your character and how tough you are to dust yourself off, come back, and fight for a win.”

“Our focus now is finishing the season with an Ivy championship,” Robinson echoed. “We have dominated in all our other meets, so I think the rest of our season is in the bag.”

—Staff writer B. Marjorie Gullick can be reached at gullick@college.harvard.edu.