Princeton, N.J. - Princeton took first place in each of the first nine events on Friday afternoon en route to a 149-110 victory over Boston College at DeNunzio Pool. The Tigers, ranked No. 25 in the nation, extended their win streak to 24 in their first dual-meet action of the season.

"I think we swam a great meet," said Coach Susan Teeter . "It was the first chance for our freshman to experience the rich Princeton tradition and both the upperclassmen and the underclassmen swam well."

Senior Valeria Kukla led a 1-2-3-4 Princeton finish in the 1,000-yard freestyle with a time of 10:18.07. Junior Maura Bolger finished second, freshman Courtney Green was third and senior Ann-Marie Casperite completed the sweep. Seniors also led the way on the boards with Danielle Stamandi and Mary Mulcare taking the top two spots.

"Our seniors had great performances on the diving boards today," said Teeter. "Danielle Stamandi and Mary Mulcare are really diving well this early in the year. I'm also very pleased with (sophomore) Stephanie Wright, who had a very exciting finish in the butterfly."

Wright placed third in the 200-yard butterfly in 2:10.93, a time tenths of a second off her lifetime best. Margaret Hirce won the event for Princeton with a 2:09.20. Junior Michelle Nielson won the 100-yard backstroke with a time of 59.08 Fellow junior Molly Seto took first in the 50-yard freestyle (24.38), 0.34 seconds ahead of sophomore Cara Goeller who placed second.

Freshman Stephanie Hsiao won two events in her debut, taking both the 100-yard freestyle (52.40) and 100-yard breaststroke (1:07.64). Freshman Nicole Somers also won an event in her first meet with a time of 5:03.83 in the 500-yard freestyle.

Princeton, now 1-0, has not lost a dual-meet competition since 1998. The Tigers begin the season ranked for the first time in Teeter's 17 years as coach after finishing 25th at the 2001 NCAA Championships.

"I'm very excited to finally get respect from the rest to the nation," says Teeter. "We are usually ranked at the end of the season and to be ranked going into the year is tremendous."