ORONO, ME-The Terrier men's swimming and diving team, trailing by 34 points after four events, won nine of the final 12 events en route to a come-from-behind win over host University of Maine, 165-132, on Saturday, Dec. 11.

"In all my years of coaching, I have never seen a comeback like that," said Terrier head coach Reagh Wetmore. "The men got fired up and decided they weren't going to take that kind of beating from Maine. Once they started their comeback, they were all right on."

After the meet's first four events, the Black Bears had what seemed to be an insurmountable lead, 52-18.

Sophomore Griffin Moodie (Edina, MN), who went on to win three events, started the rally when he led a Terrier 1-2-3 sweep in the 100 breaststroke with a winning time of 1:01.59. Freshman Adam Motowidlo (Bristol, CT) was second (1:05.09) and junior Ryan Falk (Sarasota, FL) was third (1:05.71).

Then, in the 100 fly, Moodie again led the 1-2-3 sweep as he turned in a winning time of :53.81. Sophomore James Lands (Montclair, NJ) was second (:57.15), and Gordon Allan was third (1:01.09).

Moodie then captured his third event when he won the 200 IM in 2:03.36. Falk was third in the event in 2:07.20.

Both junior Michael Kelly (Shrewsbury, NJ) and senior Victor Paguia (Lake Forest, IL) also won two events.

Kelly led a 1-2-4 finish in the 50 freestyle and came back to lead a 1-2 finish in the 100 free. In the former, he turned in a :22.18, while he was clocked in :49.4 in the latter. In the 50 free, Mike McGrath (Pittsburgh, PA) was second (:22.86) and Paul Nick was fourth (:23.87), while Nick was second in the 100 free (:51.72).

As he has done for the majority of his collegiate career, Paguia won both the one- and three-meter dives. In the one-meter event, he scored 337.35 points for a meet record, while senior James Yon (Pittsfield, MA) was second with 233.48 points. The two also finished 1-2 at three meters with 287.25 and 259.95 points, respectively.

Finally, Greg Dierksen led the way in the 500 freestyle with a winning time of 5:10.58.

Dierksen also finished second in the 1000 free in a time of 10:19.08. Another second-place finisher included junior Brian Patton (Battleground, WA) in the 200 free (1:53.85),