It probably shouldn't have been that easy. But easy it was for the Penn State men's swimming and diving team Friday at McCoy Natatorium, as they defeated the 15th ranked University of Pittsburgh, 140-98 before a healthy Senior Day crowd.

The 23rd ranked Nittany Lions captured the top time in six of the 11 swimming events, and scored higher in both diving events. The teams combined to set three new pool records, with Penn State setting two.

The 400-yard medley relay team set the tone early, as Josh Weaver, Joe Peresan, Eugene Botes and Todd Minnier set the first new pool record of the day with a time of 3:19.39, breaking the old record by a mere 0.03 seconds.

Minnier then doubled his pleasure, as he broke his own record in the 200-yard butterfly by nearly a full second, with a time of 1:47.63. His previous record, 1:48.54, was set earlier this year at the Nittany Lion Invitational.

His new time is the second fastest in school history.

The Panthers set the final record of the day, as their nationally ranked quartet of Mike Grube, Miah Heath, Adam Webber and Max von Bodungen both won and set the new pool record in the day's final event, the 400-yard freestyle relay.

Pittsburgh's Grube and Ken Selhorse, both nationally ranked swimmers, took first in the 100-yard freestyle and 200-yard backstroke, respectively.

The Nittany Lions diving team proved equally as dominant, sweeping first and second in both events, as senior Chris Alderman took first in both 1- and 3-meter diving, later commenting that he was just taking care of business.

In their final home meet, many of the seniors made their presence known. Senior captain John Retrum placed first in the 200-freestyle, while seniors Joe Peresan and Brian Hostetler took first in the 200-yard individual medley and 50-yard freestyle, respectively.

"They're a real special group. They've given us a lot this year. It's a good group," coach Peter Brown said.

The Nittany Lions honored the 10 graduating swimmers and divers as well as their graduating team manager in a mid-meet ceremony, highlighted by the presentation of the customary block "S" blue and white blanket to each graduate.

While impressed with his team's victory, Brown made sure to keep his focus on the next task at hand, Big Ten Champion Michigan.

"This is a stepping stone. The team is ahead of where I thought we'd be right now, but we still have some things to work on," Brown said.

"We're hoping to give them (Michigan) a good meet. Diving is always close, especially in Big Ten meets. But Pittsburgh, yeah, we expected to win. Maybe not that big, but I thought we'd win," Alderman said.