Going home always evokes emotions, and junior Sally Anderson saw this first hand as she and the rest of the Penn State women's swimming and diving team traveled to Rutgers on Saturday.

Anderson, who hails from Somerset, NJ, trained in the Rutgers pool for 10 years, so the meet was a homecoming for her.

"It was sad to go back to that pool because of all the memories from training there, but it was still a lot of fun to be back and have my family there," Anderson said.

But as sad as it might have been, Anderson showed how comfortable she was in her home pool by winning the 200- and 500-yard freestyle, helping the No. 20 Nittany Lions defeat Rutgers, 157-86, on Saturday. They returned to the Natatorium yesterday to defeat West Chester, 147-84, on Senior Day to move to 4-2 on the season.

Diving was a high point of the weekend. Freshman diver Lisa Silvestri won both the one and three-meter diving events with scores of 272.2 and 287.7, and Maggie O'Brien and Alison Riccobono each had a strong meet.

"Mentally and emotionally they were really dialing in and that's what we need in the Big Ten," Penn State diving coach Craig Brown said.

"The kids did a good job doing a quick fix. They are showing a real ability to make smart decisions quickly."

On the swimming end, Penn State won all but two events with Anderson leading the way with a win in the 200-yard freestyle and 500-yard freestyle. Freshman Patty Murphy won the 1000-yard freestyle. Senior Katie Hostetler won the 50-yard freestyle. Freshman Amberle Biedermann won the 200-yard butterfly. Sophomore Dee Dlugonski won the 100-yard freestyle and sophomore Courtney Stanchock won the 200-yard breaststroke.

Not only did the team soundly defeat West Chester yesterday, but they also snapped the Golden Rams' dual-meet winning streak at 35.

Silvestri again captured first place in both diving events. "It's terrific to go out there and win your events," Silvestri said. "Because I am a freshman, I don't think people are expecting much from me, which helps."

Biedermann and senior Lindsey Wilson were each victorious in two events on the swimming side. Biedermann won the 200-yard freestyle and 100-yard butterfly, and Wilson won the 200-yard individual medley and 100-yard breaststroke.

Hostetler (50-yard freestyle), freshman Sarah Haupt (100-yard backstroke), and senior Jamie Ryan (500-yard freestyle) each took home a victory to help the Lions dominate.

With a tight weekend schedule of driving and competing, the Lions hoped they'd be able to stay on top.

"Our goal was to get off the bus, race well, get back on the bus and come home and do the same thing here," Dorenkott said. "I think we achieved what we set out to do with two solid days of racing."