FAIRBANKS, Alaska --- "I still get goosebumps thinking about it. It's something I won't forget for a long time."

Those are Head Coach Ryan Kauth's words as he thinks back to the most exciting moment of Biola Swim & Dive's trip up to the University of Alaska at Fairbanks. It's the most exciting moment of any close dual meet, the closing event - the 400-freestyle relay.

Today's dual meet at UAF came down to that final event, which gave both teams a chance to gather at the end of the pool and scream their hearts out to cheer on their sides.

The Eagles came into the final event trailing the Nanooks 94-91. Biola needed to take the top spot in the relay if it wanted to avoid going back home to La Mirada with a pair of losses under its belt.

"The first two legs came out and swam really, really hard," said Kauth. "Our third leg, Bethany Harper, did a great job of creeping up on them, and then Emily Silzel caught them coming home."

Silzel's split brought Biola to the wall first with a time of 3:43.60 to edge the Nanooks' 'A' team by 43-hundredths of a second (3:44.03) and lock up a 104-98 meet win.

"The team came together and swam each race with heart and grit and they were able to step up and do something very special," said Kauth. "I was happy with the way the girls responded today after a tough day yesterday. We regrouped and came out Saturday with a stronger mental focus as a unit. The girls responded. They got up and swam, were together and came out and got a win."

The two teams split the day's relay's with UAF taking the opening event, the 200-medley relay, by nearly 10 seconds.

That fast start by Fairbanks did not last too long though, as Biola actually took a lead with wins in events two, three, five and six to set itself up well headed into the final third of the meet program.

"We weren't really sure what to expect going into today," said Kauth. "We know that this program, the longer program, is one that plays into our strengths. The ability to compete a little bit better, a little bit harder was there."

Those individual wins came from four different swimmers, a pair of freshmen and a pair of juniors. Kasidee Pascoe got it started by taking gold in the 1,650-freestyle with a time of 18:34.41. The longest event of the day saw the top two swimmers separated by just three seconds, but Pascoe managed to pull it out with a new season-best in the event.

Next up was Silzel, who cruised to a dominant win in the 200-freestyle, beating Alaska's best swimmer by almost two full seconds.

Fairbanks made up some ground by taking all three top spots in the 50-freestyle, but Biola would bounce back quickly with wins from Katelyn Harper (200-butterfly - 2:15.70) and Rachel Stinchcomb (400-IM - 4:46.61). Both events were dominated by Biola with three swimmers in the top-four.

It was a much different showing than day one, when Biola lost 122-83 after coming out a bit flat following a long day of travel and swimming at a time the team's not accustomed to competing.

"We talked to the girls about ignoring the conditions at hand and be able to understand that this is just a pool like any other and that this is a business trip as much as it is a fun trip for us," said Kauth.

The conditions were perfect for BU on Saturday as a fantastic performance from Emily Silzel, Celine Dong and Jenny London scoring a bunch of points for BU in the 200-breaststroke kept Biola in contention for a comeback in the final relay. UAF won the final four individual events leading up to the relay to retake the narrow lead and set up the wild finish.

"It's something the team can share. We are extremely, extremely proud of them and what they did today. We're coming home with our heads held high," said Kauth.

Biola will take a bit of a break to celebrate Thanksgiving and then gets right back to the grind with its most important meet of the fall semester. The men will be back as the whole team competes at the three-day Collegiate Winter Invite Nov. 30 - Dec. 1.