A four-meet win streak came as no surprise to Binghamton University’s head swimming and diving coach, Sean Clark, and his men’s team. After all, they ended the 2007-08 season on a seven-meet win streak.

“We knew we had the potential to do it,” Clark said. “We peak at the right time. My guys know how to get the job done, given the opportunity.”

Following a three-game streak during the latter part of winter break, the men posted another “W” in the victory column.

“They deserved to finish up the season with an exclamation point, especially with Stony Brook being our big rivals,” Clark said. “It was a nice way to prove that we have done a lot of good work.”

While the women’s team did not have the same fortune, finishing the regular season with a 1-9 record, Clark explained that the record is not everything.

“Our team is much better than our record,” he said. “We are a deeper, stronger team than we’ve ever been.”

After Saturday’s loss, Clark reminded his women’s team of the upcoming America East Championship.

“I told them Stony Brook got us in the dual meet, but it should be a different story in three weeks,” he said.

During the matchup against the Seawolves, four Bearcats — Brenno Varanda, Jason Chen, Brittany Detlef and Amanda Ciccone — won two events each.

Varanda touched the wall first in the 200-meter breaststroke with a time of 2:06.41 and the 200-meter individual medley in 1:55.99. Chen won both the 100- and 200-meter backstrokes with times of 54.07 and 1:54.51, respectively.

According to Clark, the men’s team has been relying on their depth all year long. He said it’s the deepest team Binghamton has ever had.

“We have a lot of versatility — a lot of guys that can do different events. It keeps me from being bored,” Clark joked.

On the women’s side, Detlef won the 100- and 200-meter butterfly with times of 1:00:51 and 2:13.61, respectively. Ciccone took first in the 50-meter free in 25.05 and the 100 free in 54.64.

“We’ve been waiting for [Detlef] to step up again — she was our MVP last year,” Clark said. “She is catching her form at the right time of the year.”

For Clark, one of the highlights of the Stony Brook matchup came when senior Joe Rogan won the 100 fly in 52.98. It was Rogan’s life-time best time.

“That kid has come so far beyond what we thought he could do when he came [to Binghamton],” Clark said. “He couldn’t even complete [the 100 fly] when he first came here.”

While 52.98 does not compare to a pool record or the all-time list for Binghamton University, Clark could not have been happier with the performance from Rogan.

“That was one of the most impressive things I’ve ever seen,” he said. “It was a decent time.”

Over on the boards, there was a battle brewing between two Bearcats divers.

Senior Kate Hassfurter placed first on the three-meter with a score of 222.83. Behind her, freshman Jenna Easton came in second with a score of 221.70, a mere 1.13-point difference. Easton won the one-meter event with 222.30.

Clark said the team was relying on their divers to keep the score close.

“We dug ourselves a pretty deep hole at the start of the meet, but we were confident that we could keep it close because of the strength of our divers,” he said.

In the relay events, the men’s team took command of the 200 medley relay. Binghamton placed first (1:35.81) and second (1:38.30) in the event.

Placing first was the quartet including freshman Joe Perez-Rogers leading off in the back, followed by senior Andrew Palumbo in the breast. “Big Phil,” as Clark calls Philip Dzieniszewski, handled the fly leg of the race, while Clark’s “Super Senior” Joe Rogan anchored the team with some “speedy freestyle.”

When questioned about whether this was the best relay squad to take on the AE opponents in three weeks or if a mix-up with the second place crew would create the paramount team, Clark went with the former.

“The four guys at the top … they’ve been doing it all year long,” he said. “There are three teams that will fight for the title in that event.”

Clark expects a close contest will take place between Boston, UMBC and Binghamton in the 200 medley relay.

But the foursome will have to wait 2 1/2 weeks until the AE Championship.

“We’re starting to get pretty amped,” Clark said.