The schedule is finally done for the upcoming season. I was waiting to hear back from one of the schools I had contacted regarding a meet. They have since gotten back to me and now everything is finalized.
We will have two home meets this season. One against PSAC power Clarion and the other against Pitt (this will be our Senior Day). We will also be swimming our traditional A 10 opponents, (St. Bonaventure, LaSalle, Fordham, Rhode Island and Xavier) and have added two Big East teams (the afore mentioned Pitt and WVU), as well as an ACC school (Virginia Tech). This, in conjunction with the venues of the meets will give the student-athletes a great swimming experience and help all of us prepare for the conference meet at the end of the season.
We will be competing against Bucknell and St. Francis in Lewisburg at Bucknell's great facility. We were able to secure The ECC facility (this is where the conference meet is held), for a double-dual meet against St. Bonaventure and LaSalle. We will also be traveling to The Bronx to swim Fordham and Rhode Island as well as traveling to Cleveland State to take on CSU and Xavier.
As you look at the schedule you will notice quite a few back-to-back events as well as a three day prelim/final mid-season meet at Akron. I think these meets are a great way to prepare the team for the grueling four day conference meet format. I am certain it will give us the ability to learn how to swim fast day after day.
We will start the season with an Alumni Meet in October and hopefully conclude the year with NCAA's in March . Between those two events we have developed a great schedule that will give our freshmen time to grow, generate some great competition and allow some fast swimming. I look forward to seeing all of you at some point in the season!
Dave
Oct 2: ALUMNI MEET (Tentative) 6 PM
Oct 10: RED & BLUE MEET 11 AM
Oct 23: @ Buffalo 4 PM
Oct 31: @ Bucknell w/St. Francis 2 PM
Nov 6: @ Niagara 2 PM
Nov 7: @ ECC (St. Bonaventure/LaSalle) 10 AM/3:30 PM
Nov 14: CLARION 1 PM
Nov 20: @ St. Peters 4 PM
Nov 21: @ Fordham w/Rhode Island 12:30 PM
Dec 4-6: @ Akron Inv. Prelims/Finals
Dec 28-Jan 6: Florida Training (Pompano Beach)
Jan 16: @ Cleveland State w/ Xavier 12 PM
Jan 23: PITT TBA
Jan 30: @ WVU w/Virginia Tech 12 PM
Feb 17-20 @ ECC (Buffalo, NY) Prelims/Finals
Mar 18-20 NCAA Women's Champs. Purdue University
Mar 25-27 NCAA Men's Champs. Ohio State University
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