Cardinal Reveals 2025-26 Slate – Stanford Cardinal

STANFORD, Calif. – A new era for Stanford women’s swimming & diving is just weeks away, as Paul A. Violich Director of Women’s Swimming Chris Lindauer announced the upcoming 2025–26 schedule on Wednesday evening.

Stanford will have 13 events on the docket, hosting a pair of meets at Avery Aquatic Center later this season.

After a season-opening quad meet with UC San Diego, California, and Hawai‘i on October 10–11, the Cardinal will compete for the first time in its home pool on October 24, hosting the first leg of a tri-meet with Arizona State and California. The Golden Bears will host the second day of the meet on October 25.

Stanford will gear up for midseason competition in Austin, Texas, with the Texas Diving Invite (Nov. 13–15), followed by the Texas Swimming Invite (Nov. 19–22).

The Cardinal will compete in four traditional dual meets after Winter Break, beginning with a Los Angeles doubleheader against UCLA (Jan. 16) and USC (Jan. 17). Stanford will then head home to celebrate Senior Day on January 24 versus San Jose State, before heading back to Berkeley for a rivalry meet against Cal on January 31.

New for 2026 are separate dates for both swimming and diving competitions at the ACC Swimming & Diving Championships. The diving portion of the ACC meet will take place on February 15–17, while swimming action is slated for February 17–21.

The divers begin the postseason with NCAA Zones on March 9-11, before the season concludes with the NCAA Swimming & Diving Championships on March 18–21.