Patriots Swimming & Diving Releases 2025-26 Schedule

By: UC Sports Information

Williamsburg, KY – The Cumberlands swimming & diving program has been coaching exhausting gearing up for its upcoming season, which is able to characteristic ten meets, Head Coach Eric Skelly introduced Tuesday.  The Patriots can have a steadiness with 4 residence meets and 4 street meets in the course of the common season.

“I am very excited for this year’s schedule. Getting an opportunity to swim new teams and new challenges is something we’ve been looking forward to,” stated Coach Skelly.  “I think this will give us a great opportunity in our preparation for both the Mid-South Conference and NAIA national championships.” 

Cumberlands opens their season on October 11^th, when the divers journey to Danville, KY to compete on the Centre Diving Invite.  The Patriots will compete on each one- and three-meter boards.

UC returns residence the next Friday with a twin towards Shawnee State.  This is the sixth straight 12 months that these two groups have squared off.  The subsequent day, Cumberlands hits the street to face Lindsey Wilson in a twin meet. 

The Patriots shut out their opening month with a visit to Greencastle, IN for a two-day meet with DePauw University.  This marks the primary time that the Patriots and Tigers have meet.

Cumberlands returns residence towards Asbury on Friday, November 7^th, of their ultimate tune-up earlier than the mid-season meet. 

UC returns to the Centre College Invite Nov. 21-23, for his or her mid-season meet.  The Patriots males’s crew received that meet final season, whereas the ladies’s crew completed runner-up.  In addition, each squads achieved a plethora of nationwide cuts all through the meet.

January will see the Patriots compete in a pair of twin meets as their ultimate take a look at forward of the championship season.  UC opens the month touring to face Garner-Webb on January 9^th.  This is Cumberlands first twin with the Bulldogs and their first twin meet towards an NCAA DI opponent since 2019 once they ladies’s crew confronted Indiana State.  It’s the lads’s first twin meet towards a DI opponent for the reason that 2014-15 season once they face each Xavier and Western Kentucky.

UC closes out the common season on January 24^th once they host Milligan.  This meet contains a pair of top-five NAIA packages and also will function Cumberlands senior evening.

The MSC Championships returns to Centre for the second straight 12 months because the Pats look to defend their convention titles.  The NAIA National Championship is ready for March 4-7 in Elkhart, IN.

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