NU to Host Duke for Friday, Saturday Meets

EVANSTON, Ill. – After posting nationally aggressive instances on the street, Northwestern’s swimming and diving groups are set to tackle Duke at house this weekend. The Wildcats will face the Blue Devils on the Norris Aquatics Center on Friday, Nov. 7, at 5 p.m. CT and Saturday, Nov. 8, at 11 a.m. CT.

Two weekends in the past, the Wildcats collected 5 occasion finishes that earned top-five standings within the Big Ten of their second and third meets of the season. Despite the highest instances, powerful opponents left each the lads’s and ladies’s applications to take their first losses of the season. Now, NU seeks its third win and to enhance on promising outcomes, in opposition to the Blue Devils.

Duke’s girls’s staff ranks No. 19 within the October CSCAA rankings, whereas the Northwestern girls acquired 4 votes. Last trip for the customer, Virginia Tech defeated each the lads’s and ladies’s groups. In their first lack of the season, the Blue Devil girls have been defeated, 134-109, whereas the lads additionally misplaced, 147-87, by the hands of the Hokies. Senior Kaelyn Gridley and freshman Charlie Kulp posted notable performances in opposition to Virginia Tech.

Series History

The Northwestern males’s staff defeated Duke final 12 months on the street 225.5-107.5, tying the all-time document at one win a bit (2016 – Duke gained 185-110). In their first-ever assembly, the Wildcat girls fell to the Blue Devils final season, 194-137. 

Northwestern Notables

At Michigan and Notre Dame, the lads’s efforts have been led by Joshua Staples, Oliver Kos and Diego Nosack, successful a mixed six particular person occasions. On the ladies’s aspect, Zoe Nordmann set a brand new private finest within the 1000 free, whereas Kat Nikonova contributed to 2 relay victories.

Friday’s competitors noticed the ladies’s staff declare each relay occasions, in addition to the highest two finishes in 4 particular person occasions. The males’s aspect gained 5 occasions throughout Saturday’s motion, which was filled with tight margins and 6 top-three particular person finishes for the ladies.

Northwestern swimming and diving opened its 2025-26 marketing campaign with each applications claiming victories over Southern Illinois and Miami (Ohio).

The early October motion noticed a pair of pool information damaged within the triangular hosted in Evanston. Stuart Seymour raised the bar for the 100 free, ending in 42.66 seconds for a pool-best. Connor Schuster additionally set a facility document, clocking in at 19.64 seconds within the 50 free.

Up Next: The ‘Cats will head to Austin, Texas, for the Texas Hall of Fame Invite Tuesday, Nov. 18, via Friday, Nov. 21.