LSU Swimming and Diving Declares 2026-27 Schedule – LSUsports.web

BATON ROUGE, La. – The LSU swimming and diving crew launched its schedule for the 2026-27 season, consisting of 4 residence meets contained in the LSU Natatorium, LSU Athletics and head coach Rick Bishop introduced Tuesday.

The Tigers will open the season with the annual Purple & Gold Intrasquad on Saturday, Sept. 19 within the LSU Natatorium. 

The first exterior competitors will happen on Oct. 9 at Lejeune Hall on the campus of the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md. The Tigers will tackle Navy and Loyola (Md.). LSU paid a go to to the United States Naval Academy within the 2024-25 season, defeating the Midshipmen, in addition to Loyola (Md.) and George Mason.

The Tigers will welcome Texas A&M to the LSU Natatorium for the primary official residence meet of the season on Friday, Oct. 23. The twin meet would be the first between the 2 groups since they met in College Station, Texas in January of 2025.

Following its first convention twin meet with the Aggies, LSU will play host to Auburn for a Tigers v. Tigers matchup on Nov. 5. The two packages final confronted off in a twin meet in October of 2022.

LSU will hit the highway once more on Nov. 19-21 for the midseason meet on the University of Georgia. Last season, the LSU ladies positioned second on the meet that includes Florida, Florida State, Alabama, Georgia, and Georgia Tech, whereas the lads completed in fourth.

To kick off the brand new 12 months, the Tigers will journey to Columbia, Mo., on Jan. 9 to face off with the Missouri Tigers. The final time there was a twin meet between the packages was January of 2020 within the LSU Natatorium. The LSU ladies and Missouri males pulled out slim victories.

On Jan. 22-23, the Tigers will journey to the Jamail Texas Swimming Center in Austin, Texas, for the Eddie Reese Invite. 

The Tigers return residence for the ultimate residence meet towards SMU on Saturday, Jan. 30. The meet will function the popularity of the Tigers’ senior class.

At the conclusion of the common season, the Tigers will head again to the University of Texas for the SEC Championships on Feb. 15-20. Last season, the LSU ladies completed fifth, whereas the lads completed seventh. The Tigers introduced residence seven medals, together with gold from Jere Hribar and Carson Paul.

Swimmers trying to qualify for the nationwide championship will head to Auburn for the Last Chance Invitational on Feb. 26-27.

Following the convention championships and Last Chance Invite, the Tigers will start their NCAA title chase. The diving crew returns to Austin, Texas, for a 3rd time for the NCAA Diving Zone Regional on March 8-10.

The divers who certified at regionals in addition to swimmers who certified all through the season will proceed competing at their respective NCAA Championship meets. The ladies’s nationwide meet will happen on March 17-20, whereas the lads’s meet will likely be held on 24-27. Both meets happen in Austin, Texas, on the Jamail Texas Swimming Center. 

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