Women’s Swimming and Diving Pronounces 2026-27 Schedule

ASHEVILLE, N.C. – UNC Asheville Women’s Swimming and Diving has introduced its 2026-27 schedule right this moment (Thursday, Sept. 10), for this system’s 15^th season beneath head coach Elizabeth Lykins.

The program’s annual Blue/White Intrasquad will happen Sept. 18-19, earlier than the Bulldogs head to Greenville, N.C. to tackle East Carolina and Tulane Oct. 16-17. The divers will likely be in motion Oct. 23 in Asheville, earlier than the swimmers welcome Campbell to the Justice Center on Oct. 24 earlier than your complete crew heads to Davidson on Oct. 30. The Bulldogs will head to Liberty for the TYR ’85 Invite Nov. 20-22, earlier than touring to Georgia Southern on Dec. 10 and Florida Gulf Coast on Dec. 16. The 2027 portion of the schedule begins Jan. 8-9 for Senior Weekend, with the divers going through Queens on Jan. 8 and the swimmers going through Gardner-Webb on Jan. 9. The Divers then head to Georgia Southern Jan. 15-16, earlier than the Bulldogs return house to host UNC Pembroke on Jan. 29 whereas the Atlantic Sun Conference Championships return to Knoxville Feb. 17-20.

“We are pumped for a full slate of competition this season!” mentioned Coach Lykins. “The front half of the schedule includes multiple strong non-conference opponents with ECU, Tulane, Campbell and Davidson. We look forward to the mid-season invite being a bit different for us this season; we will travel as a team, swimmers and divers, to Lynchburg, Va. for a combined invitational and are excited about some varying competition we don’t see every year. This season our winter training will go head-to-head with two conference opponents, both on the road in Statesboro, Ga. and Fort Myers, Fla. At start of the new year, we return to campus for a home meet to celebrate our nine Seniors on January 8-9 and make final preparations as we ready for conference champs in mid-February. The season is sure to provide challenges yet also have us ready to compete at all the right moments!”

The Blue/White Intrasquad begins on Friday, Sept. 18 at 4:00 p.m. with diving on the Asheville Jewish Community Center. Swimming will happen on the Justice Center Pool on Saturday (Sept. 19) at 11:00 a.m.