Drury Swimming and Diving Declares 2025-26 Schedule

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Drury swimming and diving head coach Brian Reynolds has revealed the Panthers’ full 2025-26 schedule, which incorporates 9 residence dates at Breech Pool, starting with DU’s annual Scarlet and Gray Intrasquad meet on September 27.

The Drury ladies kick off the common season on October 3, internet hosting Southeastern Conference foe Arkansas. The DU males sq. off towards Missouri S&T the next day at Breech to open their 2025-26 marketing campaign.

Next, the Panthers will make the primary of two journeys to the Dallas Metroplex, the place they are going to compete within the SMU Classic (Oct. 10-11) at Robson & Lindley Aquatics Center.

Following a four-week hiatus, the Panthers return to Springfield to host the Drury Invitational (Nov. 8-9), which is able to embrace SBU, William Jewell, and Quincy. DU will comply with with one other journey to Texas, this time for the SMU Invitational (Nov. 20-22).

The Panthers will wrap up the 2025 portion of their schedule on December 5, after they host Great Lakes Valley Conference foes SBU and William Jewell for duals at Breech.

Drury opens the brand new 12 months with a home-and-home twin towards cross-town rival Missouri State. The Panthers will host the Bears at Breech on January 16, earlier than the competitors strikes to Hammons Student Center the next day for spherical two of the matchup.

Next, the Panthers will conclude their residence slate towards Oklahoma Christian (Jan. 23-24) earlier than making their approach to Evansville, Ind., for the 2026 GLVC Swimming and Diving Championships (Feb. 10-14). Both squads will likely be seeking to repeat as convention champions, after the DU ladies claimed their ninth GLVC crown and the lads secured their seventh workforce title in 2025.

Drury may even look to repeat its latest success on the nationwide meet, following top-three finishes for each the DU women and men ultimately spring’s NCAA Division II Championships. This 12 months’s meet will likely be contested March 10-14 at Deaconess Aquatic Center in Evansville.

Drury has captured 35 mixed nationwide championships (20 males’s, 13 ladies’s), with Reynolds guiding 33 of these squads throughout his 42-year tenure main the DU program.

2025-26 Drury Swimming and Diving Schedule

• Sept. 27 // Scarlet and Gray Instrasquad
• Oct. 3 // Arkansas*
• Oct. 4 // Missouri S&T^%
• Oct. 10-11 // SMU Classic (Dallas, Texas)
• Nov. 8-9 // Drury Invitational (SBU, Quincy, William Jewell)
• Nov. 20-22 // SMU Invitational (Dallas, Texas)
• Dec. 5 // SBU, William Jewell 
• Jan. 16 // Missouri State
• Jan. 17 // Missouri State (Hammons Student Center Pool)
• Jan. 23-24 // Oklahoma Christian
• Feb. 10-14 // GLVC Championships (Evansville, Ind.)
• March 10-14 // NCAA Division II Swimming and Diving Championships (Evansville, Ind.)

        *Women solely; ^%Men solely

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