Marquette Women’s Swimming Declares Their First Ever Schedule

We obtained a little bit of Marquette athletics historical past on Tuesday, as the women’s swimming team announced their first ever schedule!

Are you saying “hey, wait, when did Marquette get a women’s swimming team?” Fair query! It’s been a minute! This addition was introduced in May 2025 after the primary semester of operation for the brand new/reworked Wellness + Recreation Center on campus, and on the time, the announcement indicated that Marquette would start competitors within the fall of 2025. That very a lot didn’t occur as you may inform, and actually, Marquette didn’t even rent a coach for this group till the autumn of 2025.

The first ever competitors in Marquette girls’s swimming historical past will probably be on Friday, October 2, 2026, because the Golden Eagles — they’ve 21 swimmers on the roster proper now! — will hit the street and go to Iowa. The second meet in program historical past will probably be on Friday, October 9, 2026, and that contest will even be historic as it is going to be the primary dwelling meet in program historical past. It will even be the one time this yr that Marquette competes at dwelling within the pool at Wellness + Rec, however they may have two different competitions within the Milwaukee space this season.

Last be aware earlier than we get into how head coach Joel Rollings arrange his first ever schedule: Officially, in line with the NCAA, swimming is a winter sport. However, in follow, no less than for this primary season of competitors, meaning Marquette can have a fall semester schedule and a spring semester schedule. Five of MU’s 9 competitions earlier than the Big East Championship will happen earlier than fall semester wraps up in December, whereas the opposite 4 will probably be in January main into the convention meet in late February.

Let’s drop within the desk model of the schedule so you may see each competitors, after which we’ll speak about who’s on the slate.

I presume most individuals studying this are like me and are comparatively misplaced on the extent of competitors and who’s good and so forth in terms of NCAA swimming. That’s why I pulled up everybody’s outcomes from their convention championships final season to present us an thought of no less than the place they slot in relative to their very own leagues. As it seems, Rollings has arrange his first season of competitors towards groups which are principally talking not vying for convention championships. We’re not anticipating a lot from Marquette’s first season by way of competing for convention titles, even on a person occasion stage, so whereas some girls on these opposing groups may be ok to win their occasion of their league, a lot of the rivals are extra in the direction of MU’s stage than on the prime finish of NCAA competitors and qualifying for the nationwide championships.

Here’s the group finishes for the groups within the non-invitational occasions of their respective conferences in 2026:

Iowa: twelfth out of 14 within the Big Ten
Northern Iowa: fifth out of 9 within the Missouri Valley
Valparaiso: ninth out of 9 within the Missouri Valley
Butler: fifth out of seven within the Big East
Illinois State: seventh out of 9 within the Missouri Valley
Illinois: 14th out of 14 within the Big Ten
Eastern Illinois: seventh out of seven within the Summit League
Milwaukee: 2nd out of seven within the Horizon League

Three notes on that checklist: First, Butler’s fifth place end was their greatest ever end on the Big East meet and their second greatest level whole ever. Second, Milwaukee completed 255 factors behind first place Oakland within the Horizon League convention meet, so sure, second place, but in addition waaaaay off the tempo. Third, I didn’t observe precisely what number of groups right here do not need a diving aspect to their squad, very like Marquette doesn’t. Swim & Dive are scored collectively, so a few of these groups are ending approach again within the pack merely by not including any diving factors in any respect…. but in addition meaning they’re not aggressive purely on the power of the swimming outcomes both.

I don’t have a full checklist of who’s going to be on the Wisconsin Showcase this fall, so I can’t offer you a rundown there. I can inform you that final yr, the meet concerned Milwaukee, UW-Whitewater, UW-Oshkosh, Carthage, MSOE, and Lawrence. I presume the lineup will probably be principally the identical this yr. I don’t have any info on the Utah Tech Invitational formally since Utah Tech doesn’t have their schedule out but, however final yr the meet concerned Cal Baptist, UC Davis, UC San Diego, Fresno State, Pacific, and San Diego.

I do have an inventory of who’s invited to the Butler Invitational since BU has their schedule out. Yes, I did pull the convention meet finishes for these groups. In addition to the internet hosting Bulldogs and Valparaiso, each of whom we talked about above:

Ball State: third out of 9 within the MAC
Bellarmine: ninth out of 9 within the Summit League
Green Bay: sixth out of seven within the Horizon League
Xavier: 4th out of seven within the Big East

Once once more, this checklist shouldn’t be setting Marquette up towards the likes of Virginia or Stanford or Texas, the groups that completed top three at the NCAA national championships this previous yr. At the very least, this will probably be a great stage setter for Marquette and Joel Rollings’ roster of principally freshman swimmers. Maybe MU pulls out a win right here or there in a race. Who can say?

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