With conference championships starting up, the number of dual meets has dwindled down to just a few, however, there is a marquee dual meet remaining on the schedule.
The Cal and Stanford women will square off on Saturday in Berkeley in a highly anticipated dual meet that will be televised on the Pac-12 Network starting at 11 a.m. pacific time.
Stanford will be without 14 time All American Maddy Schaefer, who left the team in January, although that did not prove to be an issue against the Arizona Wildcats or USC Trojans. The Cardinal beat both teams, in part thanks to lights out swimming from freshman sensation Simone Manuel. Cal enters the meet riding wins over USC and UCLA two weeks ago, looking to have all cylinders firing for the Cardinal.
Stanford ranks No. 3 in the latest SwimSwam power rankings, while Cal holds the edge at No. 2. Both teams will enter 7-1, looking to hand the other just the second loss of the season with recent history favoring the Cardinal. Over the last five seasons Stanford holds a 4-1 advantage.
- 2014 Stanford 167-133
- 2013 Cal 154.5-145.5
- 2012 Stanford 174-126
- 2011 Cal 155-145
- 2010 Stanford 167-131
All in all it should prove to be the best meet of the weekend.
Elsewhere, the Arena Pro Swim Series Orlando kicks off Thursday with a host of storylines, and several teams are hosting end of season invites.
This weekend also marks the beginning of conference championships, with the MAAC and Bluegrass Mountain Conference meets this weekend.
Below, we’ve listed all the NCAA Division I meets we could find. There’s a lot of teams, so we’re sure we’ve missed a few. Leave them in the comments and we’ll add them to our list.
Dual meets
| Stanford @ Cal (Women Only) | 2/14/2015 |
| Utah @ Idaho | 2/14/2015 |
| Utah @ Washington State | 2/14/2015 |
| UCLA @ USC (Women Only) | 2/13/2015 |
Conference Championships
| American East Conference | 2/12-2/15 |
| Bluegrass Mountain Conference | 2/11-2/14 |
| Maac Championships | 2/11-2/14 |
Invitationals
| Ohio State Winter Invite | 2/14-2/15 |
| feBRUINvite (brown) | 2/13-2/14 |
| Louisville Invitational | 2/14-2/14 |
Arena Pro Swim Series Orlando;
Thursday 02/12/15 – Saturday 02/14/15
It’s going to be an exciting meet in front of a packed crowd. Expected to be 70 degrees. Go Bears!
I believe Cal will win a very, very close one at home. It could even come down to the final relay; should be fun. GO BEARS!
Thanks Swimswam dudes!
Don’t forget about the D-3, NEISDA Championships
Cal won the 2013 meet. The home team has won at least the last 5. Should be another good one!!!
Stanford women won moe of the dual meets, but Cal women won the NCAA Championships and traded off on PAC 12 Championships. Nevertheless, two of the Nation’s top swim schools. Go Bears!
The Cal v Stanford swimming match-up is always a great spectacle but let’s never lose sight of the win / loss statistic that really matters:
http://www.parchment.com/c/college/tools/college-cross-admit-comparison.php?compare=Stanford+University&with=University+of+California%2C+Berkeley
The CAL Mens team schedule indicates the meet is on
Feb 21.
Um how about UCLA vs SC? Go Bruins!
America East conference champs are this weekend too tho