Pitt to Host Notre Dame, Virginia Tech in ACC Debut on November 9th

The Pitt Panthers will make their ACC swimming debut in early November, after releasing their 2013-2014 schedule today.

On November 9th, Pitt will host Virginia Tech and Notre Dame at the Trees Pool, marking their very first meets against ACC opponents after making the jump from the Big East this coming summer. They will probably come into that meet as underdogs against both teams.

Notre Dame has not released their schedule yet, but as the other new members of ACC swimming for the 2013-2014 season, this could be their first in-conference event as well.

The team will then host the Pitt Invitational (with teams not yet announced), and then send a roster of 30 athletes to the USA Swimming Winter Nationals, which are being held in Knoxville, Tennessee this year. Teams for the Pitt Invitational have not yet been announced.

After a winter-break training trip, their next meet will be the annual rivalry series against West Virginia, in Morgantown, and then host a quad meet with Villanova, Denison, and another team that hasn’t been picked yet.

Their regular season will conclude with a showdown against the 6-time defending ACC Champions from Virginia before plunging into the ACC Championships that are back in Greensboro, North Carolina.

Both teams had good years last year, finishing 3rd each at the Big East Championships. The two teams combined for 16 school records at that meet. They earned a pair of NCAA Championship qualifiers: sophomore Kourosh Ahani who qualified to swim the 100 fly, and senior Kelsey Herbst, who swam the 500 and 1650 freestyles.

The full schedule is below:

2013-2014 SCHEDULE

 

Date Opponent / Event Location Time / Result
10/19/13 at St. Bonaventure Olean, N.Y. 12:00 p.m. ET
10/26/13 at Bucknell Lewisburgh, Pa. 1:00 p.m. ET
11/09/13 vs. Notre Dame, Virginia Tech Pittsburgh, Pa. TBA
Pitt Panthers Invitational
11/22/13 TBD Pittsburgh, Pa. 10:00 a.m. ET
11/23/13 TBD Pittsburgh, Pa. 10:00 a.m. ET
11/24/13 TBD Pittsburgh, Pa. 10:00 a.m. ET
AT&T Winter Nationals
12/05/13 TBD Knoxville, Tenn. TBA
12/06/13 TBD Knoxville, Tenn. TBA
12/07/13 TBD Knoxville, Tenn. TBA
Christmas Meet
12/12/13 TBD Pittsburgh, Pa. TBA
12/13/13 TBD Pittsburgh, Pa. TBA
12/14/13 TBD Pittsburgh, Pa. TBA
12/15/13 TBD Pittsburgh, Pa. TBA
01/11/14 at West Virginia Morgantown, W. Va. 11:00 a.m. ET
01/17/14 vs. Villanova, Denison Pittsburgh, Pa. TBA
01/18/14 vs. Villanova, Denison Pittsburgh, Pa. TBA
Western Pennsyvania Invitational
02/01/14 TBD Pittsburgh, Pa. 11:00 a.m. ET
02/08/14 at Virginia Charlottesville, Va. 9:30 a.m. ET
Women’s ACC Championships
02/19/14 TBD Greensboro, N.C. TBA
02/20/14 TBD Greensboro, N.C. TBA
02/21/14 TBD Greensboro, N.C. TBA
02/22/14 TBD Greensboro, N.C. TBA
Men’s ACC Championships
02/26/14 TBD Greensboro, N.C. TBA
02/27/14 TBD Greensboro, N.C. TBA
02/28/14 TBD Greensboro, N.C. TBA
03/01/14 TBD Greensboro, N.C. TBA
ECAC Championships
02/28/14 TBD Annapolis, Md. TBA
03/01/14 TBD Annapolis, Md. TBA
03/02/14 TBD Annapolis, Md. TBA
Ohio State Last Chance Meet
03/09/14 TBD Columbus, Ohio TBA
NCAA Zone Diving Meet
03/14/14 TBD TBD TBA
03/15/14 TBD TBD TBA
03/16/14 TBD TBD TBA
Women’s NCAA Championships
03/20/14 TBD Minneapolis, Minn. 11:00 a.m. ET
03/21/14 TBD Minneapolis, Minn. 11:00 a.m. ET
03/22/14 TBD Minneapolis, Minn. 11:00 a.m. ET
Men’s NCAA Championships
03/27/14 TBD Austin, Texas 12:00 p.m. ET
03/28/14 TBD Austin, Texas 12:00 p.m. ET
03/29/14 TBD Austin, Texas 12:00 p.m. ET

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Dave
11 years ago

Sounds like a good Big East tri meet.

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