Virginia to Face NC State, North Carolina Friday

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.—The Virginia men’s and women’s swimming and diving teams travel to Chapel Hill, N.C., Friday to face NC State and host North Carolina in a double-dual meet set for 4 p.m.

UVA’s meets with the Wolfpack and Tar Heels were originally scheduled for last weekend but were postponed due to Winter Storm Jonas.

Live results and a link to live video will be available at VirginiaSports.com.

The Virginia women (6-0) are currently ranked eighth in the latest CSCAA national poll, while NC State (8-1) and UNC (6-1) are 15th and 16th, respectively. The Cavalier men (3-3) are tabbed 21st, with the Wolfpack (1-3) eighth and the Tar Heels (5-2) 19th.

Last time out, the Cavalier women swept Virginia Tech, 258-95, and Towson, 289-64, and the UVA men took down the Tigers, 258-66, but fell to the Hokies, 212.5-140.5.

In last year’s meeting, Virginia split with NC State, winning the women’s meet, 188-112, but dropping the men’s competition, 181-112. North Carolina earned a sweep against the Cavaliers last season, taking the women’s meet, 156.5-143.5, and the men’s meet, 192-106.

This will be the final dual-meet competition for UVA this season. The Cavalier divers will be in action next weekend, with the women facing Richmond Feb. 5 at 6:30 p.m. The full diving corps will be competing at the JMU Invite on Feb. 6.

The ACC Women’s Swimming and Diving and Men’s Diving Championships will be held Feb. 17-20 in Greensboro, N.C., with the ACC Men’s Swimming Championships being held Feb. 24-27 in the same location.

Swimming news courtesy of Virginia Swimming & Diving.

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ACC Swim Dude
8 years ago

NC State is going to destroy those poor UVA and UNC boys……..

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