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Virginia Announces 2013-2014 Schedule That Looks Different Than Past Years

SwimSwam writer Gisselle Kohoyda contributed this report.

With Augie Busch taking over for 35 year tenured coach Mark Bernardino, will the vamped up schedule prove to benefit the Cavaliers as much as their new staff hopes? A recent release of the 2013-2014 schedule proves that the UVA team is ready for a competitive change that will shake things up in Charlottesville.

The Lady Cavaliers will open their season with a double dual meet against Yale and the Navy on 10/25.

Compared to the 2012-2013 season, the 2013-2014 season holds significantly more away meets and fresh dual competition that weren’t featured in past including a quad against Texas, Yale, Ohio State, and West Virginia on 11/08-11/09. The result is a very unique schedule where the Cavaliers, though not with an overly-loaded schedule, will see a ton of opponents this year in a relatively-compact schedule. Virginia in the past has had many multi-team meets, but never quite to the extent that they will see in 2013-2014.

The Virginia-Virginia Tech rivalry will take place in mid-January, but it won’t be exactly a head-to-head battle. Instead, it will be a part of another big quad meet with the Harvard men, Miami women, both Wisconsin squads, both Virginia squads, and both Virginia Tech squads in Christiansburg over two days  from 1/17/14-1/18/14.

The regular season will finish with some traditional ACC opponents, with the Cavaliers on the road against Duke and mega-rivals North Carolina on January 24th and 25th, and then back across the state lines again a week later to swim North Carolina State on February 1st.

The Cavaliers will only host 3 home meets: the first quad as mentioned above, then against Pittsburgh on 2/08 (their first ACC matchup with the Panthers) which is quickly followed by the Cavalier Invite on 2/14-2/15.

The Cavaliers will look to extend their 6-years straight ACC Championship streaks in Greensboro, North Carolina for the second straight year, from February 19th-22nd (women) and February 26th-29th (women).

The NCAA Zone Diving Championships will be held in Christiansburg, Virginia on 3/10-3/12. Women’s NCAA Championships will be held in Minneapolis, Minnesota on 3/10-3/12 while Men’s NCAA Championships will be held in Austin, Texas on 3/27-3/29.

The full Virginia swimming schedule can be found below:

2013-2014 SCHEDULE
Date Opponent / Event Location Time
10/25/13 at Navy Annapolis, Md. 3:00 p.m. ET
vs. Yale (Women only) Annapolis, Md. 3:00 p.m. ET
11/08/13 vs. Penn State Charlottesville, Va. TBA
vs. Texas Charlottesville, Va. TBA
vs. West Virginia Charlottesville, Va. TBA
11/09/13 vs. Penn State Charlottesville, Va. TBA
vs. Texas Charlottesville, Va. TBA
vs. West Virginia Charlottesville, Va. TBA
11/22/13 Ohio State Invite Columbus, Ohio TBA
11/23/13 Ohio State Invite Columbus, Ohio TBA
11/24/13 Ohio State Invite Columbus, Ohio TBA
01/17/14 vs. Harvard (Men) Christiansburg, Va. 6:00 p.m. ET
vs. Miami (Women) Christiansburg, Va. 6:00 p.m. ET
at Virginia Tech Christiansburg, Va. 6:00 p.m. ET
vs. Wisconsin Christiansburg, Va. 6:00 p.m. ET
01/18/14 vs. Harvard (Men) Christiansburg, Va. All Day
vs. Miami (Women) Christiansburg, Va. All Day
at Virginia Tech Christiansburg, Va. All Day
vs. Wisconsin Christiansburg, Va. All Day
01/24/14 at Duke Durham, N.C. 5:00 p.m. ET
01/25/14 at North Carolina (Men) Chapel Hill, N.C. 12:00 p.m. ET
at North Carolina (Women) Chapel Hill, N.C. 3:00 p.m. ET
02/01/14 at North Carolina State Raleigh, N.C. 3:00 p.m. ET
02/08/14 vs. Pittsburgh Charlottesville, Va. 11:30 p.m. ET
02/14/14 Cavalier Invitational Charlottesville, Va. All Day
02/15/14 Cavalier Invitational Charlottesville, Va. All Day
02/19/14 Women’s ACC Championship Greensboro, N.C. All Day
02/20/14 Women’s ACC Championship Greensboro, N.C. All Day
02/21/14 Women’s ACC Championship Greensboro, N.C. All Day
02/22/14 Women’s ACC Championship Greensboro, N.C. All Day
02/26/14 Men’s ACC Championship Greensboro, N.C. All Day
02/27/14 Men’s ACC Championship Greensboro, N.C. All Day
02/28/14 Men’s ACC Championship Greensboro, N.C. All Day
03/01/14 Men’s ACC Championship Greensboro, N.C. All Day
03/10/14 NCAA Zone Diving Championships Christiansburg, Va. All Day
03/11/14 NCAA Zone Diving Championships Christiansburg, Va. All Day
03/12/14 NCAA Zone Diving Championships Christiansburg, Va. All Day
03/20/14 Women’s NCAA Championships Minneapolis, Minn. All Day
03/21/14 Women’s NCAA Championships Minneapolis, Minn. All Day
03/22/14 Women’s NCAA Championships Minneapolis, Minn. All Day
03/27/14 Men’s NCAA Championships Austin, Texas All Day
03/28/14 Men’s NCAA Championships Austin, Texas All Day
03/29/14 Men’s NCAA Championships Austin, Texas All D

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