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Marist Reveals Schedule

Marist Head Men’s and Women’s Swim Coach Larry VanWagner and Associate Head Coach/Diving Head Coach Melanie Bolstad released the 2015-16 schedule Thursday. The Red Foxes’ men’s and women’s squads will compete in eight dual meets and one invitational during the regular season.

The 2015-16 campaign begins with the annual intrasquad scrimmage, the Red & White Challenge, which will be held at 11 a.m. Oct. 10 in McCann Natatorium. An Oct. 16 meet at Canisius kicks off the regular season followed by consecutive home contests against Fordham on Oct. 22 and Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference rival Fairfield on Nov. 6. Marist will face off against the Rams and Stags at 6 p.m. in both meets. Along with Loyola, Fordham was one of only two schools to defeat the Red Foxes’ women’s team last season.

In the final competitions of the 2015 calendar year, Marist will travel to Rider for a 1 p.m. contest Nov. 14 and face Loyola as well as conference foes Iona and Saint Peter’s at the H2ounds Invitational on Dec. 4 and 5. The Broncs’ men’s team handed Marist its only MAAC loss last season and is the defending conference champion. Rider’s women have finished second to the Red Foxes at the MAAC Championships for seven of the last eight years.

The Red Foxes begin 2016 with a string of four non-conference meets, all held Saturdays at 1 p.m. from Jan. 9-30. After traveling to Southern Connecticut State, Marist hosts Boston College on Jan. 16 and Seton Hall on Jan. 23. A dual meet at Binghamton on Jan. 30 concludes the regular season.

Postseason competition begins with the MAAC Championships, which will be held from Feb. 10-13 at Erie Community College in Buffalo, N.Y. The women will look to capture their seventh straight conference title after earning 860 points in their largest margin of victory in program history in 2015. The men finished a close second with 635.50 points.   

The Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference Championships are slated for Feb. 26-28 in Annapolis, Maryland. Marist was one of only eight schools to have representation from men’s and women’s swimmers and divers at last year’s regional conference meet. The Red Foxes finished in fifth place on both sides.

Divers who earn a spot at the NCAA Zone Qualifier Diving Championships will head to the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, from March 7-9. The NCAA Swimming Championships will be held at Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, Georgia, with the women’s meet set for March 17-19 and the men competing from March 24-26.

During the 2015-16 season Marist will be captained by senior Josh Dodway and junior Ryan Murphy on the men’s side while seniors Bridget Curley, Renata Diotalevi, and Bethany Powhida will lead the women. The men are 92-18 all-time in MAAC dual meets while the women will look to build on their streak of 30 straight conference wins dating back to 2009.

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