The final weekend for the International Swimming League (ISL) semifinals begins on Thursday as two matches will whittle eight teams down to four for the final match.
Playoff Match 5 begins Thursday with the DC Trident, Energy Standard, LA Current and London Roar. The match will begin at 1 p.m. ET and 19:00 CET both Thursday and Friday from Eindhoven, Netherlands.
ISL Playoff Match 6 begins Saturday with the Aqua Centurions facing the Cali Condors, Team Iron and Toronto Titans. The match will begin at 1 p.m. ET and 19:00 CET both Saturday and Sunday.
The first four playoff matches saw four different teams win. The Cali Condors won the first match, followed by victories from the LA Current, Energy Standard and the London Roar. These are not surprisingly the top four teams in the league and the likely finalists. But with one weekend to go, all four teams will look to cement their spots in the ISL finals, which begin Dec. 3.
Caeleb Dressel and Hali Flickinger returned in the fourth ISL playoff match, but it was not enough for the team victory for the Cali Condors as the London Roar completed an impressive surge to win the match. Flickinger was making her season debut. Meanwhile, London’s Duncan Scott, Minna Atherton, Emma McKeon and Kyle Chalmers put together stellar races to lead the Roar.
Those two teams will not face off again until the final.
Meanwhile, the LA Current will look to build on strong performances from Ryan Murphy, who won the MVP in his team’s first playoff match, and Abbey Weitzeil. Energy Standard is led by Sarah Sjostrom and Siobhan Haughey.
Those four teams have a ton of power and should make for an extremely interesting final.
Meanwhile, the DC Trident, Aqua Centurions, Team Iron and Toronto Titans have their seasons on the line this week.
Links
- Live Stream (Subscription only)
- Live Results
- Match 1: Energy Standard Wins, Summer McIntosh Moves Toronto to Second
- Match 2: Coleman Stewart’s World Record Leads Cali Condors Domination
- Match 3: Sarah Sjostrom, Siobhan Haughey Lead Energy Romp
- Match 4: Caeleb Dressel Wins Four Events, Kelsi Dahlia Takes Two as Cali Condors Pull Away
- Match 5: Toronto Titans Claim Victory Behind Depth, Skins Win
- Match 6: Duncan Scott, London Roar Hold Off Caeleb Dressel-less Cali Condors
- Match 7: Skins Strength Sees Cali Condors Surge Past Toronto Titans
- Match 8: Ilya Shymanovich, Sarah Sjostrom, Siobhan Haughey Help Energy Standard Hold Off London Roar
- Match 9: Evgeny Rylov is MVP as Dominant Energy Standard Remain Unbeaten
- Match 10: Aqua Centurions Confirm Place In Eindhoven Play-Offs; Daiya Seto Is MVP
- Match 11: DC Trident Heading to Playoffs; Team Iron Also Moves On
- Playoff Match 1: Cali Condors Edge Energy Standard in Opening Postseason Match
- Playoff Match 2: Anastasia Gorbenko, Tom Shields Rally LA Current to Win
- Playoff Match 3: Energy Standard Rolls, Toronto Surges for Second
- Playoff Match 4, Day 1: London Roar(s) Into First Place Thanks to Chalmers, Scott, Pickrem and Toussaint
- Playoff Match 4: Day 1: Duncan Scott Leads London Roar to Victory
