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Penn State Sweeps Villanova

The Wildcats of Villanova completed their two-day travel with a stop in University Park to face the Nittany Lions of Penn State. After splitting with West Virginia yesterday, Villanova dropped both meets to their in-state foe. SCORES PSU men - 180, Villanova women - 79 PSU women - 167.5, Villanova w...

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West Virginia Men, Villanova Women Claim Victories in Dual

The Wildcats of Villanova University traveled across state lines to take on the Mountaineers of West Virginia University in a Thursday afternoon dual meet. The teams split the competition, with the WVU men taking the meet and the Villanova women doing the same. SCORES WVU men - 195, Villanova men - ...

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2019 Big East Championships: Villanova Women, Xavier Men Win Title

By Ryan Gibbons, Swimming World College Intern. The final night of the 2019 Big East Swimming & Diving Championships featured the 1650 free, 200 back, 100 free, 200 breast, 200 fly, women's 1M diving, and the 400 free relay. The women's competition saw a stunning perfect record by the Villanova Wild...

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Analysis: Men's NCAA Champions by Conference

By Kevin Donnelly, Swimming World College Intern. Two weeks ago, I wrote an broke down the women’s NCAA champions over the past decade (2008-2017) by the different NCAA conferences. Now the men’s side is due for their analysis of their NCAA champions by conference. Below are ten tables analyzing the...

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Big East Postpones Fall Season; Decision on Winter to Come

The Big East Conference announced Wednesday that it will postpone the 2020 fall sports season, but the conference deferred a decision on winter sports. The decision postpones fall sports – men’s and women’s soccer, men’s and women’s cross country, volleyball and field hockey – from the fall, while t...

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College Friday Takeover Series

College athletics provide opportunity for so many athletes to earn a college degree, play the sport they love, form lifelong friendships, and develop valuable character traits that they will carry with them in life including teamwork, discipline, commitment, and life balance. In addition, many of th...

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Villanova Gets First Verbal Commitment from Virginian Grace Wielar

NEW COMMIT: The defending Big East Champion women have received their first verbal commitment for the Class of 2022. Grace Wielar has given her verbal commitment to Villanova University. Wielar hails from Richmond, Virginia and swims for Nova of Virginia Aquatics. The senior at Saint Catherine's Sch...

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Villanova Diving Dominates At Big East Championships

By Erin Keaveny, Swimming World Contributor The Big East Conference Championships took place at the Nassau County Aquatic Center in East Meadow, New York from February 20 to 23, 2019. Villanova's divers won all the diving events, contributing to the Villanova women's sweep of every single individual...

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710 Teams Earn CSCAA Scholar All-America Honors

June 15, 2018 - Norfolk, VA - The College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) has named 710 teams to its Scholar All-America list for the Spring 2018 Semester.  The teams represent 476 institutions from across all NCAA, NAIA and NJCAA Divisions. The CSCAA recognizes teams with...