{"id":269282,"date":"2017-07-28T06:21:20","date_gmt":"2017-07-28T13:21:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=269282"},"modified":"2017-07-28T06:21:20","modified_gmt":"2017-07-28T13:21:20","slug":"five-home-meets-highlight-west-virginia-university-schedule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/five-home-meets-highlight-west-virginia-university-schedule\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Home Meets Highlight West Virginia University Schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"m_8678637589166480687MsoNoSpacing\">Featuring five home meets at the WVU Natatorium, West Virginia University Director of Athletics <strong>Shane Lyons<\/strong> announced the 2017-18 men\u2019s and women\u2019s swimming and diving schedule on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"m_8678637589166480687MsoNoSpacing\">Five of the Mountaineers\u2019 seven regular-season meets will be in Morgantown, highlighted by the West Virginia State Games, the Backyard Brawl and a Senior Day matchup against Big 12 foe Iowa State and Villanova.<\/p>\n<p class=\"m_8678637589166480687MsoNoSpacing\">On the road, the WVU swimmers will compete at the Ohio State Invitational and the divers will travel to the Frank Elm Invitational, while the Mountaineers also face TCU in Fort Worth, Texas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"m_8678637589166480687MsoNoSpacing\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wvusports.com\/schedules.cfm?sport=mswimming\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=http:\/\/www.wvusports.com\/schedules.cfm?sport%3Dmswimming&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1501333985204000&amp;usg=AFQjCNH8BiRD0UUFlgKmuU5OXD01tqZLXw\">Men\u2019s Schedule<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wvusports.com\/schedules.cfm?sport=wswimming\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=http:\/\/www.wvusports.com\/schedules.cfm?sport%3Dwswimming&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1501333985204000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEKyOXbSjiET4rTWBOBRsbGwIWtvQ\">Women\u2019s Schedule<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wvusports.com\/content\/files\/General\/WVU-SwimDive-2017-18-Schedule.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=http:\/\/www.wvusports.com\/content\/files\/General\/WVU-SwimDive-2017-18-Schedule.pdf&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1501333985204000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFe6U8bAD1yJPFF0VI2BOCXr5b1ng\">Printable Schedule (PDF)<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"m_8678637589166480687MsoNoSpacing\">The Mountaineers\u2019 home schedule commences with the annual Gold-Blue intrasquad to open the season on\u00a0<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_954170120\"><span class=\"aQJ\">Saturday, Sept. 30<\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"m_8678637589166480687MsoNoSpacing\">WVU is set to host the seventh annual West Virginia State Games on\u00a0<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_954170121\"><span class=\"aQJ\">Oct. 6-7<\/span><\/span>, a competition featuring swimming and diving programs from around the Mountain State. The opening homestand concludes with Seton Hall and Xavier coming to Morgantown on\u00a0<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_954170122\"><span class=\"aQJ\">Oct. 27-28<\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"m_8678637589166480687MsoNoSpacing\">\u201cThis season\u2019s schedule gives both teams a wide range of competition,\u201d WVU coach <strong>Vic Riggs<\/strong> said. \u201cIt is always nice to start the season off by hosting the West Virginia State Games. The Seton Hall\/Xavier weekend will be a new format and I think will provide some great racing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"m_8678637589166480687MsoNoSpacing\">West Virginia will travel to a pair of invitationals on\u00a0<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_954170123\"><span class=\"aQJ\">Nov. 17-19<\/span><\/span>. The Mountaineer swimmers will head to the Ohio State Invitational in Columbus, Ohio, while the divers will compete at Rutgers\u2019 Frank Elm Invitational in Piscataway, New Jersey.<\/p>\n<p class=\"m_8678637589166480687MsoNoSpacing\">Following a week-long training trip to Florida in December, the Mountaineers will return to the competition pool to host rival Pitt on\u00a0<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_954170124\"><span class=\"aQJ\">Saturday, Jan. 6<\/span><\/span>, in the Backyard Brawl.<\/p>\n<p class=\"m_8678637589166480687MsoNoSpacing\">A trip to Big 12 Conference foe TCU follows a week later, on\u00a0<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_954170125\"><span class=\"aQJ\">Saturday, Jan. 13<\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"m_8678637589166480687MsoNoSpacing\">Villanova and Iowa State will visit the WVU Natatorium on Senior Day,\u00a0<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_954170126\"><span class=\"aQJ\">Saturday, Jan. 27<\/span><\/span>, to close out the regular season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"m_8678637589166480687MsoNoSpacing\">\u201cHeading back to the Ohio State Invite gives us the competition needed to set us up for a successful second half of the season,\u201d Riggs said. \u201cJanuary is rivalry month again, and having Pitt, Iowa State and Villanova at home will be exciting. 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