{"id":320484,"date":"2018-07-24T10:00:26","date_gmt":"2018-07-24T17:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=320484"},"modified":"2018-07-24T10:41:39","modified_gmt":"2018-07-24T17:41:39","slug":"defending-division-ii-national-champions-queens-release-2018-19-schedule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/defending-division-ii-national-champions-queens-release-2018-19-schedule\/","title":{"rendered":"Defending Division II National Champions Queens Release 2018-19 Schedule"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Queens University of Charlotte and Associate Athletic Director for Strategic Planning and Leadership Development\/Director of Swimming Operations <strong>Jeff Dugdale<\/strong> are pleased to announce the 2018-19 men\u2019s and women\u2019s swimming schedules.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cOur schedule this year is strategic and purposeful in our quest to have another successful NCAA run,\u201d said Dugdale. \u201cWe have a very young program and I am going to try to provide them with many opportunities to gain valuable experiences that will be useful to them at the championships.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Queens unofficially opens the season on Friday, September 14 with the team\u2019s annual Blue\/Gold Instrasquad meet inside the Levine Center.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Royals, winners of the last four NCAA Division II Swimming National Championships, begin their title defense on the weekend of\u00a0<span data-term=\"goog_276427662\">Sept. 21-22<\/span>\u00a0when the men host Davidson College\u00a0<span data-term=\"goog_276427663\">on Friday<\/span>\u00a0evening, followed by a tri-meet with the women from Queens, Davidson and UNC Asheville\u00a0<span data-term=\"goog_276427664\">on Saturday<\/span>\u00a0morning.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Queens competes in the Open Water Collegiate Cup in Southern Pines, N.C. the following weekend before the men and women both host the University of Indianapolis and Wingate University on\u00a0<span data-term=\"goog_276427665\">Oct. 13-14<\/span>\u00a0in Charlotte.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Following a road trip to swim against NCAA Division III power Emory University, the Royals return to the Queen City to host the team\u2019s annual Fall Frenzy. 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The Royals travel to Durham, N.C. the following day to compete against NCAA Division I Duke University.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After closing out the regular season on\u00a0<span data-term=\"goog_276427668\">Jan. 25-26<\/span>\u00a0at the South Carolina College Invitational in Columbia, S.C., the Royals will look to defend their four-year reign as the top team in the Bluegrass Mountain Conference Championships on\u00a0<span data-term=\"goog_276427669\">February 6-9<\/span>\u00a0at MCAC.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Queens final meet of the season takes place\u00a0<span data-term=\"goog_276427670\">March 13-16<\/span>\u00a0in Indianapolis as the Royals men and women each vie for their fifth straight national title.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Department of Athletics at Queens University of Charlotte is a leading NCAA Division II program in the United States distinguished by its commitment to transforming the lives of its students, and consistently competing at the highest possible levels. 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