University of Tennessee Athletics
LADY VOL SWIMMING AND DIVING RELEASES 2003-04 SCHEDULE
August 26, 2003 | Women's Swimming & Diving
Aug. 26, 2003
KNOXVILLE, Tenn.
Head Coach Dan Colella has announced the University of Tennessee Lady Volunteer swimming and diving squad's 2003-04 schedule. Home meets against Northwestern and Southeastern Conference foe Florida highlight the slate, which includes two home and three away dual meets before culminating with SEC and NCAA postseason events.
"As usual, we have set up a challenging schedule that has some traditional rivalries." Colella said. "We are also going to a couple of new competitions that should allow us the opportunity to swim some schools from outside our conference. The main objective, as always, is to present our athletes with a schedule which will best prepare them for the championship season, and I believe we have accomplished that goal."
The season kicks off with the annual Orange and White meet on Oct. 18 at the Student Aquatic Center where the current Lady Vols will test their skills against alumnae at 3 p.m. The regular season begins for UT on Oct. 24 when the squad heads to Lexington, Ky., to battle Kentucky in a dual meet schedule to begin at 5 p.m. After a three-week break, the Big Orange goes back on the road for a Nov. 15 tilt against NCAA and SEC Champion Auburn in Auburn, Ala. Five days later, the Lady Aqua Vols head to Houston, Texa,s for the University of Houston Invitational held over Nov. 20-22. While the divers will begin their winter recess early, the swimmers will head to the U.S. Open in Federal Way, Wash., over Dec. 4-6, before moving on to the Key West Relay Extravaganza in Key West, Fla., on Dec. 17.
The divers kick off the spring season for Tennessee as they visit Athens, Ga., for the Georgia Diving Invitational over Jan. 3-5. After which, the divers rejoin the swimmers on Rocky Top for a split-session home dual against Northwestern on Jan. 10. The two squads will open competition with the first-session at 10 a.m., before concluding the day with a nightcap scheduled for 6 p.m.
Once again, Diving Coach Dave Parrington's contingent will split off for the USA World Cup Diving Trials, over Jan. 15-18, in Auburn, Ala., before returning to the fold for an SEC confrontation on Jan. 17 at 12 p.m. with league-foe Arkansas in Fayetteville, Ark. The reunited unit then completes its home schedule with another league clash with the Florida Gators on Jan. 31 at 1 p.m. The regular season is capped off with a dual meet at Ohio State in Columbus, Ohio, on Feb. 7 at 1 p.m.
The postseason begins with the USA Spring National Championships, over Feb. 10-14, in Orlando, Fla. The combined squad will then strive for conference supremacy at the SEC Championships in Athens, Ga., over Feb. 25-28. The divers then move on to the NCAA Zone B Diving Championships, over March 12-14, where they will vie for an opportunity to join their teammates who qualify for the 2004 NCAA Championships in College Station, Texas, from March 18-20. The diving slate then concludes with the America's Cup over April 8-11.
