Swimming and Diving Hosts Liberty To Begin Regular Season

Swimming and Diving Hosts Liberty To Begin Regular Season

Oct 9, 2025 | Women's Swimming and Diving

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NEW ORLEANS – The Tulane swimming and diving team starts the regular season and hosts Liberty for multi-day dual meet this weekend starting on Friday at 4 p.m. at the Reily Center Natatorium. The event is open to the public with all encouraged to park in Diboll Garage.

The 2025-26 roster for Tulane includes 15 returners and 11 newcomers. The team's returners are Layla Allen, Taylor Cekay, Lise Coetzee, Charley Floyd, Paula Gaya Bisquerra, Varvara Gkiouzepa Petropoulou, Olcaytu Hatipoglu, Phoebe Johnson, Sydney Mullin, Gwen Shahboz, Eva Shawver, Rafaela Sumida, Ece Tanriverdi, Kelsey Weddington and Andrea Zeebe. The program's newcomers are Danielle Barberie, Libby Brewer, Nicole Fant, Casey Freeman, Ebba Holgersson, Mary Kate Kupsky, Eliza Lennox, Tannah Proudfoot, Samantha Schoenborn, Marin Shimkus and Maya Superfon,

The expected order of events is:

Friday
400 Medley Relay
500 Free
200 Back
200 Fly
100 Breast
100 Free
400 IM
200 Free Relay
3M Diving

Saturday
400 Free Relay
200 Breast
100 Fly
200 Free
200 IM
50 Free
100 Back
1000 Free
200 Medley Relay
1M Diving

Tulane's program, under the direction of Head Coach Amanda Caldwell, was picked for fourth in the 2025-26 American Preseason Poll with 35 points.

Next, the team heads to Denton. Texas to compete against North Texas on Oct. 25 starting at 10 a.m. The program is next at home and hosts Rice on Nov. 7.

The program finished the 2024-25 season with 54 top 10 school marks including 10 school records. The team also won six events, had 28 overall all conference marks, a placing of third overall at the league championship meet plus saw Head Coach Amanda Caldwell along with her staff being named the American's Coaching Staff of the Year. The program also had 10 qualify to participate in the National Championship Invitational this season, three divers that earned bids to the Zone D Diving Championship, had four swimmers named to the Academic All-District by the College Sports Communicators and six that were CSCAA Scholar All-Americans. Additionally the program had nine NCAA 'B' cuts, placed fifth at the CSCAA Open Water Championships and rack up 10 American Conference Weekly honors (five swimmers of the week, two freshman swimmers of the week, two freshman divers of the week and one conference diver of the week).

Remaining 2025-26 Tulane Swimming Schedule
Oct. 10 – Liberty – 4 p.m.
Oct. 11 – Liberty – 11 a.m.
Oct. 25 – at North Texas – 10 a.m.
Nov. 7 – Rice – 4 p.m.
Nov. 8 – at LSU, vs. Rice and Houston – TBA
Nov. 19-21 – at Phil Hansen – TBA
Dec. 13 – at Open Water Championships (Qualifiers) – TBA
Dec. 15-17 – at UNLV Invitational – TBA
Dec. 30-Jan. 5 – at San Diego – TBA
Jan. 16-17 – Mardi Gras Invitational – All Day
Jan. 24 – at West Florida – 11 a.m.
Feb. 18-21 - at American Championships (Greensboro, NC) – All Day
March 8-11 – at Zone D Diving (Qualifiers) – All Day
March 12-14 – at NIC (Qualifiers at Ocala, FL) – All Day
March 18-21 – at NCAA (Qualifiers at Atlanta, GA) – All Day

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