Swimming & Diving Hosts Rice and Travels to LSU Quad Meet This Week

Friday, November 7

4 p.m.

Tulane University

Rice University

Swimming & Diving Hosts Rice and Travels to LSU Quad Meet This Week

Nov 6, 2025 | Women's Swimming and Diving

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NEW ORLEANS – The Tulane swimming and diving team gets back in the pool this week with both a home meet at the Reily Center Natatorium on Friday, Nov. 7, at 4 p.m. against Rice and on the road in Baton Rouge at the LSU Quad Meet against Rice, Houston and LSU on Saturday, Nov. 8, at 12 p.m. at the LSU Natatorium. The live stats for each of the meets can be followed on Meet Mobile, which is subscription phone-only live stat app. Both meets are expected to be broadcasted with Friday's meet shown on ESPN+, while the Saturday road event can be seen on SEC Network+.

Last time out, The Tulane swimming and diving team earned a thrilling 148.5-92.5 road dual meet victory over North Texas on Saturday, Oct. 25. The program won nine events on the day, including both relays, and also totaled 24 top three finishes. Lise Coetzee and Andrea Zeebe both won a pair of individual events. Coetzee earned victories in the 200 free (1:54.08) and in the 500 free (5:09.79), while Zeebe was the victor in the 400 IM (4:29.75) and the 200 back (2;03.36). Varvara Gkiouzepa Petropoulou won the 1000 free (10:22.53). Sydney Mullin took third in the event (10:45.13). Olcaytu Hatipoglu won the 50 breast (24.55). Marin Shimkus tied for second (24.92). Eliza Lennox won the 100 free (51.13). The 200 free relay team of Lennox, Hatipoglu, Petropoulou and Shimkus won their event (1:36.56). The 400 free relay team of Zeebe, Paula Gaya Bisquerra, Lennox and Hatipoglu also earned an event victory (3:52.84).

The expected order of events against Rice on Friday is
3-Meter Diving
400 Medley Relay
1000 Free
200 Free
50 Back
50 Breast
200 Fly
50 Free
BREAK (10-15 Minutes)
100 Free
200 Back
200 Breast
500 Free
50 Fly
BREAK (10 Minutes)
100 IM
200 Free Relay
1-Meter Diving

The expected order of events on Saturday at the LSU Quad Meet
200 Medley Relay
1000 Free
200 Free
100 Back
100 Breast
200 Fly
50 Free
3-Meter Diving
100 Free
200 Back
200 Breast
500 Free
100 Fly
1-Meter Diving
200 IM
400 Free Relay

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.

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,

Next, the team heads to Houston, Texas to compete in the Phill Hansel Invitational from Nov. 19-21 at the CRWC Natatorium.

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
Nov. 7 – Rice – 4 p.m.
Nov. 8 – at LSU, vs. Rice and vs. Houston – 12 p.m.
Nov. 19-21 – at Phill 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 Conference 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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