H2Okies set for ACC clashes against Pitt and Notre Dame

The Tech men are currently ranked No. 9 in the CSCAA Coaches poll

November 3, 2016

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BLACKSBURG – The Virginia Tech swimming and diving team will travel to Pitt this weekend where the H2Okies will face the host Panthers and Notre Dame in ACC competition on Friday at 4 p.m. and Saturday at 10 a.m. Both days of action will be streamed live on the WatchESPN platform.

Tech swept Pitt and Notre Dame last season at the Christiansburg Aquatics Center to open ACC play. The H2Okies also topped both foes at the 2016 ACC Championships.

After a week off, the H2Okies return to the pool with H2Okie men (4-0, 1-0 ACC) are ranked No. 9 and the women’s squad (3-1, 0-1 ACC) are receiving votes in the CSCAA Coaches poll. Tech last competed against Duke, West Virginia and William & Mary at the Christiansburg aquatics Center where the women went 2-1 and the men went 3-0 in their dual meets.

Last time out, sophomore Norbert Szabo led the men on the second day of action where he took first in the 200 with a time of 1:39.59 and a 15:47.26 in the 1650 free. The Budapest native also swam the first leg of Tech’s 400 medley relay team that turned in a top time of 3:00.44. Senior Jessica Hespeler and junior Klaudia Nazieblo each won two events for the women’s squad and sophomore Ashlynn Peters placed second in the one-meter after taking first in the three-meter event on day one.

SCOUTING THE OPPONENTS
Pitt: Men – 2-2, 1-2 ACC; Women – 3-1, 2-1 ACC
Notre Dame: No. 16 Men – 4-0, 1-0 ACC; No. 24 Women 7-0, 2-0 ACC

  • In the all-time series, the men lead Notre Dame, 4-0, and the women lead 2-1.
  • The women have dominated its series with Pitt, going 10-2 in a series dating back to 1992, while the men's squads are knotted up at 6-6.
  • Pitt boasts a strong men’s unit that feature senior diver Dominic Giordano, who has won consecutive ACC Diver of the Week awards the last two weeks.
  • The Fighting Irish women won three duals last weekend against Miami, Rutgers and Purdue and saw freshman Abbie Dolan post a pool record a 1:47.14 in the 200 free.

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