When	Friday, October 15, 2021
Where	Lejeune Hall
Time	4 p.m.
Team Records	Towson Women - 1-0 Overall Navy Women - 0-1 Overall Johns Hopkins Women - 0-2 Overall Towson Men - 0-0 Overall Navy Men - 0-1 Overall Johns Hopkins Men - 1-1 Overall
Live Stats	Meet Mobile App
Live Video	FloSports
Women vs. Navy Series	Navy Leads 18-0
Women vs. Hopkins Series	Towson Leads 21-7
Men vs. Navy Series	Navy Leads 6-0
Men vs. Hopkins Series	Hopkins Leads 9-6

Friday's Order of Events
Diving
Women's 1-Meter
Men's 3-Meter
Women's 3-Meter
Men's 1-Meter

Swimming
Women's 200 Medley Relay
Men's 200 Medley Relay
Women's 1,650 Freestyle
Men's 1,650 Freestyle
Women's 200 Freestyle
Men's 200 Freestyle
Women's 100 Backstroke
Men's 100 Backstroke
Women's 100 Breaststroke
Men's 100 Breaststroke
Women's 200 Butterfly
Men's 200 Butterfly
Women's 50 Freestyle
Men's 50 Freestyle
 
First Intermission - 15 Minutes
 
Women's 100 Freestyle
Men's 100 Freestyle
Women's 200 Backstroke
Men's 200 Backstroke
Women's 200 Breaststroke
Men's 200 Breaststroke
Women's 500 Freestyle
Men's 500 Freestyle
Women's 100 Butterfly
Men's 100 Butterfly
 
Second Intermission - 10 Minutes
 
Women's 400 IM
Men's 400 IM
Women's 200 Freestyle Relay
Men's 200 Freestyle Relay

Back in the Water
A second meet and a season opener await the Towson University women's and men's swimming and diving programs this Friday in the state capital. Both sides renew local rivalries against Johns Hopkins and host Navy at 4 p.m.

In The National Rankings
In the Preseason CSCAA Coaches' Polls, Navy's men landed in the receiving votes column, garner two tallies. The Division III Preseason Poll has not yet been released, but the Blue Jays were ranked fifth on the men's side and seventh on the women's in the March 3, 2020 polls.

The See You Home in January - Women
It's a short home schedule for the Towson women's swimming & diving team. The Tigers hosted James Madison last weekend and bookened the dual season with a showdown against Delaware on Jan. 29, almost four months later.

The women took advantage of the home pool, besting James Madison 157-143 in the Tigers' first win over the Dukes since 2010-11*

Six different Tigers tallied at least one individual win over James Madison: Karlee Carminati, Samantha Casolo, Meagan Clark, Alyssa Largay, Katie Nunez and Hailey Ritter. Of those six, three picked up multiple wins: Carminati (1,000 free, 500 free), Clark (200 free, 100 breast) and Nunez (100 breast, 100 free). Nunez added a second-place finish in the 200 yard IM as well.

Towson picked up the season-opening win thanks to secondary scoring with second-place finishes from Nunez, Hailey Ritter, Tiffany Matulis, and several third-place finishes, including Sarah DiGaetano on both the 1-meter and 3-meter boards. Middie Mince added two thirds in the freestyle sprints as well.

These Tigers will look to make program history and top the Mids for the first time ever.

* They had only met twice since then prior to last Saturday

Scouting the Mids - Women
The Mids enter Friday's tri-meet with an 0-1 overall record, falling to Penn State 209-91 last week in Central Pennsylvania. Sydney Harrington won two events for Navy, the 100-yard and 200-yard butterfly events. Martina Thomas added two second place finishes while diver Hannah Montau won the 3-meter board.

Scouting the Blue Jays - Women
Johns Hopkins swimming rolls to Annapolis with an 0-2 mark, falling against Division I foes UMBC (157.5-122.5) and Delaware (173-127) last weekend in Catonsville. Hopkins won the 200 medley relay to open the event while Michelle Liu, finished second in the 100-yard breaststroke. Kristen Alicea-Jorgenson won the 50 free as Cameron Roche won the 200 back. Cecila Cortez and Sydney Okubo took first and second in the 100 back at 58.70 and 59.11, respectively.

Towson-Navy Women By the Numbers
All-Time Series Record * Navy Leads 18-0
at Towson Navy 5-0
at Navy Navy 11-0
at Neutral Sites Navy 2-0
at Unknown Sites n/a
First Meeting * Jan. 31, 1979
Navy 69-62
Last Meeting Feb. 6, 2021
Navy 196-81
Streak Navy +18

Towson-Hopkins Women By the Numbers
All-Time Series Record Towson Leads 21-7
at Towson Towson 7-4
at Hopkins Towson 4-2
at Neutral Sites Towson 10-1
at Unknown Sites n/a
First Meeting Jan. 21, 1976
Hopkins 64-58
Last Meeting Oct. 18, 2019
W, 168-125
Streak Towson +9

The Season-Opening Tigers - Men
Fresh off the men's first-ever CAA Championship, the Tigers return nearly every contributor from the 2020-21 season, including now-sophomore Brian Benzing, who was named Most Outstanding Performer at the league meet.

Last weekend, the Tiger men hosted an intersquad meet that ran concurrently with the women's dual meet against James Madison.
The men's team returns 17 individual medalists from the championship meet in March, out of a possible 42 individual medals up for grabs.

During the 2020-21 season, the men's side went 3-1 overall, with the lone loss coming against Navy, a 188-100 setback in Annapolis to open the season. The Tigers went on to win their next three duals, topping local rivals Loyola (157-143), Mount St. Mary's (139-103) and Delaware (164.5-123.5) in succession.

Towson-Navy Men By the Numbers
All-Time Series Record Navy Leads 6-0
at Towson n/a
at Navy Navy 6-0
at Neutral Sites n/a
at Unknown Sites n/a
First Meeting * Jan. 27, 2016
Navy 134-123
Last Meeting Feb. 6, 2021
Navy 188-100
Streak Navy +6

Towson-Hopkins Men By the Numbers
All-Time Series Record Hopkins Leads 9-6
at Towson Hopkins 4-2
at Hopkins Hopkins 4-0
at Neutral Sites Towson 4-1
at Unknown Sites n/a
First Meeting Dec. 17, 1968
Hopkins 63-32
Last Meeting Oct. 18, 2019
W, 191-95
Streak Towson +4

Information for Friday's Meet
- There is no fan shuttle bus Friday.
- Fans attending need to park outside of the USNA and walk through security at Gate One, located at the end of King George Street.
- A photo ID needs to be displayed to enter. Those 17 and under need to be with an adult to gain access.
- Lejeune Hall is located near Gate One.
- Navy's COVID policy is that those who are not vaccinated need to wear a mask at all times and those who are vaccinated only need to wear one when inside.

Last Time Out vs. Navy (Women) | Feb. 6, 2021 | Annapolis, Md. | Lejeune Hall
The Towson women's swimming and diving team returned to action for the first time in the 2020-21 season, but fell 196-81 against the Mids of Navy at Lejeune Hall. Diver Christina Coleman took second and third on both boards. Maddie Frick, Suzannah Mills and Kasey Gemache swept the top three spots in the 200-yard IM.

Last Time Out vs. Navy (Men) | Feb. 6, 2021 | Annapolis, Md. | Lejeune Hall
Opening the 2020-21 season, the men's side fell 188-100 at Navy. Brian Benzing made his collegiate debut, scooping a 100-yard breasstroke win, just a quarter second off an NCAA B cut in his first-ever collegiate meet.Divers Ajani Dorner and Will Canny split wins on the boards. Ryan Baldino won the sprints, taking the 50-yard free by one-tenth of second and besting the same Navy swimmer by two-tenths in the 100-yard free.

Last Time Out vs. Hopkins (Women) | Oct. 18, 2019 | Annapolis, Md. | Lejeune Hall
It's been nearly two full years since Towson and Hopkins met. The two schools, separated by less than six miles, last clashed in Annapolis early in the 2019 campaign. Towson bested Hopkins 168-125 at a meet that featured Towson, Hopkins, Navy, Miami and George Washington.

Last Time Out vs. Hopkins (Men) | Oct. 18, 2019 | Annapolis, Md. | Lejeune Hall
The last time the Tigers and Blue Jays met in the pool was at a quad-meet for the men's teams, hosted at the United States Naval Academy. The Tigers topped Johns Hopkins 191-95 at the meet, which featured host Navy and George Washington as well. Matt Essing won the 100-yard freestyle, with Ryan Baldino taking second in the event. Noah Diacumakos won the 400-yard IM.

The Unbeatens
Two Towson women's swimmers have gone unbeaten in the pool in the early portion of the season.

Meagan Clark won both the 200-yard freestyle (1:52.68) and the 200-yard breaststroke (2:24.72).

Karlee Carminati dominated the distance events with a 1000-yard freestyle win (10:28.15) and the 500-yard freestyle (5:08.53).

Diver Alyssa Largay is unblemished on the 3-meter board, scoring 269.40 points in the opener.

Katie Nunez won two events on Saturday, taking first in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:06.25) and the 100-yard free style (52.21).

Hailey Ritter has not been beaten in the 100-yard butterfly (56.50).

Oh Captains My Captains
Earlier this week, sixth-year head coach Jake Shrum announced the captains for men's and women's swimming and diving programs.

Women's Captains: Meagan Clark, Karlee Carminati, Christina Coleman, Hailey Ritter
Men's Captains: Ryan Bookstein, Ryan Baldino, Nick McClure, Brian Benzing.