When	Saturday, October 9, 2021
Where	Burdick Pool
Time	Diving - 10 a.m. Swimming - 1 p.m.
Team Records	Towson Women - 0-0 Overall James Madison Women - 0-0 Overall
Live Stats	Meet Mobile App
Live Video	FloSports
Women vs. JMU Series Since 2002-03	Towson Leads 8-3

Back in the Water
A fresh season awaits the Towson University men's and women's swimming & diving programs.  A young women's side returns five medalists while a deep men's program returns 17 medals from last season's title team.

In The National Rankings
The CSCAA has not issued a top 25 for men's or women's swimming and diving this fall. In the last poll, released on March 11, 2021, no team competing this weekend at Burdick Pool was mentioned.

The Home Sweet Home Tigers - Women
Saturday will be just the second time in a calendar year the women's team officially competes at Burdick Pool. The women's team is riding a five-meet winning streak from the friendly confines at home, dating back to Jan. 12, 2019 in a 169-127 rout of Drexel. The women return home again at the end of January to cap the regular season.

On the boards, Towson returns Christina Coleman, who competed at the 2021 NCAA Zone A Diving Championship in the spring, and Sarah DiGaetano, both of whom competed at the CAA Championships.

Between the lane lines, Towson returns five medals from the CAA Championship Meet in the spring, including two silvers and three bronzes. Katie Nunez is back after a taking silver in the 100-yard freestyle and a third-place finish in the 200-yard IM. Senior Suzannah Mills returns with a bronze finish in the 400-yard IM. Junior Hailey Ritter took second in the 100-yard butterfly, an event that featured four Tigers in the A Final, half the field for the event. Tiffany Matulis is back for a sophomore campaign, enjoying a third-place finish for the 100-yard backstroke in her first CAA Championship meet.

The young Tigers are not without experience: 17 Tigers on this year's roster competed in individual events at the championship meet in the spring.

Scouting the Dukes
James Madison is coming off its fourth-straight CAA Championship in the spring. The Dukes won the meet with 829 points, William & Mary took second (663) while the Tigers finished third (605). Last spring, James Madison went 3-0 in dual meets, topping Marshall (172-126), Delaware (177-123) and Richmond (182-117). Saturday will be James Madison's first trip to Burdick Pool since Oct. 13, 2018.

Towson-JMU Women By the Numbers
All-Time Series Record * Towson 8-3
at Towson * Towson 2-2
at James Madison * Towson 4-1
at Neutral Sites * Towson 2-0
at Unknown Sites * n/a
First Meeting * Jan. 10, 2003
Towson 128-113
Last Meeting Oct. 19, 2019
James Madison 175.5, Towson 124.5
Streak JMU +2
* - Since the 2002-03 season

Towson-Towson Men By the Numbers
All-Time Series Record * Tied
at Towson * Tied
at Towson Tied
at Neutral Sites * Tied
at Unknown Sites * n/a
First Meeting * 1968
Meet Tied
Last Meeting Dec. 18, 2020
Meet Tied
Streak No Streak Available
* - Since the 2002-03 season

Been a Minute.
It's been awhile since Towson and James Madison tussled at Burdick Hall. The last time these two teams met in Towson, Maryland was Oct. 13, 2018. That meet ended a seven-year drought between dual meets for these teams.

By the time Saturday's dual rolls around, it will have been 1,092 days since Towson and James Madison competed in a dual at Burdick Pool.

Parking for Saturday
- Spectators will be allowed at Burdick Pool for this weekend's dual and intersquad meets.
- Fans are encouraged to park at Towsontown Parking Garage, located on campus at Towson University across from the College of Liberal Arts Building.
- The entrance to Towsontown Parking Garage is located on University Avenue.
- Parking is free at Towson on the weekends.

Entering Burdick Pool
- Spectators will be allowed at Burdick Pool for this weekend's dual and intersquad meets.
- Fans can enter Burdick Pool via the old entrance to Burdick Hall on University Avenue
- Signage along University Avenue will direct fans and spectators to the entrance.
- Entrance to Saturday's meets is free of charge.
- Masks are mandatory for fans upon entering Burdick Hall.
- Doors to Burdick Hall open at 9 a.m. for Saturday's meets.

Last Time Out vs. James Madison (Women) | Oct. 19, 2019 | Harrisonburg, Va. | Savage Natatorium
In the last meeting between the Tigers and the Dukes, homestanding James Madison took a 175.5-124.5 victory at Savage Natatorium early in the 2019-20 campaign. Few current Tigers took a top-three finish in the meet held almost two years ago. Parker Schulz swam with the 200-yard freestyle relay, swimming second to help Towson to a second-place finish. Christina Coleman took sixth in the 3-meter dive while Sarah DiGaetano took an equal finish on the 1-meter board.

With a Win Over James Madison on Saturday, Towson's Women Would...
- Win their sixth-straight meet at Burdick Pool dating back to the 2018-19 campaign.
- Collect their first win over the Dukes since Jan. 22, 2011.
- Be their first home win over JMU since Jan. 23, 2010. (The teams did not meet between 2011-12 and 2017-18).
- End a two-meet slide against James Madison.

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.