NORTHAMPTON, Mass. - Smith College swimming and diving announced its 2018-19 schedule, featuring four home meets including the Seven Sisters Championship, as well as five road duals or invitationals before heading to Worcester for the 2019 NEWMAC Championships hosted by WPI.


Smith Relays
October 27, 2018 - 12:00 PM
Dalton Pool - Northampton, Mass.

• Smith will host Mount Holyoke and Westfield State in the non-team scoring event.

WPI Quad
November 2, 2018 - 6:30 PM
Worcester, Mass.

• Smith will face hosts WPI along with Babson and Brandeis.
• At last year's meet, the Pioneers defeated Babson (188-96) before falling to Brandeis (176-118) and WPI (168-121).

Springfield College
November 6, 2018 - 7:00 PM
Dalton Pool - Northampton, Mass.

• At last season's meet, the Pride topped the Pioneers 168-127.
• Charlotte Crandall (Lawrence, Kan./Free State) won the 200-back and was also part of the winning 200-yard freestyle team with Desi Stoyanova (Plovdiv, Bulgaria/English Language), Paula Torre-Nieto (San Juan, Puerto Rico/Panther Creek), and Maddy Meadows-McDonnell (Indianapolis, Ind./North Central).
• Smith is 3-28 all-time against Springfield with their last win coming during the 1986 season.
• The Pride posted a third place finish at the NEWMAC Championships.

  Colby-Sawyer
  November 10, 2018 - 1:00 PM
  Knight Natatorium - New London, N.H.

• These two teams will meet for the first time since 2006 when the Pioneers won 137-106.
• The Pioneers are 4-0 all-time against Colby-Sawyer College.
• The Chargers finished 12th at the NEISDA Championships last season.

  Westfield State
  November 17, 2018 - 1:00 PM
  Westfield, Mass.

• The Owls edged Smith 155-143 at last year's meet.
• The Pioneers won four events led by Abby Hanna's first place finishes on both the 1-meter and 3-meter.

  Hamilton Invitational
  November 30-December 1, 2018
  Bristol Pool - Clinton, N.Y.

• Smith will face Buffalo State, SUNY Cortland, SUNY Oneonta, SUNY Potsdam, Oswego State, and Trinity in addition to hosts Hamilton.
• At last season's Hamilton Invite, the Pioneers finished seventh.
• Abby Hanna won both the 1-meter and 3-meter diving events.

Wellesley
January 12, 2019 - 1:00 PM
Dalton Pool - Northampton, Mass.

• At last season's meet, Wellesley took the win, 200-99.
• The Pioneers took the top spot in four events.
• Charlotte Crandall (Lawrence, Kan./Free State) and Desi Stoyanova (Plovdiv, Bulgaria/English Language) each posted first place times in two events.
• The Blue finished sixth at the NEWMAC Championships a season ago.

  Seven Sisters Championship
                              January 19-20, 2019 - TBA
                              Dalton Pool - Northampton, Mass.

• The Pioneers host the 37th Annual Seven Sisters Championship and will face Bryn Mawr, Mount Holyoke, Vassar, and Wellesley.
• Wellesley won its 21st straight Seven Sisters Championship title in 2018.
• Smith finished third overall ahead of Mount Holyoke and Bryn Mawr.

Mount Holyoke
February 9, 2019 - 1:00 PM
Natatorium - South Hadley, Mass.

• The Pioneers close out the regular season at MHC before heading to the NEWMAC Championships.
• At last season's meet, Smith won 12 of the possible 16 events en route to a 186-114 victory over the Lyons.
• Mount Holyoke's women finished eighth at the conference championships last season.

NEWMAC Championships
February 21-24, 2019 - 10AM/6PM
Hosted by WPI

• The NEWMAC Championships return Worcester, Mass. in 2019 at WPI's Sports & Recreation Center.
• Smith will compete against Babson, Clark, Coast Guard, MIT, Mount Holyoke, Springfield, Wellesley, Wheaton, and WPI.
• The Pioneers will look to improve upon their seventh place finish from 2018.

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