Five home meets at the Valparaiso Aquatic Center highlight the schedule for the upcoming 2024-25 campaign for Valpo men’s and women’s swimming.
The Beacons kick off the regular season Sept. 28 at Cleveland State before hosting their annual Alumni Meet at the ARC Pool Oct. 5 as part of Homecoming Weekend. Competition continues the next weekend with trips to Southern Indiana (Oct. 10) and to Purdue for the Dan Ross Indiana Intercollegiate (Oct. 12).
Home competition at the Valparaiso Aquatic Center kicks off the following weekend as Valpo hosts double dual meets on back-to-back days, bringing in Quincy and Illinois Tech Oct. 18 before taking on Bellarmine and Eastern Illinois Oct. 19. A trip to Green Bay Oct. 26 is followed by a return to the home pool for a double dual versus Butler and Lewis Nov. 1.
The fall semester action concludes at the Magnus Cup in Cleveland, Ohio Nov. 21-23. As part of the Beacons’ training trip over the holiday break, they will compete at the CSCAA Open Water Championship in North Miami, Fla. Dec. 15.
Valpo returns to the pool as the spring semester gets underway, hosting its Senior Meet on Jan. 10 as it takes on Rose-Hulman and Wabash. The Beacons travel to Bethel Jan. 24 and to Fishers, Ind. for the Butler Invitational Jan. 26 before closing out the regular season with a home dual meet versus UIC Jan. 31.
Championship season begins Feb. 19-22 as the Valpo men head to Oxford, Ohio for the Missouri Valley Conference Championships — the first time the Valley has sponsored a men’s swimming championship since 2003. The Beacon women will head to their MVC Championships Feb. 26-March 1 in Waukee, Iowa.
The Valpo men posted their highest single-season dual meet win total last year in at least 25 years, while the women earned their highest number of dual meet wins since 2019-20 and recorded their highest point total at the MVC Championships since joining the Valley. The teams combined to break six program records and posted 55 marks on the program’s top-10 charts last season.
