Women's Swimming | 9/18/2025 3:08:00 PM

Loretto, Pa. – The Saint Francis University women's swimming team has been picked to finish fourth in the 2025 Northeast Conference (NEC) preseason poll, as voted on by league coaches and representatives. The Red Flash enter the new season looking to build on a successful 2024 campaign, which saw them finish third in the NEC standings. 

2025 NEC Women's Swimming & Diving Preseason Poll 

1. CCSU (4) 

2. Howard (3) 

3. Wagner 

4. Saint Francis 

5. LIU 

6. Stonehill 

7. Le Moyne 

The 2025–26 schedule, announced by head coach Phil Hurley, features a mix of dual meets, competitive invitationals, and concludes with the Northeast Conference Championship. 

"The schedule has a nice balance to it," Hurley said. "We open with invitationals that set the tone, then mix in dual meets where we can really focus on one or two races at a time. Our midseason meet will be an opportunity to be well rested and swim super fast, and then we close with conference championships in the third week of February. This lineup sets our athletes up for success." 

The Red Flash open the season at the Colgate Invite on October 10–11, followed by a road dual at Millersville on October 18. A week later, Saint Francis competes in a tri-meet against LIU and Manhattan on October 25. The program's lone home meet of the fall takes place on November 7 when the Red Flash host Lock Haven at Stokes Natatorium, before wrapping up the fall schedule at the Liberty Invite from November 21–23. 

After the winter training block, Saint Francis returns to competition on January 17 with a quad meet at VMI alongside Howard and American, followed by the Western Pennsylvania Invite hosted by Carnegie Mellon on January 23–24. The season will culminate with the NEC Championships from February 17–20 at the SPIRE Aquatics Center in Geneva, Ohio.