Opponents

Four home dates and six road trips highlight the

2008-09 schedule for the Irish, on top of a winter

training trip to the Bahamas to bring in the New Year.

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2008-09Opponents

Dennis Stark RelaysOct. 3 • 5:00 p.m.

Notre Dame, Ind. • Rolfs Aquatic Center

Notes: Notre Dame scored 226 of 822 points at the2007 Dennis Stark Relays, taking first place by 60points. Five teams from nearby universities joinedthe women in the waters as the Irish engaged inmany close races with Illinois State (166), Ball State(166), Oakland (142), Valparaiso (104) andMarquette (18).The Irish have won each of the fiveDennis Stark Relays in which the team hascompeted (2003-07). For the 17 seasons prior to2003-04, the event was referred to as the NotreDame Relays.

Washington StateOct. 24-25 • 5:00 p.m. / 12:00 p.m.

Pullman,Wash. • Gibb Pool

Location: Pullman,Wash.Founded: 1890Enrollment: 25,135Mascot: CougarsColors: Crimson and GrayConference: Pacific-10Facility: Gibb PoolPresident: Elson FloydAthletic Director: Jim Sterk

Head Coach: Erica QuamRecord at Washington State: 29-22 (six seasons)Overall Record: 29-22 (six seasons)Assistant: Suzanne Yee

2007-2008 Dual Meet Record: 5-2Conference Championships Finish: 9thNCAAs Finish: noneFinal CSCAA National Ranking: none

Swimming and Diving Contact: Jaime SchroderPhone: 541.215.0838Fax: 514.335.0267E-mail: jschroeder@wsu.eduWebsite: wsucougars.com

PittsburghOct. 31 • 5:00 p.m.

Notre Dame, Ind. • Rolfs Aquatic Center

Location: Pittsburgh, Pa.Founded: 1787Enrollment: 27,020Mascot: PanthersColors: Blue and GoldConference: BIG EASTFacility: Trees PoolChancellor: Mark Nordenberg Athletic Director: Jim Sterk

Head Coach: Chuck KnolesRecord at Pittsburgh: 52-25 (10 seasons)Overall Record: 52-25 (10 seasons)Assistants: Jeff Berghoff, Jessica Siegele,

Aaron WorkmanDiving: Julian Krug

2007-2008 Dual Meet Record: 5-0Conference Championships Finish: 4thNCAAs Finish: noneFinal CSCAA National Ranking: none

Swimming and Diving Contact: Sophia DuckPhone: 412.648.8240Fax: 412.648.8248E-mail: sduck@athletics.pitt.eduWebsite: pittsburghpanthers.com

Dennis Stark

Ohio State InvitationalDec. 5-7 • All day

Columbus, Ohio • McCorkle Aquatic Pavilion

Swimming and Diving Contact: Jerry EmigOffice: 614.688.0343Fax: 614.292.8547E-mail: emig.2@osu.eduWebsite: ohiostatebuckeyes.com

PurdueNov. 8 • 2:00 p.m.

Notre Dame, Ind. • Rolfs Aquatic Center

Location: West Lafayette, Ind.Founded: 1869Enrollment: 40,090Mascot: BoilermakersColors: Old Gold and BlackConference: Big TenFacility: Boilermaker Aquatics CenterPresident: France CordovaAthletic Director: Morgan Burke

Head Coach: John KlingeRecord at Purdue: first seasonOverall Record: first seasonAssistant: Darlene RenieDiving: Adam Soldati

2007-2008 Dual Meet Record: 5-9Conference Championships Finish: 7thNCAAs Finish: 34thFinal CSCAA National Ranking: none

Swimming and Diving Contact: Charlie HenryPhone: 765.494.3198Fax: 765.494.5447E-mail: cghenry@purdue.eduWebsite: purduesports.com

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NorthwesternJan. 10 • 10:00 a.m. / 5:00 p.m.

Evanston, Ill. • Norris Aquatics Center

Location: Evanston, Ill.Founded: 1851Enrollment: 18,028Mascot: WildcatsColors: Purple and WhiteConference: Big 10Facility: Norris Aquatics CenterPresident: Henry BienenAthletic Director: Jim Phillips

Head Coach: Jimmy TerneyRecord at Northwestern: 75-61-1 (14 seasons)Overall Record: 75-61-1 (14 seasons)Assistant: Nichole EllisDiving: Alik Sarkisian

2007-2008 Dual Meet Record: 6-4Conference Championships Finish: 5thNCAAs Finish: 19thFinal CSCAA National Ranking: none

Swimming and Diving Contact: Doug MeffleyPhone: 847.491.3688Fax: 847.491.8818E-mail: d-meffley@northwestern.eduWebsite: nusports.com

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ToledoJan. 10 • 10:00 a.m. / 5:00 p.m.

Evanston, Ill. • Norris Aquatics Center

Location: Toledo, OhioFounded: 1872Enrollment: 22,336Mascot: RocketsColors: Midnight Blue and GoldConference: Mid-AmericanFacility: Student Recreation CenterPresident: Lloyd JacobsAthletic Director: Mike O’Brien

Head Coach: Lars JorgensonRecord at Toledo: 27-13-1 (four seasons)Overall Record: 27-13-1 (four seasons)Assistant: Stephanie RaezerDiving: Marie Canarecci

2007-2008 Dual Meet Record: 9-2Conference Championships Finish: 2ndNCAAs Finish: 41stFinal CSCAA National Ranking: none

Swimming and Diving Contact: Jennifer GillanPhone: 419.530.4925Fax: 419.530.4930E-mail: jennifer.gillian@utoledo.eduWebsite: utrockets.com

LouisvilleJan. 17 • 12:00 p.m.

Louisville, Ky. • Ralph Wright Natatorium

Location: Louisville, Ky.Founded: 1798Enrollment: 19,743Mascot: CardinalsColors: Red and BlackConference: BIG EASTFacility: Ralph Wright NatatoriumPresident: James RamseyAthletic Director: Tom Jurich

Head Coach: Arthur AlbieroAssistants: Karin Olmstead, Mike Zehnder

Swimming and Diving Contact: Nancy WorleyPhone: 502.852.0113Fax: 502.852.7401E-mail: nasmit01@louisvill.eduWebsite: uoflsports.com

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West VirginiaLocation: Morgantown.W.Va.Founded: 1867Enrollment: 28,113Mascot: MountaineersColors: Old Gold and BlueConference: BIG EASTFacility: WVU NatatoriumPresident: C. Peter MagrathAthletic Director: Ed Pastilong

Head Coach: Vic RiggsRecord at West Virginia: 5-4 (1 season) Overall Record: 5-4 (1 season)Assistants: Damion Dennis, Kyle GalloDiving: Laura Lunn

2007-2008 Dual Meet Record: 5-4Conference Championships Finish: 3rdNCAAs Finish: 33rdFinal CSCAA National Ranking: none

Swimming and Diving Contact: Grant DoveyPhone: 304.293.2821Fax: 304.293.4105E-mail: grant.dovey@mail.wvu.eduWebsite: msnsports.net

Michigan StateLocation: East Lansing, Mich.Founded: 1855Enrollment: 46,045Mascot: SpartansColors: Green and WhiteConference: Big TenFacility: McCaffree PoolPresident: Lou Anna SimonAthletic Director: Mark Hollis

Head Coach: Matt GianiodisRecord at Michigan State: 32-64-1 (5 seasons)Overall Record: 32-64-1 (5 seasons)Assistants: Kathleen Milloy, Manabu NoguchiDiving: Eric Best

2007-2008 Dual Meet Record: 5-7Conference Championships Finish: 10thNCAAs Finish: noneFinal CSCAA National Ranking: none

Swimming and Diving Contact: Jeff BarnesPhone: 517.355.2271Fax: 517.355.2271E-mail: jbarnes@ath.msu.edu Website: msuspartans.com

DenverLocation: Denver, Colo.Founded: 1864Enrollment: 11,117Mascot: PioneersColors: Crimson and GoldConference: Sun BeltFacility: El Pomar NatoriumChancellor: Robert Coombe Athletic Director: Peg Bradley-Doppes

Head Coach: Brian SchraderAssistants: Alicia Hicken-Franklin, Stacey Tobey,

Mike LaitalaDiving: Erik Cook

Swimming and Diving Contact: Derek NagyPhone: 303.871.3800Fax: 303.871.3890E-mail: dnagy@du.eduWebsite: denverpioneers.com

Boilermaker InvitationalMarch 8

West Lafayette, Ind.

Boilermaker Aquatics Center

Swimming and Diving Contact: Charlie HenryPhone: 765.494.3198Fax: 765.494.5447E-mail: cghenry@purdue.eduWebsite: purduesports.com

Shamrock InvitationalJan. 23-24 • All day

Notre Dame, Ind. • Rolfs Aquatic Center

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NCAA Zone DivingMarch 13-14

Minneapolis, Minn. • University Aquatic Center

Swimming and Diving Contact: Michelle TraenPhone: 612.625.4090Fax: 612.625.0359E-mail: traen001@umn.eduWebsite: gophersports.com

Notes: Three student-athletes competed in lastseason’s NCAA Zone Diving meet … HeidiGrossman,Tara Hyer and Natalie Stitt each earnedinvitations to the event … Stitt posted respectivescores of 252.45 and 240.50 in the preliminary andfinal rounds of the 1-meter and that total earnedher a 13th-place finish among the 41 diverscompeting in the event … Stiff also led the Irishwith a preliminary score of 245.60 and a final roundcount of 250.0 for a 495.60 total in the 3-meter,good for 15th-place at the regional meet.

NCAA ChampionshipsMarch 19-21

College Station,Texas

Student Recreation Center Natatorium

Swimming and Diving Contact: Brad MarquardtPhone: 979-845-0096Fax: 979.845.0564E-mail: bmarquardt@athletics.tamu.eduWebsite: aggieathletics.com

Notes: Three Irish swimmers (Christa Riggins, SamMaxwell and Amywren Miller) competed in the2008 NCAA Women's Swimming and DivingChampionships held at McCorkle Aquatics Pavilionin Columbus, Ohio.

Miller clocked in at 22.73 in the preliminary sessionof the 2008 NCAAs Swimming and DivingChampionships.That time gave the Irish sprinter a24th-place finish in the event. Riggins (23.16) was50th in the same event.

Riggins also represented Notre Dame in the 2007championships, competing in the 50 Free, 100 Free,200 Free, 200 Free Relay, 400 Free Relay, 800 FreeRelay, and 400 Medley Relay. Her highest finishwas a 13th setting in the 800 Free Relay (7:14.91),as she teamed with Katie Carroll, Megan Farrelland Ellen Johnson. She earned automatic bids intothe 2008 meet with a 22.89 in the 50 Free, 49.39 inthe 100 Free, and the fifth-seed in the 200 Free witha mark of 1:44.39.

With an A-cut time of 22.39 in the 50 Free, Millerregistered the nation's 17th-fastest time of the2007-08 season in that event. She was invited tocompete in the 100 Fly with a provisional time of54.88. She turned in one of the top-20 times in thenation in the 100 Free (49.10) to join the final field.

Maxwell's 1:01.68 in the 100 Breast gave her anautomatic bid, and her 2:12.76 in the 200 Breastranked 14th among collegiate swimmers thisseason.

Since the inception of the women's program at NotreDame, 21 individuals representing the Irish haveearned All-American honors at the NCAAs, withCarroll being the most recent with a seventh-placefinish in 2007 with a time of 4:12.37 in the 400 IM.At least one Irish swimmer has garnered All-American recognition in every season since 1996,with Carrie Nixon leading the pack by becoming a12-time honoree from 1999-2002. She posted thehighest finish of any Irish swimmer to compete inthe NCAAs by placing fourth in the 50 Free in2000.

Jeanine Blatt and Betsy Shadley were the program'sfirst All-Americans, claiming the honor in 1979when the Irish competed at the Division III level.

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On the RoadWith the Irish

Alabama Auburn (NCAA Championships)

Arizona Tucson (Arizona)

ArkansasFayetteville (NCAA Championships)

CaliforniaMission Viejo (vs.Wyoming, Northeastern)

Colorado Denver (Metro State)Fort Collins (Colorado State)

Connecticut Storrs (Connecticut)

District of ColumbiaWashington (Georgetown)

FloridaBoca Raton (Florida Atlantic)Coral Gables (Miami)Ft. Lauderdale (Collegiate Classic)

Georgia Athens (NCAA Championships, Bulldog

Invitational, Georgia Fall Invitational)

HawaiiHonolulu (Hawaii, UH Rainbow

Invitational)

Illinois Champaign (Illinois)Chicago (Illinois-Chicago, Midwest

Independent Championships, MidwestInvitational)

DeKalb (Northern Illinois)Edwardsville (Southern Illinois)Evanston (Northwestern)Normal (Illinois State)

Indiana Bloomington (Indiana Invitational, NCAA

Zone Diving Championships)Evansville (North Star Conference

Championships, MCC Championships)Greencastle (DePauw, Indiana State

Championships)Indianapolis (Vincennes, NCAA

Championships, NCAA Zone C DivingChampionships)

Indiana (con’td)Muncie (Ball State)South Bend (Notre Dame, Saint Mary’s,

Midwest Independent Championships,MCC Championships, National CatholicChampionships)

Valparaiso (Valparaiso)West Lafayette (Purdue, NCAA Zone Diving

Championships, NCAA Championships)

KentuckyLouisville (Louisville)

MarylandAnnapolis (Navy)Baltimore (Johns Hopkins, Eastern

Intercollegiate Championships)

MassachusettsBoston (National Catholic Championship)Chestnut Hill (Boston College)Worcester (Holy Cross)

MichiganAnn Arbor (Michigan,Wolverine

Invitational, NCAA Championships)Big Rapids (Ferris State)East Lansing (Michigan State)Kalamazoo (Western Michigan, Kalamazoo)Marquette (Northern Michigan)Rochester (Oakland)

Minnesota Minneapolis (Minnesota, NCAA

Championships, Minnesota Invitational,NCAA Zone C Diving Championships)

St. Paul (NCAA Championships)

Missouri St. Louis (Saint Louis, Midwest City

Championships, North Star ConferenceChampionships, Oral Roberts, MCCChampionships)

Nevada Reno (AIAW Division III Championships)

New JerseyNew Brunswick (Eastern Intercollegiate

Championships)Piscataway (BIG EAST Championships)

New YorkBronx (Fordham)East Meadow (BIG EAST Championships,

NCAA Championships) Fordham (National Catholic Invitational)Jamaica (St. John’s)St. Bonaventure (St. Bonaventure)

North Carolina Durham (Duke)Raleigh (North Carolina State)

OhioBowling Green (Bowling Green)Cleveland (Cleveland State, Eastern

Intercollegiate Championships)Columbus (Ohio State, NCAA Zone Diving)Gambier (Kenyon College Invitational)Oxford (Miami, NCAA Zone Diving

Championships)Toledo (Toledo)

OntarioLondon (Western Ontario)

Pennsylvania Meadville (AIAW Div. III National

Championships)Philadelphia (La Salle, National Catholic

Championships, MCC Championships)Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, BIG EAST

Championships)Villanova (Villanova)

Rhode IslandProvidence (Providence)

Texas Austin (Texas, NCAA Championships)College Station (Texas A&M,Texas A&M

Invitational, NCAA Championships)San Antonio (U.S. Open)

UtahProvo (Brigham Young)Salt Lake City (Utah)

WashingtonFederal Way (U.S. Open, NCAAChampionships,Washington)

West Virginia Morgantown (Eastern Intercollegiate

Championships)

Wisconsin Milwaukee (Wisconsin-Milwaukee)

Since 1981-82, the Notre Dame women’s swimmingand diving team has traveled to 30 states, the Districtof Columbia, Mexico, Ontario, Puerto Rico, the Virgin

Islands, and Saint Lucia. Notre Dame’s widespreadtravel is befitting of a student body and swimmingand diving roster that draw from all corners of the

United States, as the program has included student-athletes from 35 states and six foreign countries.

Below is a listing of the all-time Irish travel locales.

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All-TimeSeries

Team W-L-T

Air Force 2-0

Alabama 0-1

Arizona 0-2

Arkansas 0-1

Army 1-0

Ball State 4-9

Boston College 2-1

Bowling Green 9-7

Brigham Young 1-1

Buffalo 1-0

Butler 4-0

California 0-1

Cleveland State 12-3

Colorado State 1-0

Connecticut 3-0

Creighton 1-0

Denison 1-0

DePauw 3-0

Duke 1-0

Duquesne 1-0

Eastern Michigan 2-1

Evansville 6-0

Ferris State 2-0

Florida Atlantic 1-0

Florida State 0-1

Fordham 4-0

Georgetown 1-0

Hawaii 3-0

Holy Cross 1-0

Illinois 9-2

Illinois-Chicago 9-0

Illinois State 1-3

Indiana -3

Iowa 4-0

Johns Hopkins 1-0

Kalamazoo 4-0

Kansas 0-2

Kenyon College 1-0

LaSalle 0-1

Louisville 4-0

LSU 0-1

Mankato State 1-0

Team W-L-T

Metro State 1-0

Miami (Fla.) 3-1

Miami (Ohio) 3-0

Michigan 5-6

Michigan State 6-0

Minnesota 1-4

Navy 1-0

North Carolina State 0-2

Northern Illinois 4-5

Northern Michigan 2-2

Northwestern 3-5

Oakland 4-0

Ohio State 2-1

Oral Roberts 2-0

Penn State 0-1

Pittsburgh 10-1

Providence 2-0

Purdue 4-6-1

Rice 1-0

St. Bonaventure 9-1-1

St. John’s 1-1

St. Louis 3-0

Saint Mary’s 7-0

Southern Illinois 5-1

Stanford 0-2

Tampa 2-0

Texas A&M 0-1

Texas Christian 2-1

Toledo 1-1

USC 0-1

Utah 1-0

Valparaiso 6-0

Villanova 2-2

Vincennes 1-0

West Virginia 1-0

Western Illinois 1-0

Western Michigan 1-1

Western Ontario 10-4

Wisconsin 0-1

Wisconsin-Green Bay 1-0

Wisconsin-Milwaukee 7-0

Xavier 5-0

Conference W-L-TAmerica East 0-0Atlantic Coast 4-4Atlantic 10 21-2-1BIG EAST 24-5Big South 0-0Big Ten 35-30-1Big 12 0-3Colonial 0-0Conference USA 7-1Horizon 35-3Ivy 0-0Metro Atlantic 0-0Mid-American 25-24Mid-Continent 10-0Missouri Valley 13-4Mountain West 6-1Northeast 0-0Pacific-10 0-6Southeastern 0-3Southern 0-0West Coast 7-0Western Athletic 4-0