The schedule is highlighted by three home meets, including the annual Tennessee Invitational (Nov. 17-19) that will feature some of the nation’s top teams in the quad, and a pair of SEC road trips before UT hosts the Women’s Championship. 2022 NCAA Swimming and Diving at the Allan Jones Intercollegiate Aquatic Center on March 15-18.
Tennessee kicks off the season with its annual road trip to Wilmington, North Carolina, where the Vols and Lady Vols will enjoy a few days of beach practice capped by a dual meet against UNC Wilmington on Sept. 30 and an open water competition on October 1. .
The first home meet of the season will be Oct. 14-15, when UT hosts NC State. The following week, Tennessee heads north to face its second straight ACC opponent with Louisville on Oct. 20. During last year’s meeting, the Vols and Lady Vols picked up a pair of straight wins against the Cardinals.
After a road trip to Gainesville for a Nov. 5 showdown with the Florida Gators, UT closes its fall schedule with the Tennessee Invitational against teams from around the country. The three-day event will have preliminaries in the morning followed by finals in the evening sessions.
The Vols and Lady Vols will compete in a pair of diving events over winter break, traveling to the Auburn Diving Invitational on Dec. 17-20 and the Georgia Diving Invitational on Jan. 3-5. Later in the semester, the Allan Jones Intercollegiate Aquatic Center will host the NCAA Region B Diving Championships March 5-8.
Tennessee begins the spring season with two road meets on Jan. 7. Part of the team will travel to Columbia, Missouri, to face the conference rival Mizzou Tigers, while the rest of the team will face Queens University and Virginia Tech in a doubleheader in Charlotte, North Carolina . Two weeks later, UT will honor its seniors for their final home meet at the Allan Jones Intercollegiate Aquatic Center as the Vols and Lady Vols close out their regular season against SEC foe Georgia on Jan. 21.
Postseason action begins Feb. 14-18 with the SEC Championship, which is being hosted by Texas A&M. The Lady Vols will look to repeat their recent success, having won two of the last three conference titles. The Vols, who return many of their top contributors, tied for second in last year’s meet, which marked the program’s best finish since 2001.
Following the Last Chance Meet (Feb. 24-25) and the Area B Diving Championships (March 5-8), Tennessee will send student-athletes to compete at the CSCAA National Invitational Championships in Elkhart, Indiana, on 9- March 11. Last season, UT won the men’s meet title while the women finished third overall.
The Vols and Lady Vols close out the campaign with the NCAA Championships, with the women’s meet to be hosted in Knoxville March 15-18 and the men’s competition to be held in Minneapolis, Minnesota, March 22-25.
In addition to the team schedule, select UT student-athletes will swim in several open water events, including the National Open Water Championships (Oct. 14), the US Open Swimming Championships (Nov. 30-Dec. 3) and the National Open Water Championship (April 21-23).
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Swimming and diving timetable 2022-23
September 30 // at UNC Wilmington // Wilmington, NC
October 1st // at UNC Wilmington (Open Water Race) // Wrightsville Beach, NC
Oct. 14-15 // NC State // Knoxville, Tenn.
October 20 // at Louisville // Louisville, Ky.
November 5 // in Florida // Gainesville, Fla.
Nov. 17-19 // Tennessee Invitational // Knoxville, Tenn.
December 17-20 // Auburn Diving Invitational // Auburn, Ala.
January 3-5 // Georgia Diving Invitational // Athens, Ga.
January 7 // at Missouri // Columbia, Mo.
January 7 // at Queens & vs. Virginia Tech (swimming only) // Charlotte, NC
January 21 // Georgia (Senior Day) // Knoxville, Tenn.
February 14-18 // SEC Championship // College Station, Texas
February 24-25 // Last Chance Meeting // Knoxville, Tenn.
March 5-8 // NCAA Region B Diving Championships (Qualifying) // Knoxville, Tenn.
March 9-11 // CSCAA Invitational National Championships // Elkhart, Ind.
March 15-18 // NCAA Women’s Championships // Knoxville, Tenn.
March 22-25 // NCAA Men’s Championships // Minneapolis, Minn.
