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This Week in ACC Swimming & Diving

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (theACC.com) - The fourth week of the 2026-27 Atlantic Coast Conference Swimming & Diving season begins on Friday, October 16, with eight league programs compete across the country.

College Swimming League (CSL) action continues Friday with an ACC-packed lineup for Match 5, featuring Stanford, California and NC State. The No. 2/No. 8  Cardinal, No. 7/No. 4 Golden Bears and the No. 9/No. 7 Wolfpack will hit the water against each other and No. 5/No. 2 Indiana. The quad meet begins at 8:30 p.m. ET in Walnut, California, and will be broadcast on ESPN+.

Following its second CSL match win last week, Virginia clinched the first spot in the CSL Championship match, set for Friday, November 6, in Indianapolis, Indiana. The Cavaliers lead all teams with 1,247 total points and a 6-0 record. Louisville is in second with 769 points while Stanford is in fourth with 550.

Virginia is the preseason No. 1 team in the CSCAA Women’s Swimming & Diving Top 25 Poll, followed by No. 2 Stanford, No. 7 California, No. 8 Louisville, No. 9 NC State, No. 16 North Carolina and No. 21 Duke. California leads the ACC contingent in the CSCAA Men’s Swimming & Diving Top 25 Poll at No. 4,  followed by No. 7 NC State, No. 8 Stanford, No. 10 Virginia, No. 11 Virginia Tech, No. 12 Louisville, No. 19 North Carolina, No. 21 SMU and No. 23 Florida State.

Weekly Schedule (All Times Eastern)
Friday, October 16
NR/#23 Florida State at Georgia Tech | 8:30 a.m.
Miami at #3 Florida (Men’s Diving Only) | 11:30 a.m.
#9/#7 NC State vs. #7/#4 California & #2/#8 Stanford (Diving Only | Berkeley, California) | 2 p.m.
#21/NR Duke at #16/#19 North Carolina | 4 p.m.
College Swimming League – Match 5 (Walnut, California)
#2/#8 Stanford, #7/#4 California, #9/#7 NC State & #5/#2 Indiana | 8:30 p.m. | ESPN+
 
Saturday, October 17
#10/#3 Florida at #1/#10 Virginia | 11 a.m.
Notre Dame at #14/#22 Wisconsin | 1 p.m.
#9/#7 NC State vs. #7/#4 California & #2/#8 Stanford (Diving Only | Berkeley, California) | 2 p.m.
 
*Women’s ranking/men’s ranking; NR = not ranked

Noting ACC Swimming & Diving
  • ACC Women’s Swimming & Diving programs lead the nation with their times in the following events:
    • 50 free: Sara Curtis, Virginia (21.06)
    • 100 free: Anna Moesch, Virginia (46.39)
    • 1650 free: Camille Henveaux, California (16:09.05)
    • 50 back: Sara Curtis, Virginia (23.55)
    • 100 back: Sara Curtis, Virginia (49.74)
    • 200 back: Claire Curzan, Virginia (1:46.85)
    • 100 breast: Anastasia Gorbenko, Louisville (57.35)
    • 200 breast: Anastasia Gorbenko, Louisville (2:04.53)
    • 50 fly: Claire Curzan, Virginia (23.17)
    • 100 fly: Claire Curzan, Virginia (49.90)
    • 200 fly: Claire Curzan, Virginia (1:50.10)
    • 100 IM: Anastasia Gorbenko, Louisville (51.43)
    • 400 IM: Alexa McDevitt, California (4:10.84)
    • 200 free relay: Virginia, 1:24.73
    • 3-meter dive: Keira Lu, Duke (352.35)
  • ACC Men’s Swimming & Diving programs lead the nation with their times in the following events:
    • 100 free: Maximus Williamson, Virginia (41.41)
    • 200 free: Ryan Erisman, California (1:32.12)
    • 500 free: Ryan Erisman, California (4:08.55)
    • 200 back: David King, Virginia (1:37.92)
    • 50 breast: Yamato Okadome, California (23.72)
    • 200 breast: Yamato Okadome, California (1:50.88)
    • 200 IM: Maximus Williamson, Virginia (1:42.60)
    • 400 IM: Mathias Christensen, Florida State (3:43.93)
    • 200 free relay: NC State, 1:15.00
    • 1-meter dive: Max Fowler, Georgia Tech (419.18)
  • The Virginia women’s swimming program won its record sixth consecutive NCAA Women’s Swimming & Diving championship at the 2026 NCAA Championships.
  • The Stanford women’s swimming & diving program is the only program in the nation to finish in the top 10 in every NCAA Championship dating back to the 1975-76 season, most recently finishing as the runner-up in the 2026 NCAA Women’s Swimming & Diving Championships.
  • Virginia head coach Todd DeSorbo was named the George Haines Coach of the Year by the American Swimming Coaches Association for the second straight year.
  • The 2027 ACC Swimming & Diving Championships will take place February 16-20, 2027, at the Greensboro Aquatic Center in Greensboro, North Carolina.