Fresno State Announces Upcoming Season Schedule

Fresno State swimming and diving head coach Jeanne Fleck announced the 2016-17 Bulldog schedule. The schedule includes the return of the Fresno State Invite in early October, along with five home meets at the Aquatics Center.

Fresno State will open the season hosting the Fresno State Invitational on Oct. 7-8 before traveling to compete in the University of the Pacific Invitational on Oct. 21-22 and return home to host Nevada on Oct. 28.

“I’m really excited about our invitational. It’s going to be a huge invite this year, last year we didn’t get to have it,” Fleck said. “We’ll be seeing the best of the best from our conference in this invitational. All of the three top teams (Nevada, Boise State, San Diego State) from the Mountain West will be competing in this meet. It’s going to be a challenge for us but it’s an exciting challenge.”

The Bulldogs will hit the road to compete in the USC Diving Invitational on Nov. 11-12 and the East Los Angeles Invitational on Nov. 17-19 before finishing their fall meets with a trip down to Bakersfield on Dec. 10.

“We have the East Los Angeles Invitational and the USC Diving invitational which really sets us up for the season,” Fleck explained.

Fresno State starts the New Year at San Diego State for its first Mountain West opponent of the year on Jan. 13-14. While the swimmers are battling the Aztecs of San Diego State, the diving team will be at the UCLA Diving Invitational on Jan. 13-15.

“The San Diego State meet and the San Jose State meet are our last two conferences meets of the season, so those are the meets we want to swim our fastest at,” Fleck stated.

The Bulldogs head back home to the Valley to host three consecutive home meets. The first of the three home meets will be on Jan. 21 against CSU-East Bay. The second home meet will be on Jan. 28 against MW- foe San Jose State on Jan. 28. The home stand ends with UC Davis on Jan. 29 to conclude the regular season.

The 2017 Mountain West Championships will be held Feb. 15-18 in College Station, Texas. The NCAA Zone Diving Championships will take place in Flagstaff, Ariz., on Mar. 6-8 and the NCAA Championships are held Mar. 15-17 in Indianapolis, Ind.

“I’m looking forward to having some great dual meets and learning. We have a huge incoming class of 11, so we are very young but we also have great leadership,” said Fleck. “We have eight seniors so that is a good balance for us. ”

• OCT 7 (FRI) OCT 8 (SAT)

  VS FRESNO STATE INVITE 

  FRESNO, CALIF. AQUATICS CENTER
• OCT 21 (FRI) 4 P.M. PT

  AT UOP INVITE 

  STOCKTON, CALIF.
• OCT 28 (FRI) 12 P.M. PT

  VS NEVADA

  FRESNO, CALIF. AQUATICS CENTER
• NOV 11 (FRI) NOV 12 (SAT)

  AT USC DIVING INVITE

  LOS ANGELES, CALIF.
• NOV 12 (SAT) 12 P.M. PT

  VS UOP/ SANTA CRUZ/ FPU 

  FRESNO, CALIF. AQUATICS CENTER
• NOV 17 (THU) NOV 19 (SAT)

  AT EAST LOS ANGELES INVITE 

  LOS ANGELES, CALIF.
• DEC 10 (SAT) 12 P.M. PT

  AT BAKERSFIELD

  BAKERSFIELD, CALIF.
• JAN 13 (FRI) JAN 14 (SAT)

  AT SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY / UC SAN DIEGO 

  SAN DIEGO, CALIF.
• JAN 13 (FRI) JAN 15 (SUN)

  AT UCLA DIVING INVITE 

  WESTWOOD, CALIF.
• JAN 21 (SAT) 12 P.M. PT

  VS CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY EAST BAY

  FRESNO, CALIF. AQUATICS CENTER
• JAN 28 (SAT) 12 P.M. PT

  VS SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY

  FRESNO, CALIF. AQUATICS CENTER
• JAN 29 (SUN) 12 P.M. PT

  VS UC DAVIS 

  FRESNO, CALIF. AQUATICS CENTER
• FEB 15 (WED) FEB 18 (SAT)

  AT MOUNTAIN WEST CHAMPIONSHIPS 

  COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS
• MAR 6 (MON) MAR 8 (WED)

  AT NCAA DIVING ZONES 

  FLAGSTAFF, ARIZ.
• MAR 15 (WED) MAR 17 (FRI)

  AT NCAA 

  INDIANAPOLIS, IND.

   

  Courtesy of Fresno State.