<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3F54Ba_0vj925rE00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3F54Ba_0vj925rE00" width="1416" height="797" ></figure>Shippensburg University’s women’s swimming team starts its 2024-25 season at home tomorrow against Kutztown. The team will also host Bloomsburg on Saturday, Oct. 5.The Raiders have two non-conference meets this season: at Frostburg State on Friday, Oct. 18, and a tri-meet at California (Pa.) on Saturday, Oct. 19. The team will face six conference opponents, including Clarion at home on Friday, Nov. 1, and away meets at IUP on Tuesday, Oct. 8, and Edinboro on Friday, Jan. 10. They will also participate in three invitational meets: Franklin &amp; Marshall (Nov. 22-24), Gettysburg (Dec. 6-7), and Bucknell (Feb. 1). The season will conclude at the PSAC Championships, held Feb. 17-20 in York, Pa.The team consists of 23 swimmers, with 15 returners and 8 newcomers, including 7 freshmen and 1 graduate transfer. Three seniors, Lauren Croll, Emily Newton, and Gracie Wetzel, are competing in their final season.Head coach Tim Verge returns for his 26th season, with assistant coach Jen Flinchbaugh in her 9th season.Last season, the Raiders finished sixth at the PSAC Championships, scoring 631 points. Seven individual scorers return, including standout sophomore Jazz Barry, who competed at the 2024 NCAA Championships in the 100-yard breaststroke and 50-yard freestyle.Newcomer Laurel Gingrich, a graduate transfer, brings experience from Albright College, where she won four Middle Atlantic Conference titles.Shippensburg’s roster includes swimmers from Pennsylvania, Maryland, Hawaii, New Jersey, New Hampshire, and Virginia.</div></body>

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SU 2024-25 SEASON PREVIEW: Women’s Swimming

Shippensburg University’s women’s swimming team starts its 2024-25 season at home tomorrow against Kutztown. The team will also host Bloomsburg on Saturday, Oct. 5. The Raiders have two non-conference meets this season: at Frostburg State on Friday, Oct. 18, and a tri-meet at California (Pa.) on Saturday, Oct. 19. The team will face six conference opponents, including Clarion at home on Friday, Nov. 1, and away meets at IUP on Tuesday, Oct. 8, and Edinboro on Friday, Jan. 10. They will also participate in three invitational meets: Franklin & Marshall (Nov. 22-24), Gettysburg (Dec. 6-7), and Bucknell (Feb. 1). The season will conclude at the PSAC Championships, held Feb. 17-20 in York, Pa.