JERSEY CITY, NJ - Saint Peter's men's and women's swimming & diving head coach
Mark Kretzer has released the team's 2018-19 season schedule. The Peacocks will host three home meets in the Yanitelli Center this year.
The teams open up their seasons at a quad meet at NJIT at 2 p.m on Sunday, October 21st. The men's team will be up against NJIT, Mount Saint Mary's, and Manhattan. The women's team will face LIU Brooklyn, Mount Saint Mary's, and Manhattan. The Peacock's will then have their home opener against St. Francis Brooklyn on Saturday, November 3 at 2 p.m.
After the home meet, the team will head up to Nassau County, NY to participate in the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Invitational on Saturday, November 17th. Then the Peacock's will return home for a meet against Pace University on Saturday, December 8th. The squads will then be back on the road and travel to Wagner College on Friday, January 4th, where they will face fellow MAAC school Fairfield along with the host team. The men's team will face Fairfield, and the women's team will be up against both Wagner and Fairfield.
The teams make their way to Miami, FL for the South Florida Winter Training Classic, hosted by Florida International University. The tournament goes from January 5th-12th. Once they return north, the Peacocks then head to Lafayette College on Monday, January 14th. Their last home meet will be on Saturday, January 19th at 2 p.m. The women's team will be facing Monmouth and LIU Brooklyn and the men's team will be up against Monmouth. This day will also be the Alumni Meet for the Peacocks as well as senior night. After their final home meet the teams go to Seton Hall on Friday, January 25th at 5 p.m. After Seton Hall, the women's team will head up to Siena on Saturday, January 26th at 2 p.m. for their final meet of the season.
The Peacocks season culminates with the 2019 MAAC Swimming & Diving Championships at the ECC Burt Flickinger Center in Buffalo, NY from February 12-16.
Coach's Quotes - Mark Kretzer:
- "I am extremely excited about our 2018-19 schedule. We open our season up with a new relay only competition out at Lafayette College, and having it be an unscored, exhibition type contest, it allows me to experiment with some of the events for our swimmers to see who is ready for what events the following week."
- "Our official season opens up at NJIT, with LIU Brooklyn, Mount Saint Mary's, and Manhattan attending as well. NJIT has a strong men's team that consistently poses a tremendous challenge for our men's side. On the women's side, all three opponents will give tremendous competition to our growing women's squad."
- "In November, we have our home opener the first weekend against Saint Francis Brooklyn, followed by a new meet for our program, heading out to the US Merchant Marine Academy Invitational. This one day invitational meet will be a target meet for our entire team to post some season best times for the first semester."
- "We finish off the first semester with another home competition against Pace University on December 8th. Pace also has consistently given both our men's and women's teams tough competition in recent years."
- "Second semester, we have a loaded schedule with dual meets against Fairfield, Wagner, Lafayette, and Siena on the road, with our lone home competition coming Saturday January 19th against Monmouth and LIU Brooklyn. This home meet will be special for our team as we plan to recognize Mental Health Awareness as well as it being our Senior Recognition Day."
- "Our men's and women's team will wrap up the regular season with a local dual meet against Seton Hall. I am excited to re-start this annual competition for our squad, as it exposes our men and women to a really strong program that will hopefully motivate us to achieve new heights."
- "We finish our season up with the MAAC Championships from February 12th-16th at Erie Community College in Buffalo NY. This meet will hopefully showcase all of the hard work our athletes put in this season, and I am excited for them to accomplish their team goals."
