WILLIAMSBURG, Va. – The William & Mary men's and women's swim teams host CAA opponent UNCW in their 2023-24 home opener at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 14, at Bill McLeod Recreation Center. Each capturing a dominant win in their season-opening meets at Johns Hopkins, the Tribe men and women enter the weekend at 1-0.
 

Meet Information
Date/Time	10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 14th
Location	Williamsburg, Va. – Bee McLeod Recreation Center
Program	Men's | Women's
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SCOUTING THE TRIBE WOMEN
Tribe's women started their season with a dominant 210-50 victory at Johns Hopkins, earning 14 wins in 14 events. The Green & Gold set four pool records at Hopkins with Ellie Scherer and Lauren Klinefelter's marks in the 100 breast and 200 fly, respectively, and the 200 free relay and 200 medley relay teams finished in record time at the Newton White Athletic Center.

Earning an impressive 35 top-three finishes, the women went 1-2-3 in seven events.

Kat Vanbourgondien had a strong first meet, earning a CAA-best time of 56.30 in her first-place 100 back finish and winning the 200 back (2:04.57) with a third-best CAA time.

Lauren Tucker's 1,000 free time of 10:23.45 tops the CAA, as Sarah Dunham's 200 free time of 1:53.76 was good for second in the CAA.

The Tribe women have not dropped a meet at home since the 2019 season, going 2-0, 4-0 and 1-0 in the previous three seasons, respectively, and look to continue their streak as they host their first opponent of 2023.
 
SCOUTING THE TRIBE MEN
The Tribe men started their season strong with a 190-72 win at Johns Hopkins. The Green and Gold went 1-2-3 in the 100 free as Aiden Bond (46.73), Eugenio Massari (47.37) and Logan McDonald (47.75) each made a podium finish. W&M's men accounted for 28 top-three finishes in the first weekend.

Fifth year Conor Sokolowsky earned a pair of wins in the 100 back (51.88) and the 200 IM (1:56.79).

With a strong outing by the Tribe's freshmen class, both Thor Dyke and Bond secured a pair of victories, while David Yune won the 200 free with a 1:44.07 times and Colin Mamaril's 10:07.56 time in the 1,000 free was good for a podium finish.
 
SCOUTING THE SEAHAWKS
The Seahawks are the defending CAA Champions on both the men's and women's teams. The women secured their first CAA win since 2017 in 2023 and the men went back-to-back in 2022 and 2023. 

To open their second-consecutive season as defending CAA Champions, the men picked up a win against the SEC's South Carolina in their first meet. The Seahawks visit Old Dominion on Friday, Oct. 13, prior to coming to W&M on Saturday. 

After the first weekend of competition, Jacob Duracinsky and Gil Shaw were named CAA swimmers of the week for UNCW. Duracinsky earned a pair of individual wins for the Seahawks with a CAA-best time of 45.66 in the 100 Free and added a win in the 200 Free with a time of 1:40.69. Shaw also added a CAA-leading time of 1:03.60 in the 100 Breast to secure a win.
 
SERIES HISTORY
The Tribe hosts the Seahawks for the first time since 2010, only facing one another in Wilmington or at a neutral site over the last 13 years. 

Meeting for the first time as CAA opponents in 2002, the Tribe women lead the Seahawks 9-5 in the all-time series. The men's teams first met in 1981 and UNCW dominated the matchup in early years, working up a lead in the all-time series of 9-28, but the Tribe tallied a six-meet winning streak in recent years and have secured six victories in the previous seven meetings.
 
UP NEXT
The Tribe men's and women's swim teams will be at home again next weekend, at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 21, to host Towson during W&M Homecoming and Alumni Reunion weekend. 
 
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