The Bowling Green State University swimming and diving team will be in Loretto, Pa. on Friday, Sept. 28 to open their 2018-19 season in a dual meet against hosts Saint Francis University. It will be Rickey Perkins' first meet as the Falcons' swimming and diving head coach. Perkins was brought onto the Falcons' coaching staff in the summer after serving 16 years as the swimming and diving head coach at the University of Evansville. In his tenure at Evansville, Perkins was a five-time Missouri Valley Conference Coach of the Year (2005-06, 2008-09, 2011-12, 2012-13 and 2014-15).
The Falcons began the 2017-18 season with a dual meet against the Saint Francis Red Flash.