Joining the Pirates at the big meet include five of their division rivals, Cincinnati, Connecticut, Southern Methodist, Houston and Tulane. As a whole, the Pirates only lost one full meet this season, at Navy, where both the men and women’s teams lost. Both teams did not lose at the same meet, giving them only one loss for the year combined.
On the men’s side, the Pirates are favorites for the 200 and 400 individual medleys.
“Our junior Fran [Krznaric] is an NCAA B qualifier in the 100 and 200, and we also have a transfer from Costa Rica, who is very strong in that event,” senior Trevor Irish said.