STATESBORO - The Georgia Southern Swimming and Diving team has unveiled its 2023-24 schedule, head coach Allyson Sweeney announced on Thursday afternoon. In addition to the schedule reveal, Georgia Southern has also announced that it will compete in Sun Belt Conference in swim and dive as the conference now adds the sport to its compendium.

Georgia Southern's season will kick off against North Florida in the Osprey Invitational in Jacksonville, Fla, on September 29 - 30. A week later, the team will travel north to Moultrie, Ga., to take part in the Moultrie College Invitational for the weekend. During that event, the Eagles will host a triple-meet between SCAD and Gardner-Webb to kick off competition at home. On Oct. 14, the Eagles will travel back to Jacksonville, Fla., for another match-up against North Florida.

The Eagles will open up the month of November with the Emory Invitational in Atlanta, Ga., before splitting up in two weeks to take on different events. Swimmers will head to Columbia, SC, for the South Carolina Invitational, while divers will make their way to Athens, Ga., to take part in the Georgia Invitational. 2023 will conclude with a competition at UNC Asheville on Dec. 15-16.

Georgia Southern rings in 2024 with a match-up with East Carolina on Jan. 6 in Greenville, NC, before returning home take on Florida Gulf Coast (Jan. 13) and UNF (Jan. 27) to finish up the regular season. The season will culminate in Orlando, Fla., from Feb. 14-17 when the Eagles take part in the first Sun Belt Conference Swimming and Diving Championships.

Georgia Southern will no longer be a member of the Coastal Collegiate Sports Association (CCSA) for swimming and diving, and will join three other schools as inaugural members of the Sun Belt Conference.

The Sun Belt Conference was founded in 1976 and began sponsoring football in 2001. The Sun Belt will now sponsor 20 NCAA Division I sports annually. The Sun Belt is comprised of 14 member institutions: App State, Arkansas State, Coastal Carolina, Georgia Southern, Georgia State, James Madison, Louisiana, ULM, Marshall, Old Dominion, South Alabama, Southern Miss, Texas State and Troy. 

Swim and Dive Member Institutions

Georgia Southern
Location: Statesboro, Ga.
First Season of Women's Swimming and Diving: 2008
Previous Conference Affiliations: CCSA (2008-2023)
Head Coach: Allyson Sweeney (Second Year)
 
James Madison
Location: Harrisonburg, Va.
First Season of Women's Swimming and Diving: 1966
CSCAA All-Americans: Two
NCAA National Qualifiers: Eight
Conference Championships: 12 (1986, 1987, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2001, 2012, 2019, 2019, 2020, 2021) CAA, (2022) ECAC
Previous Conference Affiliations: CAA (1986-2021), ECAC (2022), CCSA (2023)
Head Coach: Dane Pederson (Tenth Season)
 
Marshall
Location: Huntington, W.Va.
First Season of Women's Swimming and Diving: 2003
Previous Conference Affiliations: MAC (2003-2005), C-USA (2006-2022), MVC (2023)
Head Coach: Ian Walsh (Sixth Season)
 
Old Dominion
Location: Norfolk, Va.
First Season of Women's Swimming and Diving: 1984
CSCAA All-Americans: Two
NCAA National Qualifiers: Six
Conference Championships: One (1998, CAA)
Previous Conference Affiliations: CAA (1992-2013), C-USA (2014-2022), CCSA (2023)
Head Coach: Jess Livsey (Fifth Season)