# @smcpurpleknights on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2026-10-01T12:45:03.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Saint Michael's Athletics (@smcpurpleknights) — https://gondola.cc/smcpurpleknights

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And now our men's smcswimanddive season preview!

Head Coach: Eileen Hall (17th Year)
 
CAPTAINS
> Senior Cal Baird
> Junior Nate Alexander

RETURNING 2025-26 STAT LEADERS
> Senior Hunter Daily, 1 school record, 12 total wins, 8 individual wins
> Junior Lucas Haynes, 1 school record, 25 total wins, 19 individual wins
> Sophomore Robert Riccobon, 1 school record, 8 total wins, 6 individual wins

FAST FACTS
> 3 first-years join a veteran squad
> SMC registered a school-record eight dual victories last year, with their 22-10 mark the past three seasons the best over any three-year span in program history
> SMC won its mid-year championship, SUNY Potsdam's North Country Invitational, before finishing sixth at the NE10 Championship
> SMC dual-meet slate features Bentley and Southern Connecticut State, which took third and fourth, respectively, at the NE10 Championship, as well as Maine, the Purple and Gold's first Division I opponent since 2012.

KEY DATES
> Season and Home Opener: Saturday vs. Bentley
> Mid-Season Championship: Nov. 20-21 at SUNY Potsdam's North Country Invitational
> Postseason: Four-day NE10 Championship begins on Feb. 11

📷 jlaskarzewski 

#SMCPKS | #SMCVT | #NE10EMBRACE

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