WALTHAM, Mass. – The new season for the Bentley men's swimming and diving team gets underway on Saturday when the Falcons visit Saint Michael's College.

The meet gets underway at 1:00 pm and will be streamed live

Saturday's meet is the first of 11during the regular season, all leading up to the Northeast 10 Championship in mid-February.

The 2025-26 campaign was another successful one for the program, which was the first for head coach Kevin Walsh.

The team finished third at the NE10 Championship and had numerous medal winners. All but one of those medal winners returns to the team this season. The team went 8-3 in dual meets and also finished second at the WPI Invitational.

Senior Matt Walden won silver in the 200 backstroke, which was part of his team-high three medal haul from the meet. He also helped the 200 and 400 medley relay teams win bronze.

Senior Griffin Keliher was another individual medal winner with a bronze in the 200 backstroke. Senior Daniel Ivanchikov and a trio of juniors, Thomas Miele, Ethan Rehkopf and Zachary Ellis also claimed medals for the Falcons.

After Saturday's trip up to Vermont, the Falcons have their home opener on Friday, October 9 against Babson. That's the first of three October home meets. Adelphi (October 11) and Holy Cross (October 30) also visit the Dana Center.

The annual meet against cross-town rival Brandeis is on November 6 at Brandeis and the first half of the season comes to a close at the MIT Invitational from December 4-6.

The second half of the season begins on January 12 at WPI and the final home meet of the season is January 15 against Southern Connecticut State. The final tune-up before the NE10s is at Pace on January 23.

The four-day NE10 Championship meet again takes place at the WPI Sports & Recreation Center in Worcester from February 11-14.