Indiana University Athletics
Thursday, November 5
Indianapolis, Ind.
5:30 p.m. ET
Indiana University
vs
College Swimming League - Wild Card
11/4/2026 1:30:00 PM | Men's Swimming and Diving, Women's Swimming and Diving
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – No. 2/3 Indiana swimming and diving will compete in Thursday night's College Swimming League Wild Card match, seeking to advance to Friday's CSL Championship.
Indianapolis' IU Natatorium will host both postseason matches, giving the Hoosiers a home-pool advantage in the final stages of CSL's inaugural season. Thursday's match will kick off at 5:30 p.m. ET, and fans unable to attend can watch on ESPNU, the ESPN+ digital platform and DAZN.
Indiana is favored to win and advance from the wild card round against No. 3/6 Cal, No. 10/8 Stanford and No. 9/7 Louisville – all three opponents IU defeated in its previous CSL matches. Up to twenty-eight athletes (14 men, 14 women) from each team will swim 15 events, with each team assigned two lanes; The Hoosiers will swim in the middle of the pool, lane Nos. 5 and 6.
Indiana went 5-1 in its first two CSL matches, recording the fourth-best point total (1,056 points) while taking on perhaps the toughest schedule of the 12 teams. IU second-year superstars Alex Shackell and Liberty Clark split women's MVP honors for Match 1 and Match 5, respectively.
Shackell has dominated her butterfly events, unbeaten in the stroke so far this season. In Match 1, she won the individual skins competition, outlasting her opponents through four rounds of 50-yard butterfly and going times of 23.44, 23.63, 23.57 and 23.22 in her races. The Carmel, Indiana, native also contributed to Indiana's "Super Skins" victories in each match.
Liberty Clark swept her three individual events in consecutive matches, unbeaten in the 50-, 100- and 200-yard freestyle so far. Her feat is especially impressive when considering the 100 freestyle is just two events after the 50 free, minimizing recovery time in this fast-paced competitive environment.
Josh Bey and Raekwon Noel have functioned as Indiana's top point-earners on the men's side. Bey, Clark, Shackell and current IU teammates Noah Cakir and Owen McDonald qualified for the United States' World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25m) team and will give fans a preview before heading to Beijing next month.
Event order: 500 freestyle, 200 breaststroke, 200 backstroke, 200 freestyle relay, 200 butterfly, 100 IM, 100 backstroke, 100 freestyle, Skins*, 200 IM, 100 breaststroke, 50 freestyle, 100 butterfly, 200 freestyle, Super Skins*
The College Swimming League is a brand new, dynamic league poised to "revolutionize college swimming with high-octane, fan-focused competition." The inaugural season features a six-match regular season and a two-match postseason in a four-team match format, with each participating institution competing in two regular season matches.
*The CSL introduces Skins events to collegiate swimming. A skins race is an elimination-style sprint competition in which athletes race back-to-back rounds until two athletes/teams remain for a final head-to-head showdown. The team that wins the 200 freestyle relay gets to decide the stroke for the first round of skins. Super skins will feature four rounds of the 200 medley relay.
MEET INFO
Thursday, Nov. 5 • 5:30 p.m. ET
IU Natatorium • Indianapolis, Ind.
Opponents: No. 3/6 Cal, No. 10/8 Stanford, No. 9/7 Louisville
TV/Live Stream: ESPN U/ https://bit.ly/4efQ2GK
@IndianaSwimDive
Be sure to keep up with all the latest news on the Indiana men's and women's swimming and diving teams on social media – Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
#NeverDaunted
Indianapolis' IU Natatorium will host both postseason matches, giving the Hoosiers a home-pool advantage in the final stages of CSL's inaugural season. Thursday's match will kick off at 5:30 p.m. ET, and fans unable to attend can watch on ESPNU, the ESPN+ digital platform and DAZN.
Indiana is favored to win and advance from the wild card round against No. 3/6 Cal, No. 10/8 Stanford and No. 9/7 Louisville – all three opponents IU defeated in its previous CSL matches. Up to twenty-eight athletes (14 men, 14 women) from each team will swim 15 events, with each team assigned two lanes; The Hoosiers will swim in the middle of the pool, lane Nos. 5 and 6.
Indiana went 5-1 in its first two CSL matches, recording the fourth-best point total (1,056 points) while taking on perhaps the toughest schedule of the 12 teams. IU second-year superstars Alex Shackell and Liberty Clark split women's MVP honors for Match 1 and Match 5, respectively.
Shackell has dominated her butterfly events, unbeaten in the stroke so far this season. In Match 1, she won the individual skins competition, outlasting her opponents through four rounds of 50-yard butterfly and going times of 23.44, 23.63, 23.57 and 23.22 in her races. The Carmel, Indiana, native also contributed to Indiana's "Super Skins" victories in each match.
Liberty Clark swept her three individual events in consecutive matches, unbeaten in the 50-, 100- and 200-yard freestyle so far. Her feat is especially impressive when considering the 100 freestyle is just two events after the 50 free, minimizing recovery time in this fast-paced competitive environment.
Josh Bey and Raekwon Noel have functioned as Indiana's top point-earners on the men's side. Bey, Clark, Shackell and current IU teammates Noah Cakir and Owen McDonald qualified for the United States' World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25m) team and will give fans a preview before heading to Beijing next month.
Event order: 500 freestyle, 200 breaststroke, 200 backstroke, 200 freestyle relay, 200 butterfly, 100 IM, 100 backstroke, 100 freestyle, Skins*, 200 IM, 100 breaststroke, 50 freestyle, 100 butterfly, 200 freestyle, Super Skins*
The College Swimming League is a brand new, dynamic league poised to "revolutionize college swimming with high-octane, fan-focused competition." The inaugural season features a six-match regular season and a two-match postseason in a four-team match format, with each participating institution competing in two regular season matches.
*The CSL introduces Skins events to collegiate swimming. A skins race is an elimination-style sprint competition in which athletes race back-to-back rounds until two athletes/teams remain for a final head-to-head showdown. The team that wins the 200 freestyle relay gets to decide the stroke for the first round of skins. Super skins will feature four rounds of the 200 medley relay.
MEET INFO
Thursday, Nov. 5 • 5:30 p.m. ET
IU Natatorium • Indianapolis, Ind.
Opponents: No. 3/6 Cal, No. 10/8 Stanford, No. 9/7 Louisville
TV/Live Stream: ESPN U/ https://bit.ly/4efQ2GK
@IndianaSwimDive
Be sure to keep up with all the latest news on the Indiana men's and women's swimming and diving teams on social media – Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
#NeverDaunted
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Fly
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