Fort Myers, Fla. -  After competing in an abbreviated schedule in 2020-21, FGCU women's swimming and diving head coach Dave Rollins announced a full schedule for the 2021-22 season on Thursday. The campaign will kick off in less than a month as the Eagles open with the UNF Invitational in Jacksonville on September 25.
 
"We are excited to get back to a more normal season set up," said Rollins. "Being able to compete in the fall was the one thing we missed out on the most last year, and is vital to our performance as the season progresses.  We are excited to welcome fans back to the Aquatic Center this year as well and cannot wait to get started!"
 
Following the season opener, the Eagles make their home debut on October 16 against Vanderbilt. After facing the Commodores, FGCU gets back on the road to take on Miami (Fla.) on October 22 before returning home to host FIU on November 6.
 
The Eagle Invitational returns for a second consecutive season as FGCU will host Georgia Southern and North Florida over a three-day stretch from November 18-20. During those same three days, a few Eagles will travel to Atlanta to take part in the Georgia Tech Invite.
 
The Green and Blue will be back at the FGCU Aquatics Complex one final time in the fall when it hosts Illinois State on December 17.
 
When the Eagles return to campus in 2022, they will open the spring semester with a home meet against Miami (Fla.) on January 12 before traveling to FIU on January 22.
 
On February 4, FGCU will celebrate Senior Day when it hosts North Florida. The Eagles will continue their meet against North Florida the next day while the divers will head to the South Florida Diving Invite in Coral Springs for the fourth-straight season.
 
The CCSA Championships will be held from Feb. 16-19 in Lynchburg, Virginia, hosted by Liberty. FGCU, which has won ten conference titles since 2009, will look to win its second consecutive conference title after sharing the championship with Liberty a season ago.
 
Those on the verge of qualifying for the NCAA Championships will compete at the Last Chance Meet hosted by Florida from Feb. 26-27. The Eagles that punch their tickets will advance to the national championship in Atlanta, March 16-19. The NCAA Diving Championships will also be held in Atlanta and run from March 7-9.
 
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HEAD COACH DAVE ROLLINS
Head coach Dave Rollins is only the second coach in program history. He was hired Sept. 1, 2016 and owns a 34-22-1 (.609) dual meet record, which includes a 13-2 (.857) mark against CCSA opponents, in his fourth season. Rollins guided FGCU to back-to-back CCSA titles (2017, 2018), as well as the program's fourth-straight title in 2018, marking the ninth championship in 10 years before winning the 10^th championship in program history in 2021. In addition, he has been awarded CCSA Coach of the Year in two of his seasons at the helm. Previously, Rollins was the associate head men's swimming coach at The Ohio State University. Rollins brings over a decade of coaching experience to The Nest, which includes helping to develop Olympians, NCAA Champions and All-Americans, along with multiple conference champions. A native of Brockton, Mass., he was a standout collegiate swimmer in his own right and was inducted into the University of Arizona's Hall of Fame in 2017, as a nine-time NCAA All-American, national champion, school record holder and team captain.
 
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ABOUT FGCU
FGCU teams have combined to win an incredible 85 conference regular season and tournament titles in just 14+ seasons at the Division I level. Additionally, in just nine seasons of D-I postseason eligibility, the Eagles have had a combined 42 teams or individuals compete in NCAA championships. Eight FGCU programs have earned a top-25 national ranking in their respective sport - including women's basketball (No. 21, 2020-21), beach volleyball (No. 20, 2021) and both men's soccer (2018, 2019) and women's soccer (2018) as three of the most recent. In 2016-17, the Green and Blue posted a department-best sixth-place finish in the DI-AAA Learfield Directors' Cup and top-100 showing nationally, ahead of several Power-5 and FBS institutions. In 2018-19, the Eagles had an ASUN and state of Florida best seven teams earn the NCAA's Public Recognition Award for their Academic Progress Rate in their sport. FGCU also collectively earned a record 3.50 GPA in the classroom in the fall 2020 semester and has outperformed the general University undergraduate population for 24 consecutive semesters. The 2019 Fall, 2020 Spring, 2020 Fall, and 2021 Spring semesters each saw another milestone reached as all 15 programs achieved a 3.0-or-higher team GPA in each. The Eagles also served an all-time high 7,200 volunteer hours in 2017 - being recognized as one of two runners-up for the inaugural NACDA Community Service Award presented by the Fiesta Bowl.