By: SU Sports Information
SHIPPENSBURG, Pa. – The Shippensburg University women's swim team begins the 2025-26 season with a dual meet at Kutztown on Wednesday, Sept. 24 at 5 p.m.
Schedule
Following a pair of road dual meets at Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) foes Kutztown and Bloomsburg, the Raiders will welcome IUP to Donald N. Miller Pool for their home opener Tuesday, Oct. 7 at 5 p.m.
SU also hosts Pitt-Johnstown for a dual meet on Saturday, Oct. 18.
The fall portion of the schedule concludes with two big invitational meets, the F&M Invitational Nov. 21-23 and the Gettysburg Invitational Dec. 5-6.
After the holiday break, the Raiders will return to competition with a home meet against Edinboro Jan. 9, as well as another key season benchmark – the Navy Invitation Jan. 31 in Annapolis.
SU swimming's six-month long journey then culminates with the 2026 PSAC Swimming Championships held Feb. 18-21 at the Graham Aquatic Center in York.
Roster
Shippensburg enters the 2025-26 season with 24 swimmers. SU returns 17 swimmers from the 2024-25 roster. New to the pool are six first-year recruits and one transfer.
Four swimmers are operating as seniors in 2025: graduate transfer
Alyssa Brown,
Makennah Fickett,
Hannah Hudson and
Jenna Ober.
From an athletic eligibility perspective, the team has four seniors, seven juniors, seven sophomores, and six freshmen.
Coaching Staff
Tim Verge returns for his 27th season as Shippensburg University's head coach in 2025-26 and assistant coach
Jen Flinchbaugh returns for her 10th season.
Notes
SU finished ninth in the team standings at last season's PSAC Swimming Championships.
Sophomore
Olivia Carver placed the highest out of all returning swimmers at the conference meet, netting a fifth-place finish in the 1,650-yard freestyle. Carver was a four-time PSAC individual place-winner last season, taking sixth in the 1,000-yard freestyle, eighth in the 500-yard freestyle and twelfth in the 400-yard individual medley.
Junior
Michelle Kubiak scored in three individual events at last winter's PSAC Swimming Championships, including an 11th-place finish in the 500 free.
Four additional returners:
Olivia Sitkowski (17th in the 1,650-yard freestyle),
Hannah Hudson (18th in the 100-yard backstroke,
Jenna Ober (21st in the 200-yard butterfly) and
Carol Fabian (24th in the 500-yard freestyle) registered individual scoring swims.
Fickett and junior
Charlee Shaw both scored in three events at the 2023-2024 PSAC Championships. Shaw most notably placed 8th in the 200-yard breaststroke, while Fickett finished 13th in the 100 fly.
Brown placed 10th in the 1,650-yard freestyle last season while competing for East Stroudsburg.
Home Breakdown
Pennsylvania (17)
Mackenzie Beerman (Mohnton, Pa./Governor Mifflin)
Paige Bensinger (Orwigsburg, Pa./Blue Mountain)
Alyssa Brown (Shippensburg, Pa./Shippensburg Area (East Stroudsburg))
Bria Burkholder (Ephrata, Pa./Ephrata)
Carol Fabian (Lancaster, Pa./Hempfield)
Brea Fennick (Oil City, Pa./Oil City)
Makennah Fickett (Hershey, Pa./Hershey (Delaware))
Emma Gerlinski (Lewisburg, Pa./Lewisburg Area)
Izzy Ketterer (Collegeville, Pa./Methacton)
Michelle Kubiak (Springfield, Pa./Springfield)
Jenna Ober (Lititz, Pa./Warwick)
Caroline Schweigert (Lancaster, Pa./Hempfield)
Ann Secord (Dillsburg, Pa./Northern York)
Charlee Shaw (Lansdale, Pa./North Penn)
Olivia Sitkowski (Wyoming, Pa./Dallas)
Nya Solvino (Reading, Pa./Schuylkill Valley)
Madelyn Stoops (Waynesboro, Pa./Waynesboro Area)
Virginia (3)
Elyse Arnold (Springfield, Va./West Springfield)
Hannah Hudson (Ashburn, Va./Moanalua (Hi.) (Lees-McRae))
Ella Nick (Alexandria, Va./Bishop Ireton)
Maryland (2)
Mackenzie Burke (Finksburg, Md./Westminster)
Oliva Carver (Reisterstown, Md./Franklin)
New Jersey (2)
Zoë Midura (Freehold, N.J./Colts Neck)
Kaitlyn Tannenhaus (Howell, N.J./Colts Neck)
