PITTSBURGH - The Duquesne divers begin the 2021-22 campaign on Friday evening, traveling up Forbes Ave. to take on Pitt at Trees Pool. The Dukes and Panthers are set to start at 6 p.m. with the action airing on ACC Network Extra. 

Head swimming and diving coach David Sheets and second-year diving coach Jeanine Stright's Dukes are coming off a second-place finish at the 2020-21 Atlantic 10 Championship. Sidney O'Donnell (Solon, Ohio / Solon) recorded a fourth-place showing (275.15) on the three-meter boards for Duquesne while Adrienne White (Gibsonia, Pa. / Hampton) posted a 12th-place performance (242.10) for the Dukes in the event. O'Donnell added a sixth-place mark (255.05) in the 1-meter dive followed by White in 12th (236.70) for Duquesne. 

White has scored points for the Dukes at three-straight A-10 Championship meets, including a career-high ninth-place finish at the 2019-20 league meet. 

O'Donnell became the first Duquesne diver to medal at the A-10 Championship since 1996 as a freshman in 2019-20, earning a bronze medal in the 1-meter dive (262.05). She qualified for the NCAA Zone A Diving Championship with school-record performances at the Western PA Invite (1.24.20) during her freshman campaign, as well. 

Freshman divers Julia Doolittle (Frederick, Md. / Oakdale) and Morgan Doolittle (Frederick, Md. / Oakdale) are slated to make their Duquesne debuts on Friday at Pitt. 

NEXT UP
Duquesne hosts its team pentathlon on Saturday at Towers Pool before hosting James Madison in Pittsburgh on Saturday, Oct. 16 at 11 a.m. on ESPN+.