Ohio Northern women's swimming and diving team will look to compete for an Ohio Athletic Conference Championship under 14th-year head coach Peggy Ewald.

The Polar Bears posted a third place finish in the OAC during the regular season and at the OAC Championships a season ago.

Ewald and her staff welcome back 10 letterwinners in 2017-18 and will look to lean on their experience in 2017-18.

Kyley Stuart also returns after earning All-OAC honors as a part of the 200 Medley Relay.

The Polar Bears open the season on Oct. 14 as the swimmers compete in the Kenyon Relay Meet and the divers in the Denison Diving Meet.

ONU will host dual meets with John Carroll on Nov. 11, Mount Union on Jan. 13 and Oberlin on Jan. 20.

The Polar Bears will compete in the Calvin (Mich.) Invitational on Nov. 3-4, the Wooster Invitational from Nov. 30-Dec. 2, and will host the OAC Championships at kthe University of Akron on Feb. 15-17.

Other dual meets feature matchups on the road at Wilmington on Nov. 10, Wittenberg on Nov. 17, Colorado College on Jan. 10, Kenyon on Jan. 12, Baldwin Wallace on Jan. 19 for the annual Golden Kickboard meet and Case Western Reserve on Jan. 27.

The NCAA Championships are slated for Mar. 21-24 in Indianapolis, Ind.