The men's team lost three valuable seniors in Steve Brennan, Kevin Falkenstein and Valery Fomenko but will rely on juniors Matt Bank, Joe Coronato, Chris Leggett, Dan Nagelberg and Taylor Smith. Bank is the team's leading returner, as he scored the most points out of any of the current swimmers at last year's PL championships.
The predominantly freshman women's team will be led by the tandem of Meghan Thiel and Kaitlin Moughty, both All-PL First Team Selections last year. Last year, Thiel became AU's first female qualifier for the NCAA Championships since 1994. She holds the PL records in the 200, 500 and 1650 Free.
"We've got some rebuilding to do," said assistant coach Mark Liscinsky. "Half the team is freshmen this year [but] are working really hard and making technical changes and doing what we want them to. We're expecting a lot from them so they'll be able to perform at the end of the year."
Pat MacAdie contributed to this report.
