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ACC Announces Swimming & Diving Performers of the Week

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In the fifth set of weekly honors for the 2026-27 Atlantic Coast Conference Swimming & Diving season, NC State’s Theo Proca was named ACC Men’s Swimmer of the Week, while Notre Dame’s Daniel Knapp and SMU’s Luke Sitz shared ACC Men’s Diver of the Week honors. Louisville’s Anastasia Gorbenko was tabbed ACC Women’s Swimmer of the Week, while Duke’s Keira Lu was named ACC Women’s Diver of the Week.

ACC Men’s Swimmer of the Week – Theo Proca, Fr., NC State (Pitesti, Romania)

  • Helped lead the Wolfpack to a win over UNC Wilmington with two first-place individual finishes in his first-ever collegiate appearance.
  • 500 free: 4:19.86 (NCAA Cut)
  • 1000 free: 8:45.96

ACC Men’s Co-Diver of the Week – Daniel Knapp, 5th, Notre Dame (Mesa, Arizona)

  • Finished first in the 1-meter dive (368.48) against No. 12 Louisville. NCAA Zone Cut
  • Finished first in the 3-meter dive (396.75) against the Cardinals. NCAA Zone Cut
  • Finished first in the 1-meter dive (335.85) against No. 16 Northwestern. NCAA Zone Cut
  • Finished second in the 3-meter dive (390.30) against the Wildcats. NCAA Zone Cut

ACC Men’s Co-Diver of the Week – Luke Sitz, Jr., SMU (Prosper, Texas)

  • Finished first in the 1-meter dive (331.13) against No. 6 Arizona State. NCAA Zone Cut
  • Finished first in the 3-meter dive (390.75) against the Sun Devils. NCAA Zone Cut
  • Finished first in the 1-meter dive (364.05) against Arizona. NCAA Zone Cut
  • Finished first in the 3-meter dive (392.48) against the Wildcats. NCAA Zone Cut

ACC Women’s Swimmer of the Week – Anastasia Gorbenko, So., Louisville (Kiryat Vam, Israel)

  • Recorded two first-place individual finishes and a relay win to help defeat Notre Dame.
  • 200 free: 1:42.95 (NCAA Cut)
  • 400 IM: 4:06.34 (NCAA Cut)
  • 200 medley relay: 21.91 split

ACC Women’s Diver of the Week – Keira Lu, Jr., Duke (Victoria, BC, Canada)

  • Finished first in the 1-meter dive (310.73) in a win against Virginia Tech. NCAA Zone Cut
  • Finished first in the 3-meter dive (342.15). NCAA Zone Cut
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This Week in ACC Field Hockey: Title Race Comes Down to the Final Weekend

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October 29, 2026

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With just two days remaining in the Atlantic Coast Conference field hockey regular season, three teams – Duke, North Carolina and Wake Forest – remain in contention for a share of the ACC title. A slate of traditional rivalries throughout the league will also feature high-stakes implications for the 2026 ACC Field Hockey Championship, which begins on Tuesday, November 3, in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

On Thursday, October 29, long-time West Coast rivals California and Stanford get the ACC’s final weekend underway. Stanford will host the No. 17 Golden Bears for the respective regular-season finales, beginning at 9 p.m. ET on ACCNX. Boston College and No. 13 Syracuse open the Friday, October 30, slate with a 4 p.m. ET push back on ACCNX. Following the Eagles and Orange, No. 7 Wake Forest will host Louisville at 5 p.m. ET on ACCNX. Duke and North Carolina will wrap up the ACC’s regular-season schedule at 6 p.m. ET on Friday on ACC Network. The No. 10 Tar Heels will make the trip to Durham, North Carolina, to battle No. 6 Duke with the winner earning at least a share of the ACC regular-season championship.

A win for Duke would make the Blue Devils the outright regular-season champions, while a North Carolina win would make the rivals ACC regular-season co-champions. However, if both North Carolina defeats Duke and Wake Forest beats Louisville, the Blue Devils, Tar Heels and Demon Deacons will each have a share of the ACC regular-season championship.

Upcoming ACC Field Hockey Schedule (All Times Eastern)

  • Thursday, October 29: #17 California at Stanford, 9 p.m., ACCNX
  • Friday, October 30: Boston College at #13 Syracuse, 4 p.m., ACCNX
  • Friday, October 30: Louisville at #7 Wake Forest, 5 p.m., ACCNX
  • Friday, October 30: #10 North Carolina at #6 Duke, 6 p.m., ACC Network

Noting ACC Field Hockey

  • Three teams remain in contention for at least a share of the ACC regular-season championship. Duke can become the ACC’s outright champion with a win over North Carolina. North Carolina and Wake Forest can both earn a share of the regular-season title with a win and a loss by Duke.
  • The 2026 ACC Field Hockey Championship will return to Chapel Hill, North Carolina, for the first time since 2020. Beginning November 3, the host Tar Heels will look to claim their 10th consecutive ACC title on their home field.
  • The ACC holds the No. 1 conference RPI and leads all conferences in each of the four ranking categories: Opponent Success, Opponent Strength of Schedule, Road RPI and Road Success.
  • The ACC’s six teams ranked in the NFHCA Coaches Poll are tied for the most of any conference. Three ACC teams rank in the top 10 nationally: No. 6 Duke, No. 7 Wake Forest and No. 10 North Carolina.
  • At least six ACC teams – two-thirds of the league – have been ranked in every NFHCA Coaches Poll this season.
  • Seven ACC teams rank among the top 20 nationally in the latest NCAA RPI rankings, including three teams in the top 10: No. 5 Duke, No. 7 Wake Forest and No. 9 Syracuse.
  • For the second consecutive season, North Carolina was picked to win the ACC in a vote of the league’s nine head coaches. The Tar Heels garnered four first-place votes and were followed by Virginia, Duke and Wake Forest, all of which received at least one first-place vote.
  • Three ACC standouts have earned NFHCA Division I National Defensive Player of the Week honors this season – California’s Flore Uges, Duke’s Kaiya Chepow and Louisville’s Emily Young.
  • Three ACC standouts – Cal’s Liz Klompmaker (7th, 0.93), Wake Forest’s Bianca Rees-Gibbs (8th, 0.88) and North Carolina’s Charly Bruder (10th, 0.88) – each rank in the top 10 nationally in goals per game. Klompmaker also ranks ninth nationally, averaging 2.13 points per game.
  • Four ACC standouts have logged 10 or more goals on the season: Bruder (14), Klompmaker (14) and Wake Forest’s trio of Bianca Rees-Gibbs (15), Mia Schoenbeck (11) and Ava Moore (10).
  • North Carolina and Wake Forest both rank in the top-10 nationally in goals per game, scoring average and scoring margin. Defensively, Duke and North Carolina both rank in the top-10 nationally in shutouts per game.
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