NEWARK, N.J. --- The NJIT men's swimming and diving program will begin its truncated 2021 campaign Saturday afternoon as the Highlanders travel south to Philadelphia to face the La Salle Explorers. The dual meet is scheduled to start at 1 p.m.

The Highlanders are then scheduled for its first-ever America East meet on Sunday, March 21. 

NJIT returns 21 members of last year's squad and welcomes six freshmen to a program that repeated as ECAC Winter Champions in 2019-20.