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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Liberty leapfrogged James Madison after the third day of the CCSA Women's Swimming & Diving Championships to lead 1,006.5 to 910.0 (JMU) in the Allan Jones Aquatics Center in Knoxville, Tenn. The Flames claimed two event victories on Friday night featuring their sixth-straight 800-Yard Freestyle Relay title to begin the night. Abbie Shaw followed that up with her second consecutive 100-Yard Backstroke gold and the seventh consecutive event title for the program.
The Dukes came close to the top of the podium with Madison Cottrell finishing just behind Shaw and Angela Ritche finishing in third place of the 200-Butterfly to close out the night but JMU could not crack gold on day three. Queens' Danielle Melilli paced the top three 100-Yard Breaststroke finishers to B-cut qualifying times and earned gold. FGCU's Cam Kuriger turned in a gold-medal time of 1:59.16 in the 200-Yard Butterfly to help the Eagles maintain a hold of fourth place (612.0) ahead of UNC Asheville (609.0) as the top five teams with one day to go.
Team Scores Through Day Three
| Place | Team | Points |
| 1. | Liberty | 1,006.5 |
| 2. | James Madison | 910.0 |
| 3. | Queens | 767.0 |
| 4. | FGCU | 612.0 |
| 5. | UNC Asheville | 609.0 |
| 6. | Georgia Southern | 400.0 |
| 7. | Old Dominion | 378.0 |
| 8. | Campbell | 377.0 |
| 9. | Gardner-Webb | 242.0 |
| 10. | North Florida | 221.5 |
| 11. | Bellarmine | 155.0 |
CCSA Championship Event Winners
800-Yard Freestyle Relay
2023 Champion: Liberty (7:12:00)
Next Two Finishers: Queens (7:17.00) | James Madison (7:22.30)
Event Note: Liberty reigned supreme in the event for the sixth-straight season capturing a gold-medal time of 7:12.00
100-Yard Backstroke
2023 Champion: Abbie Shaw, Liberty (53.22)
Next Two Finishers: Madison Cottrell, James Madison (54.19) | Sydney Stricklin, Liberty (54.30)
Event Note: Shaw claimed her second consecutive gold and extended the Flames' streak to seven-straight event titles
100-Yard Breaststroke
2023 Champion: Danielle Melilli, Queens (1:00.40)
Next Two Finishers: Annika Huber, Queens (1:00.54) | Heather Gardner, Liberty (1:01.03)
Event Note: All three podium finishers raced to NCAA 'B' cut qualifying times
200-Yard Butterfly
2023 Champion: Cam Kuriger, FGCU (1:59.16)
Next Two Finishers: Chloe Harris, Liberty (2:00.07) | Angela Ritchie, James Madison (2:00.39)
Event Note: Kuriger beat out defending champion Chloe Harris and broke Liberty's six-straight event wins to earn the first gold medal for FGCU at the CCSA Championship
200-Yard Freestyle Relay
2023 Champion: Queens (1:29.37)
Next Two Finishers: James Madison (1:30.72) | Liberty (1:30.97)
Event Note: The Royals opened the night with a gold medal trip around the pool, becoming the first team in the event not named Liberty or FGCU to stand on top of the podium since Davidson in 2011
3-Meter Diving
2023 Champion: Alexa Holloway, James Madison (322.86)
Next Two Finishers: Reese Wakefield, FGCU (320.00) | Lindsey Hammar, James Madison (305.50)
Event Note: Holloway edged out two-time defending champion Wakefield to earn the first CCSA gold medal in JMU history after she amassed a total of 322.86 points in eight dives
100-Yard Butterfly
2023 Champion: Madison Cottrell, James Madison (53.29)
Next Two Finishers: Cam Kuriger, FGCU (53.63) | Abbie Shaw, Liberty (53.83)
Event Note: Cottrell and Kuriger raced to NCAA 'B' standard finishes as Cottrell became the first individual CCSA Swim Champion for the Dukes and broke a program record in the process
400-Yard Individual Medley
2023 Champion: Jess Pryne, James Madison (4:15.69)
Next Two Finishers: Grace Isaacs, Liberty (4:17.96) | Genna Joyce, Liberty (4:21.20)
Event Note: Pryne claimed the Dukes' third-straight CCSA gold, finishing 2.28 seconds faster than defending champion Isaacs and hitting the NCAA 'B' cut threshold
200-Yard Freestyle
2023 Champion: Monica Gumina, Queens (1:47.15)
Next Two Finishers: Emma Suggs, Liberty (1:47.56) | Shelby Kahn, Liberty (1:47.61)
Event Note: Gumina held off Suggs for the Royals' third gold medal while denying the second-place Flame for her fourth-straight event title
400-Yard Medley Relay
2023 Champion: Queens (3:36.64)
Next Two Finishers: Liberty (3:36.85) | UNC Asheville (3:41.01)
Event Note: Queens hit the wall just ahead of Liberty (0.19 seconds) to earn the program's third Relay title of the Championships
200-Yard Medley Relay
2023 Champion: Liberty (1:38.99)
Next Two Finishers: Queens (1:39.30) | FGCU (1:39.74)
Event Note: The Flames snapped FGCU's two-year reign in the event and won the event for the fourth time in program history
500-Yard Freestyle
2023 Champion: Sophie Lange, Queens (4:47.68)
Next Two Finishers: Shelby Kahn, Liberty (4:50.45) | Katherine Bailey, Queens (4:51.09)
Event Note: Sophie Lange etched her name into the Queens' program record book as the first DI individual medalist, besting the rest of the field by almost three seconds
200-Yard Individual Medley
2023 Champion: Chloe Harris, Liberty (1:59.65)
Next Two Finishers: Tara Enneking, Old Dominion (2:00.28) | Jess Pryne, James Madison (2:01.11)
Event Note: Harris captured Liberty's fourth event crown in six seasons clocking a time of 1:59.65, just .09 seconds away from the NCAA 'B' cut
50-Yard Freestyle
2023 Champion: Delaney Carlton, UNC Asheville (22.07)
Next Two Finishers: Danielle Melilli, Queens (22.09) | Jamie Cornwell, James Madison (22.65)
Event Note: Carlton improved on her 2022 Championship runner-up finish to stand atop the podium with a time of 22.07 to lead a pack of four swimmers in reaching NCAA 'B' cut times
The 2023 edition marks the 16th championship for the CCSA in Women's Swimming and Diving and the fourth time the event is held at the University of Tennessee.
The Coastal Collegiate Sports Association (CCSA) is a progressive NCAA Division I conference dedicated to the enhancement of opportunities for students. The conference was founded in 2008 to provide a championship opportunity for Swimming and Diving student-athletes and extended that opportunity with the addition of Beach Volleyball in the summer of 2015. The league's footprint extends into several states: Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas and Virginia. The CCSA is dedicated to the student-athletes who compete in its championships and their success in the classroom, in the field of competition, and life after graduation.