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Geneva, OH -- Central Connecticut reinforced its grip on the top spot after the third day of the 2023 Northeast Conference (NEC) Women's Swimming and Diving Championship at Spire Institute in Geneva, OH.

With the five-day event eclipsing the halfway point, Central Connecticut, which pushed its point total to 372, maintained a healthy, but not insurmountable 39-point lead heading into the penultimate day of the Championship. Wagner is the next closest team in the standings with 333 points, while Howard stands in third (280), followed by LIU (211) and Sacred Heart (192) to round out the top five.

Receiving a huge swing in momentum in Thursday's opening event, Wagner overtook Howard for the second spot in the team standings. The Seahawks' Maile Mora swam the 400 yard individual medley in 4:26.76 to land atop of the podium. She was followed by Nicole Lopez Kohlmann from Saint Francis U, who finished with a time of 4:26.84. Adding 16 more points to Wagner's total was Bree Anderson, who placed third after clocking a 4:27.52.

In the 100 yard butterfly, Howard's Courtney Connolly edged LIU's Ella Johnson by 0.39 seconds to take gold with a time of 55.45. Megan Dunnigan claimed the third spot on the podium for CCSU with a time of 56.24.

In a thrilling race, Katie Czulewicz grabbed 20 points for the Blue Devils in the 200 yard freestyle after touching in 1:48.81. She edged Wagner's Olivia Bishop, who was just .15 seconds behind in 1:48.96. Howard's Zuzu Nwaeze took third with a time of 1:49.39. 

Howard's 200 yard freestyle relay team closed out the evening in record-breaking fashion, as  Kelsey Roberson (23.60), Michaela Spears (23.60), Isabella Fountain (23.01) and Zuzu Nwaeze (22.79) set a new meet record of 1:32.63. LIU was the runner-up of the event after Maaike Broersma (23.35), Aidan Condit (23.77), Rea Shehu (23.92), and Venna Andersen (23.15) combined for a time of 1:34.19. Securing third was Madison Petricevic (24.03), Annabella Jencova (23.64), Abbie Hassell (23.82), Olivia Bishop (22.90), who touched in at 1:34.39 for Wagner.

The NEC Women's Swimming and Diving Championships will resume on Friday morning at 10:00 am with the 200 fly, 100 backstroke, 100 breaststroke, 400 medley relay and women's 1-meter diving. Finals begin at 6:00 pm.
 
Women's Team Standings - Day 3