IOWA CITY, Iowa – University of Evansville junior diver Madison Rollett (Evansville, Ind./Reitz), senior swimmer Maya Cunningham (Yakima, Wash./Eisenhower) and sophomore swimmer Sveva Brugnoli (Rome, Italy) all advanced to the consolation finals of their events on Thursday, as the Purple Aces continued competition at the 2023 Missouri Valley Conference Women's Swimming & Diving Championships in Iowa City, Iowa.

Rollett posted UE's best individual finish of the day by placing fourth in the consolation final of the one-meter diving competition with a score of 227.85.  Overall, Rollett placed 12th in the 31-diver competition.

Brugnoli and Cunningham both advanced to the consolation final of the women's 200-Yard IM event, as they placed 13th and 14th in the preliminary round with times of 2:04.96 and 2:05.11, respectively.  Brugnoli's time is the fourth-fastest time in UE history in the 200 IM, with the sophomore owning all four of the top times.  Evansville also received personal-best performances from senior Allison McDonald (Cape Girardeau, Mo./Central) and junior Abigail Groenewold (Lombard, Ill./Timothy Christian) in the 50-Yard Freestyle preliminary round with times of 24.38 and 25.72, respectively.

In Thursday night's 200 IM consolation final, Cunningham posted UE's top time of 2:05.36 to place 13th overall.  Brugnoli was not far behind, as she placed 16th overall with a time of 2:06.85.
UE's 200-Yard Freestyle Relay squad finished Thursday's action with a seventh-place finish with a time of 1:36.70.  The relay team featured McDonald, Brugnoli, Cunningham and senior Sonsoles Aguayo (Jerez, Spain).

The MVC Championships will continue on Friday with preliminary swims in the 100-Yard Butterfly, the 400 IM, the 200-Yard Freestyle, the 100-Yard Breaststroke, the 100-Yard Backstroke, and the three-meter diving competition taking place beginning at 10:30 a.m. central time.  Event finals for those swimming events, as well as the 400-Yard Medley Relay competition and the consolation finals for the three-meter diving competition will take place on Friday night beginning at 6 p.m.  Fans can watch the action live at www.youtube.com/@UNIAthleticsPanthers/streams, while also following along on the Meet Mobile App for live results.