FORT MYERS, Fla. - The FGCU Swimming and Diving teams are set to host their first meet of the season against CCSA opponent UNC Asheville at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the FGCU Aquatics Center.

Admission to the FGCU Aquatics Center is free. Prizes will be awarded to Eagles fans wearing the ugliest sweaters. FGCU Athletics is accepting canned goods, non-perishables and toy donations through Dec. 21. Live results will be posted on the Meet Mobile app.

FGCU enters Tuesday's action 3-0 (2-0 CSSA) in dual meets this season, with victories over Bellarmine, Gardner-Webb and Southern Indiana. Back in November, the Eagles placed 4th at the Gamecock Invitational hosted by South Carolina.

UNCA is also undefeated (4-0) and 2-0 against CCSA constituents, defeating East Carolina, Campbell, Davidson, Gardner-Webb. The Bulldogs finished ninth Sunday at the CSCAA Open Water Championships.

The Eagles have secured eight golds this season, as Cameron Kuriger (Columbus, Ohio/Olentangy HS) and Mia Burke (Owings Mills, Md./McDonogh HS) led the way with two apiece. Hailey Jerew (Miami, Fla./Culter Bay Senior HS), Emma Hixenbaugh (Louisville, Ky./Ballard HS), Jenna Gwinn (Baltimore, Md./Mountde Sales Academy/UMBC) and Sara Niepelova (Slovakia/Gymnazium Pierra de Coubertina/East Carolina) have each added one to FGCU's tally.

Kuriger etched her name into the FGCU record books at the Gamecock Invitational by posting the 9th fastest 100 fly time in program history (53.94). Kuriger also continues to hold two of the best times in the CCSA this season in both the 100 (53.94) and the 200 fly (1:59.63).

Teammate and fellow Eagle Hixenbaugh leads the conference in the 200 backstroke with a mark of 1:58.90.

MEET SCHEDULE/ORDER: (13 event format)
200 medley
1000 free
200 free
50 free
200 IM
3m diving
100 fly
100 free
100 back
500 free
1m diving
100 breast
200 free relay

*every athlete allowed any three events

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HEAD COACH DAVE ROLLINS
Head coach Dave Rollins is only the second coach in program history. He was hired Sept. 1, 2016 and owns a 38-26-1 (.592) dual meet record, which includes a 16-2 (.889) mark against CCSA opponents, in his seventh season. Rollins guided FGCU to back-to-back CCSA titles (2017, 2018), marking the ninth championship in 10 years before winning the 10th championship in program history in 2021. In addition, he has been awarded CCSA Coach of the Year in two of his seasons at the helm. Previously, Rollins was the associate head men's swimming coach at The Ohio State University. Rollins brings over a decade of coaching experience to The Nest, which includes helping to develop Olympians, NCAA Champions and All-Americans, along with multiple conference champions. A native of Brockton, Mass., he was a standout collegiate swimmer in his own right and was inducted into the University of Arizona's Hall of Fame in 2017, as a nine-time NCAA All-American, national champion, school record holder and team captain.

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FGCU teams have combined to win an incredible 94 conference regular season and tournament titles in just 15-plus seasons at the Division I level. Additionally, in just 11-plus seasons of D-I postseason eligibility, the Eagles have had a combined 47 teams or individuals compete in NCAA championships. In 2022, the men's golf team became the first program to earn an at-large berth to the NCAA Tournament. Eight FGCU programs have earned a top-25 national ranking in their respective sport - including women's basketball (No. 20, 2021-22), beach volleyball (No. 20, 2022) and both men's soccer (2018, 2019) and women's soccer (2018) as four of the most recent. In 2016-17, the Green & Blue posted a department-best sixth-place finish in the DI-AAA Learfield Directors' Cup and top-100 showing nationally, ahead of several Power-5 and FBS institutions. In 2018-19, the Eagles had an ASUN and state of Florida best seven teams earn the NCAA's Public Recognition Award for their Academic Progress Rate in their sport. FGCU also collectively earned a record 3.50 GPA in the classroom in the fall 2020 semester and has outperformed the general University undergraduate population for 26 consecutive semesters. The past six semesters (Fall 2019 – Spring 2022) saw another milestone reached as all 15 programs achieved a 3.0-or-higher cumulative team GPA. The Eagles also served an all-time high 7,200 volunteer hours in 2017 - being recognized as one of two runners-up for the inaugural NACDA Community Service Award presented by the Fiesta Bowl.
 
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