COLLEGE PARK, Md.- Maryland women's swimming and diving wrapped up the 2007 Atlantic Coast Conference Championships in Chapel Hill, N.C. today with a sixth-place finish (332 points). North Carolina led the meet with 737 points followed by Florida State in second (642.5 points) and Virginia in third (475 points).

Prelims:
To start the last prelim session of the 2007 ACCs, freshman Andrea Lehner (Orchard Park, N.Y.) earned the seventh-place spot in the championship final for the 200-yard backstroke; Lehner swam a season best and NCAA B-cut time of 2:00.30. Qualifying for the 11th-place position in the consolation final for the 200 back was freshman Jackie Davidson (Beverly, Mass.) with a career-best time in the event (2:02.41). Junior Kirsten Jones (Lafayette Hill, Pa.) placed 17th (2:05.12) in the 200 back prelims for a spot in the bonus consolation final.

In the prelim for the 100 freestyle, sophomore Yelena Skalinskaya (Almaty, Kazakhstan) notched a position in the consolation final with an 11th-place finish (51.15). Two Terps qualified for the bonus consolation final, both swimming season bests; junior Maya Finkler (Rishon le-zion, Israel) swam a 51.70 for 19th place and senior Kaleena Laputka (Shamong, N.J.) swam a 51.78 for 20th place. Junior Emily Smoak (Salisbury, Md.) established a career-best time in the prelim for the 100 free (52.36) for 28th place.

Senior Sasha Malanina (Volgograd, Russia) led the Terrapins in the 200 breaststroke with a time of 2:22.03, good for a 16th-place spot in the consolation final. Qualifying for the bonus consolation final in the event was senior Katarina Csomova (Komarno, Slovakia) with a season-best time of 2:22.74 and a 17th-place finish in prelims.

In the 200 butterfly, Maryland had three swimmers qualify for the championship final. Freshman Patty DeScenza (Naperville, Ill.) swam an NCAA B-cut and season-best time of 2:02.12 for a third-place seed in the 200 fly final. Freshman Jen Vogel (Hingham, Mass.) earned a sixth-place seed (2:02.87) and freshman Nina Rossi (Princeton, N.J.) finished seventh with a season best (2:03.04). Freshman Annie Broome (Knoxville, Tenn.) earned a tenth-place spot in the consolation final for the 200 fly with a time of 2:03.34.

Finals
In the championship final for the 200 back, Lehner finished fourth with a season best and NCAA B-cut time of 1:59.37. Lehner collected 15 points for the Terps in this event. In the consolation heat, Davidson finished 10th with a time of 2:02.91, scoring seven points.

Skalinskaya went on to lead Maryland in the consolation heat of the 100 free with a 12th-place finish (51.18) for five points. In the bonus consolation final, Finkler swam to a 17th-place overall finish and season-best time of 51.43 while Laputka finished in 20th with a time of 52.08.

In the following event, Csomova finished in 16th place for the consolation final in the 200 breast (2:23.48), tallying one point for the Terps.

Vogel led Maryland in the championship final for the 200 fly, swimming a career best and NCAA B-cut time of 2:01.43 for fourth place (15 points). DeScenza followed in sixth place with another NCAA B-cut time of 2:02.39 (13 points) while Rossi finished seventh with a time of 2:04.18 (12 points). Broome collected six points for the Terps with an 11th-place finish in the consolation heat of the 200 fly with a time of 2:03.65.

Maryland closed out the 2007 ACC Championships with a fourth-place finish and NCAA B-cut time in the 400 free relay. The squad of Lehner, Skalinskaya, Laputka and Finkler swam a 3:24.23 while North Carolina led the meet with a 3:19.44 in the relay.

Individual winners in tonight's finals included: Whitney Sprague (North Carolina) in the 1650 free (16:10.02; NCAA A-cut time), Romy Altmann (Florida State) in the 200 back (1:57.08; NCAA A-cut time), Christie Raleigh (Florida State) in the 100 free (49.56; NCAA B-cut time), Jessica Botzum (Virginia Tech) in the 200 breast (2:13.52; NCAA A-cut) and Lindsey Marck (North Carolina) in the 200 fly (1:59.19; NCAA B-cut time).

FINAL Team Standings: 1. University of North Carolina 737, 2. Florida State University 642.5, 3. University of Virginia 475, 4. Virginia Tech 393.5, 5. Clemson University 357.5, 6. University of Maryland 332, 7. University of Miami 299, 8. Duke University 150, 9. Georgia Tech 138, 10. North Carolina State 123.5, 11. Boston College 77