INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. -- Fredonia State junior diver Sarah Ficarro (Owego) finished second in the nation in women's 3-meter springboard diving at the NCAA Division III Swimming and Diving championships.

Ficarro earned 467.65 points to defeat six other finalists Saturday night. Ruth Hahn of Trinity won the competition with 481.00 points.

Diving next-to-last in the eight-women rotation, Ficarro saved her best dive for last. Her inward 2.5 somersault from the tuck position earned 62.10 points and moved her up two spots in the final standings.

The second-place finish matched her second-place finish in the 1-meter competition as a freshman at the 2010 NCAA championships. She has competed at nationals three straight years and has earned three All-American certificates and three honorable mention All-American certificates.

Ficarro also posted the second-best total score, also behind Hahn, following preliminaries Saturday afternoon the Indiana University Natatorium. Included in her scores was an inward 2.5 somersault which earned 58 points, the highest-scored dive among all 22 competitors during the afternoon.

A sixth-place finisher in the NCAA 3-meter finals as a freshmen, Ficarro was 11th in the 1-meter event held Thursday.