V8, N4 Sweeps Highlight #TUWR vs. Duquesne and Bucknell

Saturday, April 2

Schuylkill River

11:00 a.m.

Temple University

Bucknell/Duquesne

Photo by: Ryan Brandenburg/Temple University

V8, N4 Sweeps Highlight #TUWR vs. Duquesne and Bucknell

4.2.16 | Women's Rowing

PHILADELPHIA -- The Temple women's rowing team saw the varsity eight and novice four boats earn sweeps, as the Owls competed against Duquesne and Bucknell on the Schuylkill River on Saturday.

"Both Bucknell and Duquesne are strong, deep programs and I was really please with how the team stepped up into the challenge of racing them," noted head coach Rebecca Smith Grzybowski. "During the week we focus on executing at each practice and building toward the weekend races. This weekend we took full advantage of the race opportunities that we had and I am really proud of the resilience and maturity that we saw across the board."

In the morning session, Temple's varsity eight and novice four boats highlighted the session with wins against Bucknell. Temple's top crew notched a 7:03.47 to 7:04.48 victory over the Bison, while the novice four topped a pair of Bucknell boats, recording a 7:56.55 to pass the Bison's efforts of 8:03.42 and 8:46.10.

Elsewhere against a strong Bucknell team, the Owls finished second in the second varsity eight, varsity four, and second varsity four races.

In the afternoon against Duquesne, Temple swept all five races. The varsity eight finished its afternoon unbeaten, recording a 7:20.69, over six seconds faster than the Dukes. The second varsity eight also notched a convincing win, clocking in at 7:33.91, 10 seconds faster than Duquesne. The varsity four surpassed two Duquesne crews, recording a 8:20.50, more than a five second victory.

In the final varsity race against Duquesne, it was Temple's novice four that got the win, recording a time of 8:26.49, while the second varsity notched a 8:43.18. The Dukes finished third in 9:01.77. Wrapping up the day, the Owls' novice eight recorded a 15-second victory over Duquesne, tallying a time of 7:47.52.

Temple is back in action next weekend, competing at the Knecht Cup on Mercer Lake in West Windsor Township, NJ

Results (PDF)

Racing Line-Ups

Varsity 8	Second Varsity 8	Novice 8
cox - Kelsey Franks	cox - Allie Nussbaum	cox - Rachel Kelley
8 - Kelly McGee	8 - Lea Millio	8 - Maxine Whitney
7 - Emily Leyland	7 - Victoria Brooks	7 - Gabriela Thomas
6 - Lily Papaleo	6 - Amber Dutcher	6 - Geena Bevenour
5 - Janie Augustyn	5 - Jenna Bahel	5 - Danielle Ober
4 - Emilie Mehler	4 - Mary Margaret Gresham	4 - Hannah Erfle
3 - Charlotte Forman	3 - Caroline Buckley	3 - Maureen McClelland
2 - Ciara O'Sullivan	2 - Grace Kroner	2 - Louise Huuki
1 - Sarah Scanlin	1 - Mariel Tucker	1 - Kellan Hirschler

Varsity 4	Second Varsity 4	Novice 4
cox - Nicole Stark	cox - Brittany Fowler	cox - Madison Weis
4 - Aimee Meissner	4 - Amanda Wolfgang	4 - Tess Cremers
3 - Kaitlin Grisanti	3 - Megan Gleason	3 - Anna Pansky
2 - Danielle White	2 - Emma Alford	2 - Reese Cogswell
1 - Emily Opperman	1 - Catie Gackowski	1 - Amanda Tang