May 18, 2014
West Windsor, N.J. - The Villanova rowing squad's season comes to an end following a sixth place finish at the inaugural American Athletic Conference Rowing Championship Sunday on Lake Mercer in West Windsor, N.J.
The Wildcats scored 69 overall points, which was 89 points shy of title winner, Louisville. Following the Cardinals in order was UCF (136), UConn (111), Temple (109), Rutgers (101) and SMU (52) behind Villanova in last place.
Villanova competed in four of the six events with the only exclusion being the Third Varsity 4 and Third Varsity 8 races.
In the final event of the afternoon, the Varsity 8+ race, the Wildcats placed sixth of seven with a time of 7:01.135. That was two seconds faster than SMU's crew, which finished seventh. Villanova's best mark belonged to its Second Varsity 4 boat, whose time was 8:06.407.
Recognized for her accomplishments throughout the season, junior Lauren Woodhull (Riverhead, N.Y.) was named to the All-American Athletic Conference First Team. Junior Kelly O'Conor (Potomac, Md.) earned second team All-Conference honors.
Below is a look at the complete results from Sunday's races:
Final Team Scores
1. Louisville 158 points
2. UCF 136 points
3. UConn 111 points
4. Temple 109 points
5. Rutgers 101 points
6. Villanova 69 points
7. SMU 52 points
Varsity 4+
1. Louisville 7:28.307
2. Rutgers 7:33.902
3. Central Florida 7:42.94
8 4. Temple 7:49.887
5. Connecticut 7:57.421
6. Villanova 8:04.679
Second Varsity 4+
1. Louisville 7:33.853
2. Central Florida 7:39.045
3. Rutgers 7:52.741
4. Temple 8:01.538
5. Villanova 8:06.407
6. Connecticut 8:11.550
Third Varsity 4+
1. Louisville 7:51.943
2. Rutgers 8:15.660
3. Temple 8:19.779
4. Central Florida 8:29.259
5. Connecticut 8:33.121
Varsity 8+
1. Louisville 6:36.796
2. Central Florida 6:43.917
3. Connecticut 6:45.619
4. Temple 6:52.107
5. Rutgers 6:54.765
6. Villanova 7:01.135
7. Southern Methodist 7:03.321
Second Varsity 8+
1. Louisville 6:44.430
2. Central Florida 6:59.828
3. Connecticut 7:01.723
4. Temple 7:03.609
5. Southern Methodist 7:06.777
6. Rutgers 7:12.934
7. Villanova 7:23.866
Third Varsity 8+
1. Louisville 7:06.013
2. Central Florida 7:16.003
3. Temple 7:16.695
4. Rutgers 7:38.634
5. Connecticut 7:42.923
