April 16, 2018 West Windsor, N.J. - On Saturday, the Villanova Women's Rowing team had five boats race in the Knecht Cup on Mercer Lake in New Jersey. Due to high predicted winds on Sunday, the two day regatta was condensed into one day. Villanova's Varsity-4 earned seventh place out of 18 teams, racing three times in one day putting out three very consistent performances. They advanced to the petite final, finishing with a time of 7:53.72, out racing Boston University, UConn and Kansas. The 2V8 made great strides in improving from their heat to their final, finishing just one second behind UMass in the petite final. They finished with a time of 7:01.07, beating Duquesne, Old Dominion and George Mason.
Below, you can find the lineups of each boat the Wildcats raced on Saturday:
V8 (personnel only)
cox- Ellen Cayer
8- Hailey Hurteau
7 - Eryn McCassey
6 -Briggs Mroz
5 - Morgan Mroz
4 - Caroline Murphy
3 - Rachel Lorge
2 - Haley Gagnon
1 - Lizzie Hagerty
JV8
cox - Chrissy Weidenhoft
8 - Katie Donahue
7 - Valerie Burke
6 - Mackenzie Bowden
5 - Cecelia Spesia
4 - Sarina Kao
3 - Amanda Miller
2 - Lindsay Dyrvik
1 - Max McMillan
3V8
cox - Grace Ryan
8 - Clare O'Brien
7 -Kelly Walsh
6 - Julia Taladay
5 -Kayla Adornetto
4 -Katie Bitler
3 -Katie Reteneller
2 - Kayla Rubin
1 - Sierra Land
V4
Cox - Ashley Hock
4 - Winslow Roche
3 - Mikaela McDevitt
2 - Mary Wright
1 - Maya Grimm
FN8
Cox - Muriel Thomas-Clapp
8 - Claire Kotwicki
7 - Caroline Dimich
6 - Katie Valsamedis
5 - Liz Holmes
4 - Sydney Stepovich
3 - Lauren Sum
2 - Noelle Parisi
1 - Lauren Carroll