Cherry Hill, N.J.- Villanova rowing finished with 23 team points, the most the Wildcats have ever earned at the CAA Rowing Championships, to take home third place. This is the second time since Villanova joined the CAA that they have taken home third, their first came in 2017.
In the first race of the day, the third varsity eight final, Villanova finished first with a time of 7:07.318. The Wildcats were ranked second coming into the race and beat out the favorites in Northeastern, who came in third, and Delaware who came in second by over three seconds. In the boat for Villanova was, coxswain
Abby Burns,
Caroline Shea,
Jadyn Ramos,
Emma Lovejoy,
Tallulah Laska,
Kelly Carney,
Elizabeth Liedtka,
Anna Flynn, and
Zoe Barnes.
The Wildcats came in fourth in the varsity four finals that took place next, which gave them 4 team points.
Mac O'Reilly was the coxswain,
Claire Kotwicki, Fiona Fennesey,
Madeline McCarthy, and
Caroline Colgan represented Villanova during the race and finished with a time of 7:55.599 beating out Eastern Michigan, UC San Diego, and UConn.
In the second varsity eight final coxswain
Muriel Thomas Clapp,
Annie Dudrear,
Erin Welch,
Madison Burke,
Sarah Burghardt,
Olivia Krause, Alex Petrozzi,
Sydney Stepovich, and
Kara Dempsey came in third and picked up 10 team points for Villanova. The Wildcats finished with a time of 6:56.426 beating Eastern Michigan, who came in fourth, by almost four seconds. Villanova was right there with Drexel, the Dragons came in second, only finishing a second behind.
The varsity eight final was the last race of the day and Villanova finished fifth with a time of 6:50.475. The Wildcats earned nine team points during the last race. Coxswain
Julia Ramsey,
Holly Hubbard,
Claire Barrett,
Mary Arnold,
Cecilia Spesia,
Greta Horgan,
Kaitlin Urbanik,
Amanda Miller, and
Claire Humphrey were in the boat for the final race of the day for Villanova.
Northeastern captured the title with 42 team points besting Drexel in second with 36 points. The Huskies finished first in the varsity right, second varsity eight and varsity four races to take home their seventh consecutive CAA rowing title.
Villanova's
Cecilia Spesia and
Muriel Thomas Clapp were named All-CAA Honorees following the race.
2021 CAA Women's Rowing Championship Results
Team Results
Place Team Total Points
1st Northeastern 42
2nd Drexel 36
3rd Delaware 23
3rd Villanova 23
5th UC San Diego 21
6th Eastern Michigan 17
7th UCONN 6
Varsity Four
Place Team Time
1st Northeastern 7:42.13
2nd Drexel 7:44.82
3rd Delaware 7:47.57
4th Villanova 7:55.59
5th Eastern Michigan 7:58.23
6th UC San Diego 8:00.83
7th UCONN 8:40.24
Varsity Eight
Place Team Time
1st Northeastern 6:35.10
2nd Drexel 6:39.33
3rd UC San Diego 6:45.62
4th Delaware 6:47.32
5th Villanova 6:50.47
6th Eastern Michigan 6:53.00
7th UCONN 7:02.61
Second Varsity Eight
Place Team Time
1st Northeastern 6:53.41
2nd Drexel 6:55.40
3rd Villanova 6:56.42
4th Eastern Michigan 7:00.12
5th Delaware 7:02.44
6th UC San Diego 7:08.11
7th UCONN 7:24.48
Third Varsity Eight
Place Team Time
1st Villanova 7:07.31
2nd Delaware 7:10.53
3rd Northeastern 7:12.36
4th Drexel 7:18.06
5th Eastern Michigan 7:41.31
6th UCONN 8:03.17
2021 All-CAA Honorees
Name Team
Kiera Bohen Northeastern
Richie Costa Northeastern
Helaina Howe Northeastern
Rose Flanagan Northeastern
Margarita Amihava Drexel
Julianna Hunt Drexel
Kylie Magee Drexel
Marguerite McGahay Delaware
Julia Rothstein Delaware
Cecilia Spesia Villanova
Muriel Thomas Clapp Villanova
Erika Rohloff UC San Diego
Emma Boersen Eastern Michigan
Chloe Ludden UCONN
CAA Coach of the Year: Joe Wilhelm, Northeastern
