Orange Claim Second and Third Varsity Races vs. Wisconsin

Saturday, April 7

Liverpool, N.Y.

8:00 a.m.

Syracuse University

Wisconsin

4/7/2018 11:18:00 AM | Men's Rowing

Syracuse, N.Y. – The 10th-ranked Syracuse First Varsity Eight was edged by No. 12 Wisconsin on Saturday at the James A. Ten Eyck Memorial Boathouse in the first race of the season for both crews. The Orange won the 2V8+ and 3V8+ in front of a packed shoreline for Syracuse and Badger fans.

Wisconsin's First Varsity Eight was led by coxswain Theodore Van Beek and crossed the finish line in 6:08.24 while the Syracuse coxswain Dominic Santora guided the Orange through the line in 6:10.55.

In the 2V8+, Syracuse controlled the pace from the beginning. Led by coxswain Alex Manfredi, the Orange's Second Varsity Eight clocked the fastest time of all three 'Cuse crews on the day finishing in 6:09.10.

The Third Varsity Eight turned into the premiere race coming down to the final 500 meters. Wisconsin took a quick three-seat lead but the Orange stormed back down the stretch to finish in 6:35.40, beating the Badgers by 1.7 seconds.

'Cuse returns to action on Saturday, April 14, at Ten Eyck in hopes of claiming the Goes Trophy for the first time since 2011 when they will face No. 11 Cornell and No. 18 Navy in their annual matchup at 8 a.m.

Boat Pairings:

FIRST VARSITY EIGHT
    Bow:         Sam Busco                                                                    Thomas Walker
    2:            Forrest Sears                                                                   Jacob Wenner
    3:         Pieter Kerpestein                                                               James Bernard
    4:             Alex Douglas                                                                   Kyle McCarthy
    5:           Noah Messner                                                            Jonah Van Der Weide
    6:           Kyle Leimeister                                                                 Andrew Griffin
    7:             Mike Glaude                                                                Nickolas Montalvo
    Stroke: Matthew Barni                                                               Tristan Amberger
    Cox:     Dominic Santora                                                            Theodore Van Beek

SECOND VARSITY EIGHT
    Bow: Declan Fischback                                                                Andrew Flannery
    2:        Gregory Bauerfeld                                                            Alexander Butler
    3:           Mitchell Harjo                                                                     William Alt
    4:         Kenneth Hybbard                                                              Adam Wehking
    5:      Joshua Hockenberry                                                              Kurt Mueller
    6:            Sveta Radovic                                                                Nathan Petersen
    7:           Patrick Shober                                                                   Tyler Stevens
    Stroke: Jeremy Lipford                                                                   Dylan Adams
    Cox:       Alex Manfredi                                                                     Ian Tunney

THIRD VARSITY EIGHT
    Bow:   Anicet Mundundu                                                               Jacob Buboltz
    2:           Brennan Finley                                                                 Henry Roberts
    3:          Jakob Andersen                                                               Benjamin Waller
    4:               Alex Engel                                                                     Jacob Hurlbutt
    5:       Andrew Cummings                                                           Philipp Bogdanov
    6:             Luka Vrbaski                                                                   Christoph Bub
    7:          SunLee Stechuk                                                                   Evan Miller
    Stroke:   Hadley Hoyle                                                                     John Hollow
    Cox: Zachary Vlahandreas                                                          Kaz Kishiue-Koval