Orange Varsity Four Wins Battle of Top 20 Crews

Saturday, April 17

Bethel, OH

9 AM

Syracuse University

Big Ten Invitational

Photo by: Michael J. Okoniewski

4/18/2021 3:41:00 PM | Women's Rowing

The Orange first varsity four beat three top-20 crews to win their race on Sunday at the Big Ten Invitational. The winning crew, featuring coxswain Louise Rath, Heather Stafford, Grace Asch, India Aikens and Luisa Gathmann, capped a strong weekend performance against many of the nation's top teams. On Saturday they finished second in the morning race, beating #3 Ohio State and #12 Indiana and finishing behind #4 Virginia, and took second in the afternoon race ahead of #9 Tennessee and #16 Iowa and behind #6 Michigan in the afternoon race. All five boats for the 20th-ranked Orange performed well against 12 of the nation's top 20 teams.

"Today's bright spot was the varsity four getting the win," said head coach Luke McGee. "This weekend our crews did a great job using every single race to get better each time down the course. In every race the crews faced a spot where it could go either way and they dug in to win. Across the board I saw athletes committing themselves to win."

Syracuse's first and second varsity eights finished third in their races with the varsity eight just 1.6 seconds behind #12 Indiana for second place and the second varsity eight within 1.5 seconds of 12th-ranked Indiana. Eleventh-ranked Rutgers won both races and #18 Washington State came in fourth.

In the second varsity four race, the Orange battled #4 Virginia for second place finishing just 2.4 seconds behind the Cavaliers. Sixth-ranked Michigan won the race and #3 Ohio State came in fourth. The Orange third varsity four beat #3 Ohio State and finished second behind #6 Michigan.

The invitational field featured 12 of the nation's top 20 teams, including 20th-ranked Syracuse. In addition to the Orange, the field includes third-ranked Ohio State, sixth-ranked Michigan, 11th-ranked Rutgers, 12th-ranked Indiana, 15th-ranked Wisconsin, 16th-ranked Iowa, 17th-ranked Minnesota, and Michigan State from the Big Ten, in addition to 4th-ranked Virginia, 7th-ranked Alabama, 9th-ranked Tennessee, 18th-ranked Washington State, Louisville and Notre Dame.

Syracuse will return to the water against #11 Rutgers and Princeton on Sunday, May 2 on Mercer Lake in West Windsor, N.J.

RESULTS
1V8 Flight 2
#11 RU (6:28.194)
#12 IU (6:34.188)
#20 Cuse (6:35.746)
#18 WSU (6:36.171)

2V8 Flight 2
#11 RU (6:42.188)
#12 IU (6:46.571)
#20 Cuse (6:48.096)
#18 WSU (6:57.026)

1V4 Flight 2
#20 Cuse (7:28.844)
#11 RU (7:33.532)
#18 WSU (7:35.435)
#12 IU (7:44.387)

2V4 Flight 1
#6 UM (7:14.086)
#4 UVA (7:24.286)
#20 Cuse (7:26.646)
#3 OSU (7:07.380)

3V4 Flight 1
#6 UM (7:27.954)
#20 Cuse (7:33.098)
#3 OSU (7:45.835)

Boatings
Varsity 8+
C Hannah Murphy
8 Eleanor Alexopoulos
7 Maddy Horridge
6 Meg Varcoe
5 Lucy Pearce
4 Lea Dahn
3 Alena Criss
2 Emma Braun
1 Christie Castorino

2nd Varsity 8+
C Emma Dziedzic
8 Eliza Yager
7 Katharine Ryan
6 Junior Ognovich
5 Margaret Sweeney
4 Madeleine Holzman-Klima
3 Kamile Kralikaite
2 Emma Gossman
1 Josie Kiesel

1V4+
C Louise Rath
4 Heather Stafford
3 Grace Asch
2 India Aikens
1 Luisa Gathmann

2V4+
C Skyler Rivera
4 Olivia Schaertl
3 Madison D'Ambra
2 Sarah Haney
1 Elizabeth Vogt

3V4
C Julia Miranda Roach
4 Helena O'Donnell
3 Haley Uliasz
2 Lily Moffly
1 Maddi Segarnick

2nd 3V4
C Julia Miranda Roach
4 Lily Moffly
3 Carolin Roose
2 Julia Comerford
1 Rebecca Farrell

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