University of Connecticut Athletics
Rowing Takes On Buffalo, Colgate and Eastern Michigan
4/19/2008 12:00:00 AM | Women's Rowing
BUFFALO, N.Y. (April 19, 2008) – The UConn rowing team had a successful day of racing on Saturday against Colgate, Buffalo and Eastern Michigan.
The varsity eight raced Colgate in the morning and won in a time of 6:37.0 to 6:45.9. In the afternoon race, UConn had a very close race with Buffalo, losing by 2.6 seconds. Buffalo raced at 6:33.61 with UConn at 6:35.98. Last weekend, the UConn varsity eight finished 10 seconds behind Buffalo in the finals of the Knecht Cup. The Huskies gained a lot of speed in practice this week and the goal was to close the gap, which is exactly what the boat did. UConn will see Buffalo one more time in two weeks at the Dad Vail Regatta.The UConn varsity eight was Katie Beasley (Centerville, Mass.), junior Kathy Les (South Windsor, Conn.), senior Olga Solovyova (New London, Conn.), freshman Gretchen Stern (Rexford, N.Y.), sophomore Sarah Willhoft (Manchester, Conn.), senior Monica Parker (Glastonbury, Conn.), sophomore Katie Rauscher (Manchester, Conn.), sophomore Rebecca Likar (East Lyme, Conn.) and junior Heather Gates (Monmouth Beach, N.J.).
The second varsity eight defeated the Buffalo lightweights in the morning with a time of 7:06.65 to Buffalo's 7:22.14. In the afternoon, they raced the Buffalo second varsity eight and lost 6:36.98 to 6:52.48.
That boat was freshman Mollie Riester (Buffalo, N.Y.), senior Allyson Zoppa (East Hartford, Conn.), sophomore Kristen Beasley (Centerville, Mass.), freshman Audrey Squire (Kinnelon, N.J.), sophomore Jennifer Reynolds (South Hero, Vt.), senior Maddie Bey (South Windsor, Conn.), sophomore Lizzie Dargie (Waterford, Conn.), sophomore Mikey Sevick (Simsbury, Conn.) and junior Stephanie Bryant (Natick, Mass.).
The novice eight raced Buffalo only and lost a close one. Buffalo raced at 7:04.97, UConn was 7:09.41. That boat was sophomore freshman Julie Tibbetts (East Lyme, Conn.), freshman Efmorfia Efthimiou (Stonington, Conn.), freshman Kim Weber (Ridgefield, Conn.), sophomore Margaret Hoagland (Chaplin, Conn.), sophomore Lizzie Littlewood (Mystic, Conn.), freshman Amanda Cote (Wakefield, R.I.), freshman Brittany Weiss (New Milford, Conn.), sophomore Jackie Ortuso (Somerset, N.J.) and freshman Robin Calhoun (Evanston, Ill.).
The varsity four also raced Buffalo only with Buffalo winning 7:36.51 to 7:47.55. That boat was sophomore Leah Masopust (Morris, Conn.), sophomore Hayley Percy (Woodbridge, Conn.), sophomore Charissse Laughery (Columbia, Conn.), junior Julie Konstantino (Orange, Conn.) and sophomore Liz Harsley (Riverdale, N.J.). UConn's novice four A raced Buffalo with a time of 7:59.3 Buffalo won with a time of 7:46.72. That boat was freshman Hailey Rosa (Mansfield, Conn.), freshman Brittany Weiss (New Milford, Conn.), freshman Brittany Koether (Orange, Conn.), freshman Brittany Schramm (White Bear Lake, Minn.) and freshman Taylor Pence (Vienna, Va.). UConn's novice four B lost to Colgate in the morning. Colgate won in 7:58.7 and UConn was 8:29.2. In the second race, UConn lost to Eastern Michigan as Eastern Michigan clocked in at 8:19.72 and UConn was 8:23.0.
That boat was sophomore Sofia Medina (Hartford, Conn.), sophomore Ally Cote (Granby, Conn.), sophomore Manouchka Sanon (Ramapo, N.Y.), sophomore Sylvia Czupi (Woodbridge, Conn.) and sophomore Lynn Dusault (Somerset, N.J.). UConn will next race in Oak Ridge, Tenn. at the BIG EAST Championship next weekend.
