University of Connecticut Athletics
Rowing Sweeps Fairfield
4/6/2008 12:00:00 AM | Women's Rowing
COVENTRY, Conn. (April 5, 2008) -- The University of Connecticut rowing team swept a pair of races from Fairfield at Coventry Lake on Sunday.
In the varsity eight race, UConn's Varsity won in a time of 7:34.0 while the Second Varsity finished in second at 7:52.1. Fairfield finished third in the event.
The UConn First Varsity boat was senior 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 boat was sophomore Leah Masopust (Morris, Conn.), 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.).
UConn's First Novice won that race in a time of 8:30.6 while the Husky Second Novice boat was second in 9:03.1. Fairfield was third in 9:24.5. The First Novice was Hailey Rosa (Mansfield, Conn.), freshman Julie Tibbetts (East Lyme, Conn.), freshman Efmorfia Efthimiou (Stonington, Conn.), sophomore Sylvia Czupi (Woodbridge, Conn.), freshman Kim Weber (Ridgefield, Conn.), sophomore Margaret Hoagland (Chaplin, Conn.), sophomore Lizzie Littlewood (Mystic, Conn.), freshman Amanda Cote (Wakefield, R.I.) and freshman Robin Calhoun (Evanston, Ill.).
The Second Novice was freshman Taylor Pence (Vienna, Va.), freshman Brittany Koether (Orange, Conn.), sophomore Jackie Ortuso (Somerset, N.J.), freshman Isabella Draper (Bridgeport, Conn.), sophomore Allison Cote (Granby, Conn.), sophomore Lynn Dusault (Somerset, N.J.), freshman Brittany Schramm (White Bear Lake, Minn.), sophomore Katelyn Donovan (Sherman, Conn.) and and sophomore Manouchka Sanon (Ramapo, N.Y.).
UConn will compete at the Knecht Cup in Camden N.J, next weekend.
