Rowing Competes at Knecht Cup

Results
 
West Windsor Township, N.J. - The Fordham rowers took to Mercer Lake on Saturday and Sunday to compete in the Knecht Cup where the Rams won the petite final in the second varsity 8 and took sixth in the petite final of the varsity 8.
 
The second varsity 8 opened the regatta by placing third in its heat in 7:12.56, behind Bucknell and Wisconsin but ahead of Holy Cross, George Mason, Loyal and Sacred Heart.
 
The third place finish moved the Rams into the semifinals where they placed third in 6:56.39, behind Boston College and Radcliffe but well ahead of Massachusetts, Villanova and Holy Cross. The third place finish propelled Fordham into the petite final where the Rams beat the other six entries to the finish line, covering the course in 6:55.54. Fordham easily beat North Carolina in the petite final as well as Massachusetts, Boston University, Delaware and Connecticut.
 
In the varsity 8 competition, the Rams placed third in their heat in 7:00.79, behind Radcliffe and Boston College but in front of Colgate and Holy Cross, to move on to the semifinals.
 
In the semis, Fordham finished third in 6:49.48, behind Stanford and Massachusetts but ahead of North Carolina, Marist, Buffalo and Canisius, to advance to the petite final where the Rams finished sixth, a second behind fifth-place Wisconsin.
 
The Fordham third varsity 8 also advanced to the finals, placing fifth. The third varsity 8 finished third in its heat in 7:29.89, to advance to the finals.
 
Fordham also had entries in the Varsity 4, Second Varsity 4, Freshman/Novice 4 and Freshman/Novice 8.
 
The Rams' Varsity 4 entry took third in its heat in 8:05.43 to move on to the semifinals where they placed fifth, while the Second Varsity 4 shell placed fifth in its heat.
 
The Fordham Freshman/Novice 4 entry placed third in its heat in 8:45.94 before taking fourth in the semifinals, while the Freshman/Novice 8 took seventh in its heat.
 
The Rams return to action on Saturday, April 15, as they compete in the Kerr Cup on Schuylkill River in Philadelphia.

Lineups

Varsity 4
Isabella Crisci (cox)
Danielle Kosman
Caroline Hamann
Erika Selakowski
Maddy Locher

Second Varsity 4
Grace Molina (cox)
Caroline Sneider
Julia Comerford
Grace Little
Jackie Heffner

Varsity 8
Jacquelyn Ramos  (cox)
Maura O'Donnell
Erin Parker
Cynthia Luz
Kara Ramsey
Kristen Shuman
Kerry Egan
Kelly Leonard
Erin Stepka

Second Varsity 8
Alex Laird  (cox)
Erin McGreevey
Leslie Fung
Danae Ohresser-Joumard
Katie Dillon
Ariene Merkle
Sarah White
Caroline Roncinske
Catherine Napoli

Third Varsity 8
Grace Molina (cox)
Julia Comerford
Catie Perlick
Samantha Foulston
Jacklyn Regan
Suzette Corona
Caroline Sneider
Megan Drohan
Grace Little

Freshman/Novice 4
Gabrielle Ma (cox)
Elizabeth Wood
Megan Kynast
Brikena Prendaj
Aubrey Leary

Freshman/Novice 8
Gabrielle Ma (cox)
Lindsey Register
Elizabeth Wood
Brikena Prendaj
Megan Kynast
Aubrey Leary
Alyssa Funk
Madison Shyer
Olivia Hughes