Nov. 12, 2008

Bronx, N.Y. - The Fordham women's rowing team completed their fall season with a sweep of the championship events at the Fall Metropolitan Championships on Orchard Beach lagoon on Sunday, November 2, 2008. Fordham easily won the varsity eight race, with a margin of more than 11 seconds over Fairfield, which edged Iona for second place. Sacred Heart was fourth. Fordham also won the B section of the varsity eights, defeating Fairfield by over 10 seconds, with Iona and NYU trailing.

The Rams captured all three sections of the varsity four event, featuring an 11-second win over Fairfield in the A race, a three second win over Sacred Heart in a six shell field in the B race, an another big 11-second win over Hofstra in the C race. Fordham also easily won the A sections of the novice fours and eights, with the eight scoring a crushing 35-second win over Iona. Fordham also had entries in the novice B races.

Fordham nearly doubled Iona's point total to retain the overall team championship, including both men's and women's events, with ten schools competing.

Complete results can be found at the following link: Complete Results