The Hornets'' novice four, which placed fifth at the WIRA Championships two weeks ago, rowed to a third-place time of 8:12.4 in today''s women''s collegiate novice four final. Saint Mary''s posted a winning time of 7:58.3 over 2,000 meters, followed by Cal''s Lightweights (8:01.7) and Sacramento State to round out the top three finishers.

Sophomore Constance Deslauriers earned the Hornets'' second bronze medal of the day in the open single event as the Montreal, Quebec, native rowed to a third-place time of 8:34.3.

In the second heat of the women''s open four event, Cal posted a winning time of 7:26.0, followed by Saint Mary''s (7:35.6), Gonzaga (7:38.6) and Sacramento State (7:42.8) to round out the top four finishers. The Hornets failed to reach the final of the event as only the top three finishers in each heat advanced to the final.

Sacramento State also competed an alumni boat in the women''s open eight event, winning a bronze medal with a time of 7:13.9.

The PCRC''s are open to all schools in the West Region, which include any rowing institution located in the states of Washington, Oregon, California, Colorado and Arizona. A total of 18 schools were represented at the regatta which offers individual championships in every collegiate rowing category not offered in Sunday''s Pacific-10 Conference Championships.

Sacramento State returns to the water tomorrow (Sunday, May 15) at Lake Natoma as the team will compete in the Pacific-10 Championships, which is open to the top 21 entrants for each event in the West Region. The Hornets'' varsity eight needs to place at least fourth in tomorrow''s grand final to have a shot at a berth into the NCAA Championships at Lake Natoma on May 27-29. Should the team fail to reach the grand final, the Hornets'' season would come to an end tomorrow as the Pac-10 Championships signals the conclusion of the rowing regular season.

SATURDAY''S SACRAMENTO STATE LINEUPS

NOVICE FOUR: Lesley Ungerman at coxswain, Sheena Verduzco at stroke, Caitlin Gaffney at three, Heather Cesco at two and Sarah Hemenway at bow.

OPEN FOUR: Jackie Seich at coxswain, Jacqueline Sechser at stroke, Catherine Woerner at three, Coralie Wilhite at two and Courtney Buehler at bow.

The alumni eight boat consisted of former Sacramento State rowers Erika Bracy, Stephanie Brow, Carrie Hagen, Rebecca Hurtt, Katie Litvinchuk, Abigail Smyth and Robyn Soliman.

SACRAMENTO STATE RESULTS FROM SATURDAY

Women''s Open Four (Heat 2)

1. Cal 7:26.0

2. Saint Mary''s 7:35.6

3. Gonzaga 7:38.6

4. Sacramento State 7:42.8

5. USC 7:43.3

6. Stanford 8:23.7

Women''s Collegiate Novice Four Final

1. Saint Mary''s 7:58.3

2. Cal Lightweights "A" 8:01.7

3. Sacramento State 8:12.4

4. Sonoma State 8:24.7

5. Portland State 8:59.0

6. Cal Lightweights "B" 9:16.9

Women''s Open Single Scull Final

1. Bair Island Rowing Club 8:20.9

2. San Diego Rowing Club 8:32.1

3. Sacramento State (Deslauriers) 8:34.3

4. Loyola Marymount 8:48.2

5. Bair Island Rowing Club 9:06.0

6. CSUS Aquatic Center 9:11.9

Women''s Open Eight Final

1. Cal 6:49.1

2. Saint Mary''s 6:59.3

3. Sacramento State Alumni 7:13.9

4. UC Davis 7:14.6

5. UC San Diego 7:22.1

6. Oregon 7:23.3