ROWING FINISHES FIRST IN FIVE RACES AGAINST UC DAVIS AND SAN DIEGO STATE

3/17/2012

SACRAMENTO STATE'S SECOND VARSITY EIGHT

GOLD RIVER, Calif. – The Sacramento State women’s rowing squad won four races, and tied for first in another Saturday morning in a dual-meet against San Diego State and UC Davis on Lake Natoma.

The Hornets placed first in the second varsity eight, novice eight, varsity four and novice four competitions, and finished in a dead heat with UC Davis in the varsity eight.

Sacramento State’s varsity eight and UC Davis’ top boat both finished with times of 6:48.5 over the 2,000-meter course while San Diego State finished with a time of 6:58.7. The second varsity eight competition saw the Hornets post a winning time of 6:54.9, followed by San Diego State’s time of 7:11.1.

Sacramento State posted a winning time of 7:02.5 in the novice eight, followed by San Diego State (7:09.6) and UC Davis (7:11.8).

The Hornets also posted victorious times in the varsity four (7:51.1) and novice four (8:37.4) races. The only competition the team didn’t at least finish in a tie for first was the second novice eight.

Sacramento State returns to action in two weeks for the San Diego Crew Classic.

SACRAMENTO STATE LINEUPS

VARSITY EIGHT
Cox – Socheata Guimond, stroke – Sarah Pivonka, 7 – Antonia Dendrinos, 6 – Nneka Anyanwu, 5 – Michelle Evers, 4 – Jessica Smith, 3 – Caitlin Brennan, 2 – Sadeeka Dosu, bow – Karoline Sly

SECOND VARSITY EIGHT
Cox – Shelley Zakskorn, stroke - Alexandra Santella, 7 - Erika Busch, 6 - Alexus Higa, 5 - Hannah Silberberg, 4 - Tess Heidig, 3 - Rosie Kloh, 2 - Ana Fletcher, bow - Pam Kline

NOVICE EIGHT
Cox - Maggie Liss, stroke – Carly Hartman, 7 – Tawnya Curfman, 6 – Kim Gross, 5 – Katie Koehler, 4 – Desiree Drab Munoz, 3 – Andrea Mueller, 2 – Yesenia Miranda, bow – Kloey Glass

SECOND NOVICE EIGHT
Cox – Elizabeth Schneider, stroke – Kimberly Gollmyer, 7 – Whitney Dellafosse, 6 – Emilie Williams, 5 – Kaitlyn Covello, 4 – Sarah Komnick, 3 – Alyssa Williams, 2 – Kaileigh Ruiz, bow – Alexis Clarke-Steele

VARSITY FOUR
Cox – Alyssa Reyna, stroke - Ashley Ferko, 3 - Kloey Glass, 2 - Kim Gross, bow - Charity Oberg

NOVICE FOUR
Cox - Maggie Liss, stroke – Emilie Williams, 3 – Whitney Dellafosse, 2 – Kaileigh Ruiz, bow – Kaitlyn Covello

SACRAMENTO STATE RESULTS

VARSITY EIGHT
1. Sacramento State 6:48.5
2. UC Davis 6:48.5
3. San Diego State 6:58.7

SECOND VARSITY EIGHT
1. Sacramento State 6:54.9
2. San Diego State 7:11.1

NOVICE EIGHT
1. Sacramento State 7:02.5
2. San Diego State 7:09.6
3. UC Davis 7:11.8

SECOND NOVICE EIGHT
1. UC Davis 7:40.4
2. San Diego State 7:40.7
3. Sacramento State 7:50.7

VARSITY FOUR
1. Sacramento State 7:51.1
2. San Diego State 8:04.3

NOVICE FOUR
1. Sacramento State 8:37.4
2. UC Davis 9:00.7