WOMEN'S ROWING

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BOSTON, MA ­ The University at Buffalo women's crew team faced off against Northeastern University, Boston College, Dartmouth and MIT on Saturday morning on the Charles River in Boston. Poor weather conditions, including 40-degree temperatures, a driving rain and strong winds moved the rowing to the 1400-meter power house stretch of the river where all races were rowed head-to-head.

Paige Baritot

UB teams opened the day with the Novice 8 races. Against Boston College, the Bulls rowed to an easy victory finishing in 5:21.4 to the Eagles' 5:45.7. However against Dartmouth, the Bulls weren't as fortunate falling to the Big Green, 5:25.7-5:37.5. The UB shell included coxswain Margaret Devendorf (Liverpool, NY/Liverpool), stroke seat Maggie Fairgrieve (Fort Erie, Ontario/Lake Shore Catholic), seventh seat Paige Baritot (Orchard Park, NY/Buffalo Seminary), sixth seat Mia Pavletic (Grand Rapids, MI/Forest Hills Central), fifth seat Nicole Cyr (Groton, NY/Dryden), fourth seat Jill Harclerode (Portland, OR/Westview), third seat Jackie Stone (Syracuse, NY/Nottingham), second seat Darcie Bryant (Syracuse, NY/C.W. Baker) and bow seat Crystal Byrnes (Ballston Spa, NY/Saratoga Springs).

Natalie Pugliese

Next up were the Varsity 8 races with UB finishing second to both Boston College and Northeastern. UB was fourteen seconds behind the Eagles, 5:13.7-5:27.2 and behind the Huskies by 16 seconds as Northeastern finished the course in 5:25.0 to UB's 5:41.6. The UB entry included coxswain Sher Briggs (St. Catharines, Ontario/West Park SS), stroke seat Kasey Hansen (Honeoye Falls, NY/Honeoye Falls-Lima), sixth seat Kali Spoto (Pittsford, NY/Pittsford-Sutherland), fifth seat Corinne Blum (Pittsford, NY/Pittsford-Sutherland), fourth seat Deanna Knighton (Angola, NY/Lake Shore), third seat Michelle Schwach (Buffalo, NY/Nardin Academy), second seat Kat Vossler (Jamestown, NY/Falconer) and bow seat Natalie Pugliese (Niagara Falls, Ontario/St. Paul's).

Chandra Hazey

UB's Second Varsity 8 also competed in head-to-head races with Boston College and Dartmouth, finishing second in both competitions. UB fell by 10 seconds to Boston College (5:30.3-5:40.3) and a mere five seconds to Dartmouth (5:45.46-5:50.29). The UB entry included coxswain Kaitlin Buchheit (Amherst, NY/Amherst), stroke seat Chandra Hazey (Riverview, MI/Riverview), seventh seat Emilee Norris (Cheektowaga, NY/Cheektowaga), sixth seat Alexis Grates (Fredonia, NY/Fredonia), fifth seat Bonnie McVicker (Syracuse, NY/C.W. Baker), fourth seat Jessica Hughes (Liverpool, NY/Liverpool), third seat Joanne Olsen (Niskayuna, NY/Niskayuna), second seat Lindsey Yonko (Apalachin, NY/Vestal) and bow seat Stephanie Spinella (Liverpool, NY/Liverpool).

The UB Lightweight 8 posted victories over the MIT freshman lightweights and a combined team of MIT varsity and novice lightweights. The Bulls won the race over the MIT freshmen by a slim margin of 1.15 seconds, with the MIT combined team third by more than 45 seconds. The UB team included coxswain Abbie Potts (Hamburg, NY/Hamburg), stroke seat Katie Barnum (Clifton Park, NY/Shenendehowa), seventh seat Karen Corey (Kingston, NY/Kingston), sixth seat Beth Gaworecki (Syracuse, NY/C.W. Baker), fifth seat Caitlin Hambridge (Amherst, NY/Holy Angels Academy), fourth seat Caitlin Logue (Buffalo, NY/Nardin Academy), third seat Devin Broadwell (Gorham, NY/Marcus Whitman), second seat Jacquie Zehler (Alden, NY/Attica) and bow seat Jessica Barrell (Buffalo, NY/Nardin Academy).

The Bulls return to the Charles River on Sunday for a meet with Rhode Island and Harvard.