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UB Rowing Weekly Release

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Margaret Devendorf

Despite dealing with grueling crosswinds on both Saturday and Sunday, the University at Buffalo rowing squad made a splash at the Knecht Cup in Camden, NJ, reaching the grand final in three of the four races competed in. The Second Varsity Eight boat pulled away with the team's only first-place medal, finishing ahead of 17 other boats represented by schools such as Colgate, UMass, and Dayton.

Sophomore coxswain Margaret Devendorf (Liverpool, NY/Liverpool) led the Second Varsity Eight boat to its first victory of the season by finishing four seconds faster than runner up Colgate, to take the Grand Final in 7:29.3. The rest of the boat consisted of Chandra Hazey (Riverview, MI/Riverview), Bonnie McVicker (Syracuse, NY/C.W. Baker), Joanne Olsen (Niskayuna, NY/Niskayuna), Jessica Hughes (Liverpool, NY/Liverpool), Jackie Stone (Syracuse, NY/Nottingham), Nicole Cyr (Groton, NY/Dryden), Alexis Grates (Fredonia, NY/Fredonia), and Karen Corey (Kingston, NY/Kingston).

In the fifth event of the cup, the Novice Four race was cancelled due to weather conditions. The UB boat unofficially placed second out of six boats, crossing the finish line behind Carnegie Mellon by four seconds.

Kaitlin Buchheit

The Bulls rowed a time of 8:06.9 in the Petite Final of the Lightweight Eight event, which garnered ninth place out of 12 boats. The boat was rowed by coxswain Kaitlin Buchheit (Amherst, NY/Amherst), Katie Barnum (Clifton Park, NY/Shenendehowa), Emily Clark (North Collins, NY/Lake Shore), Beth Gaworecki (Baldwinsville, NY/C.W. Baker), Jennifer Delone (Rochester, NY/Rush-Henrietta), Diana Minardo (Rochester, NY/Webster), Sarah Billiar (Ramstein, Germany/Ramstein American), Sarah McCann (Fayetteville, NY/Fayetteville-Manlius), and Jessica Buchheit (Amherst, NY/Amherst).

Adriane Wotawa-Bergen

The Novice Eight boat, rowed by coxswain Adriane Wotawa-Bergen (Ithaca, NY/Ithaca), Morgan Witte (Baldwinsville, NY/C.W. Baker), Amy Eggleston (Ripley, NY/Ripley), Kristen Lane (Buffalo, NY/Hutch Tech), Amanda Mackeigan (Brockville, NY/Brockville), Maren Greene (Ann Arbor, MI/Ann Arbor Community), Thandiwe Price (Springfield Gardens, NY/Frank Sinatra), Diane Passenant (Lake Ronkonkoma, NY/Sachem North), and Heidi Kenefick (Sauquoit, NY/Sauquoit), placed ahead of 29 other boats including Princeton and Boston College in the grand final with a time of 7:32.2.

Sher Briggs

In the Varsity Eight event, Buffalo welcomed similar success as it finished fourth out of 26 boats in a time of 7:22.2. The crew, consisting of sophomore Sher Briggs (St. Catharines, Ont./West Park), Lauren Sexton (Niagara Falls, NY/St Paul), Melina DiCosimo (Niagara Falls, Ont./St. Paul), Corinne Blum (Pittsford, NY/Pittsford Sutherland), Bridget Yannes (Edgewater Park, NJ/Holy Cross), Paige Baritot (Orchard Park, NY/Buffalo Seminary), Amanda Garbacz (St. Catharines, Ont./Dennis Morris), Natalie Pugliese (Niagara Falls, Ont./St. Paul), and Emilee Norris (Cheektowaga, NY/Cheektowaga), placed a better time against Villanova and Gonzaga in the semifinals, but was unable to pull ahead of them in the finals, with UMass taking the top prize.

The UB rowing team competes in its first and only home match of the season Saturday, as it welcomes Eastern Michigan for the annual Harvey Cup. The meet is slated to begin at 8 a.m.