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Women's Varsity Fours and Novice Eight Show Strong Performances

Melina DiCosimo

The Varsity Fours placed third behind two Syracuse boats, which placed exactly one second of each other in times of 21:31 and 21:32, respectively. The Buffalo B boat, rowed by coxswain Sher Briggs (St. Catharines, Ontario/West Park SS), Melina DiCosimo (Niagara Falls, Ontario/St. Paul), Natalie Pugliese (Niagara Falls, Ont./St. Paul's), Corinne Blum (Pittsford, NY/Pittsford Sutherland) and Nicki Cyr (Groton, NY/Dryden) finished within a few lengths to take third place in a time of 22:05. The two other Bulls entries claimed fifth and eighth place among a field of 11 boats.

Lauren Sexton

UB also competed in the Novice Eight race that featured 10. The Buffalo A boat came away with top honors in 19:58, squeaking past the Syracuse A boat, which was clocked in 20:10. The first-place boat consisted of coxswain Adriane Wotawa-Bergen (Ithaca, NY/Ithaca), Lauren Sexton (Niagara Falls, Ontario/St. Paul), Amanda Garbacz (St. Catharines, Ontario/Dennis Morris), Amanda MacKeigan (Brockville, Ontario/Brockville Collegiate Institute), Bridget Yannes (Edgewater Park, NJ/Holy Cross HS), Morgan Witte (Baldwinsville, NY/C.W. Baker), Laura Sherman (Ada, MI/Forest Hills Central), Miranda Robinson (Otego, NY/Unatego), and Amy Eggleston. The Bulls wrapped up their day with the B and C boats placing in times of 22:18 and 22:22, taking fifth and eighth place honors.

The Bulls next compete on March 18, where they kick off the spring season in the Clemson Challenge in Clemson, S.C. Head-to-head competition will begin on April 15 against Eastern Michigan in the Harvey Cup, and then travel to Lewisburg, PA to face Colgate and Bucknell in dual competition.