WORCESTER -- WPI women's rowing raced in three highly competitive 2,000-meter events Lake Quinsigamond on Saturday morning.  Both the varsity and second varsity eights were particularly tight, seeing races decided by a second or less. 

Ithaca got off to a quick start and led WPI by about a boat length midway through the race but the hard-charging Engineers made up significant ground during the third 500 meters but the seventh-ranked Bombers fended off the sixth-ranked Crimson and Gray by a second (7:00.18 to 7:01.18).  WPI did extract some revenge on third-place Trinity.  Six days after the Bantams edges the hosts by less than a second, the Boynton Hillers reached the finish line more than five seconds ahead of No. 5 Trinity (7:06.38).  No. 11 Clark was fourth (7:09.28) followed by No. 15 Colby (7:16.38). 

The Crimson and Gray was also forced to rally in the second varsity eight, as they found themselves behind both Ithaca and Trinity early on and rallied to produce a finish that featured all three boats within a second.  Ithaca reached the final buoys in a time of 7:12.1, just ahead of the Bantams (7:12.5) and the Engineers (7:13.0).  Clark was next in a time of 7:26.5 while Colby was fifth (7:44.7) and Conn College sixth (7:56.3).   

WPI logged a third place showing in the third varsity eight, clocking a time of 7:44.0.  The Bombers completed a Saturday sweep, posting a time of 7:33.9, followed by Trinity 5.6 second behind (7:39.5).  Clark (8:08.8) placed fourth with Colby fifth (8:33.7). 

The Engineers host Tufts on Sunday in the Bernie Brown Cup.  Action begins with the Varsity Eight at 9:30am. 

Varsity Eight
Logan Rinaldi (Rumford, RI) - coxswain
Maren Cork (Seattle, WA)
Megan Tupaj (Amherst, NH)
Maggie Kirwan (Wolfeboro, NH)
Lilly Earley (Candia, NH)
Isabel Nearing (Cochecton, NY)
Caitlin Kean (Shrewsbury, MA)
Jules Prisco (Pelham, NY) 
Alexa Freglette (Staten Island, NY)

Second Varsity Eight
Emily Howard (Riverside, RI) - coxswain
Caroline Jaeger (Fort Montgomery, NY)
Samantha Arroyas (Uxbridge, MA)
Nicole Miller (Hanover, MA)
Kathryn Woodland (Boxford, MA)
Abigail Poole (Albany, NY)
Madison Gass (Barrington, NH)
Sofia Eckerson (Derry, NH)
Sunny Kang (Brookline, MA) 

Third Varsity Eight
Jaya Mills (Wayland, MA) - coxswain
Malyssa Deranian (Windham, NH)
Mara DeCesare (East Greenwich, RI)
Skyler Dooley (Madison, CT)
Leah Johnson (Bridgewater, MA)
Calista Carrignan (West Haven, CT)
Keira Schoolcraft (Woodbridge, VA)
Ryan Dillon (Rutland, MA)
Madeleine Ruley (Manchester Center, VT)

Results