Massachusetts Rowing Snatches Second At A-10 Championship With Five Boats Earning Medals

Complete Results

AMHERST, Mass. - All five Massachusetts boats earned medals and the team finished second overall at the 2024 Atlantic 10 Rowing Championship on the Cooper River in Pennsauken, New Jersey on Saturday.

Massachusetts (46 points) finished just five points behind Rhode Island (51 points), with George Washinton placing third (45 points).

"A-10s always brings out the best and today was no different," head coach Eric Carcich said. "With beautiful conditions on hand for championship Saturday, this team seized the opportunity to take another step towards the top of the A-10. Achieving five medals in five races is never easy and we are so proud of this unit for accomplishing this. The B4 set the tone early with a massive win triggering a parade of gold medals in the 3V8 and the V4. The JV battled hard to earn a huge silver medal in a very competitive field. Finishing off the day, our V8 threw every thing they had into the final earning a bronze medal and placing us second as a team. This is one place better than last year and one step from the top. At the end of the day we train to win but we also have to acknowledge progress. We have made huge steps in-house and this team has been truly phenomenal to work with. We are young and eager to make the final step to the top of the mountain. I do want to take a moment and thank our five seniors for the legacy they will leave behind. This group of seniors started the championship train and we will work hard to finish it."

The Varsity 4, consisting of Kaia Miranda (Cox), Livia Iwanicki, Heidi Biedenkapp, Fiona Murphy and Grace White, took gold in the Grand Final, finishing in a time of 7:39.62 to beat second-place Saint Joseph's (7:44.487).

The Second Varsity 8, consisting of AJ Prahl (Cox), Arden Ross, Sarah Happs, Alexis Harvell, Sloane Yurcisin, Elle Decatur, Sarah Baule, Phoebe Gallagher and Katie Gatza, took silver in the Grand Final, finishing in a time of 6:59.77, just 4.17 seconds behind Rhode Island.

The Varsity 8, consisting of Alison Kolaga (Cox), Primrose Carrigan, Cielo Jacuzzi, Rosie Turnbull, Zsofia Angyal, Rylie Wake, Sonya Mazrimas, Teagan Blue, Kelli Järvoja, took bronze in the Grand Final, finishing in a time of 7:00.139.

In the additional non-scoring races, Massachusetts' Third Varsity 8 took first (7:22.861) as did the Second Varsity 4 (8:04.765).

At the conclusion of the races, four UMass rowers earned All-Conference accolades including Kolaga, Turnbull, Jacuzzi and Harvell.

FIRST TEAM

Bridget Abbott, Duquesne

Brooke Gould, Fordham

Alexa Nealy, George Washington

Flannery Dunn, George Washington

Bridget McGuinn, La Salle

Alison Kolaga, UMass

Rosie Turnbull, UMass

Nicole Jones, Rhode Island

Beth Nordstrom, Rhode Island

Catie Castle, Rhode Island

Riley McDade, Saint Joseph's

SECOND TEAM

Annika Roush, Dayton

Maya Gunz, Fordham

Ellie Lewis, Fordham

Ava Northen, George Mason

Mary Grace Konopka, George Washington

Madison Hintze, La Salle

Cielo Jacuzzi, UMass

Alexis Harvell, UMass

Emma Bardhardt, Rhode Island

Farah Konschak, Saint Joseph's

Scoring

TEAM	V8	2V8	V4	TOTAL
URI	27	18	6	51
UMass	21	16	9	46
GW	24	14	7	45
Fordham	18	10	5	33
La Salle	15	12	2	29
Saint Joseph's	12	6	8	26
Duquesne	9	8	4	21
Mason	6	2	3	11
Dayton	3	4	0	7

Massachusetts Lineups

	First Varsity Eight	O	Second Varsity Eight	O	Third Varsity Eight
C	Kolaga, Ali	C	Prahl, AJ	C	Scally, Amanda
8	Carrigan, Primrose	8	Ross, Arden	8	Jasmin, Nicole
7	Jacuzzi, Cielo	7	Happs, Sarah	7	Galinski, Katia
6	Turnbull, Rosie	6	Decatur, Elle	6	Henry, Jourdan
5	Angyal, Zsofia	5	Yurcisin, Sloane	5	Zadvinskiy, Olivia
4	Wake, Rylie	4	Harvell, Alexis	4	Mills, Chloe
3	Mazrimas, Sonya	3	Carpenter, Lauren	3	Menner, Olivia
2	Blue, Teagan	2	Gallagher, Phoebe	2	Morse, Gianna
1	Jarvoja, Kelli	1	Baule, Sarah	1	Picard, Ashley

O	First Varsity Four	O	Second Varsity Four
C	Miranda, Kaia	C	LaVigna, Sara
4	Iwanicki, Liv	4	Kuntz, Lily
3	Biedenkapp, Heidi	3	Gatza, Katie
2	Murphy, Fiona	2	Pye, Felicity
1	White, Grace	1	Foreman, Darcy

Scoreboard