Women's Crew Falls Just Short in Quest for Bernie Brown Cup

Cate Simoneau
Worcester, MA --- Women's Crew returned to the water on Sunday morning to compete against RIT, RPI, William Smith and Tufts.
The Varsity Eight of Katie Siering (Sheridan, OR), Bridget Stevens (Cropseyville, NY), Suzanna Kelley (Attleboro, MA), Cate Simoneau (Greenwich, NY), Steph Kavrakis (Long Beach, NY), Victoria Stutz (Trumbull, CT), Mary Hesler (Glastonbury, CT), Simone Staley (Albany, NY) and coxswain Brianna Ledwith (Jericho, VT) were rowing for rights to the Bernie Brown Cup versus Tufts. The Engineers fell just short as the Jumbos crossed the finish line eight seconds ahead of WPI who finished in 6:59.97.
The boat of Juliana Wakeman (Saratoga Springs, NY), Colyer Sigety (Tampa, FL), Molli Malcolmson (Leominster, MA), Caitlin Quinn (Apoa Air Force Base), Rachel O'Hara (Andover, MA), Cailin Folta (Swampscott, MA), Molly Post (Mt. Kisco, NY), Jillian Morang (Auburn, MA) and cox Holly Fletcher (Dartmouth, MA) took home fourth (7:45.72) in their race while the Novice Eight (Wakeman, Kelley, Simoneau, Sigety, Stutz, Quinn, Hesler, Folta and Fletcher) edged Tufts by three seconds to battle to second (7:27.45).
The Varsity Four (Siering, Stevens, Kavrakis, Staley and Ledwith) closed out the day for the Crimson and Gray, registering a time of 7:52.02 to finish second.
Women's Crew is off until Saturday, May 2nd, when they participate in the New England Championships.







