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RMU Excels In First Day of Sacred Heart Invite

Pair of Varsity 8 boats finish third, Novice 8 claims first place

Day One Results - Sacred Heart Invitational

Moon Township, Pa. – The Robert Morris University women's rowing team continued its 2014 spring season Saturday with the first of two days of competition at the Sacred Heart Invitational in Fairfield, Conn.

Both varsity eight boats earned third in its respective races behind Fordham and Fairfield, while the RMU varsity four also claimed third place, trailing only Fordham's A and B entrants. The novice eight, meanwhile, continued its hot start to the 2014 season, claiming first place.

"I am so happy with the improvement that our team is showing in every boat," head coach Midge McPhail-Burks said. "We are definitely moving in the right direction, and their hard work is paying off. Our novices are proving to be extremely hard-working and coachable student-athletes, and we are extremely proud of them."

The first varsity eight boat posted a time of 7:44.85, trailing only Fordham (7:35.90) and Fairfield (7:41.75) while finishing ahead of Canisius (7:56.09), Iona (8:26.99) and Sacred Heart (9:05.64).

The student-athletes to make up the first varsity eight boat for the Colonials were junior Laura Mooradian (St. Catharines, Ontario / Denis Morris) as the coxswain and junior Kristin Fay (Philadelphia, Pa. / Philadelphia), sophomore Caitlin Ryan (Pittsford, N.Y. / Pittsford Sutherland), junior Heather Hodges (Valencia, Pa. / Mars Area), freshman Erin Gunn (Buffalo, N.Y. / Holy Angels Academy), juniors Kelsey Porter (Mount Pleasant, Pa. / Mount Pleasant) and Brianna Hellier (Beaver, Pa. / Beaver Area), senior Megan Coleman (Pittsburgh, Pa. / Northgate) and sophomore Kelley Bittner (Gibsonia, Pa. / Hampton).

Serving as the coxswain of the second RMU varsity eight boat, which earned third with a time of 8:12.80, was sophomore Angelica Tomlinson (Dayton, Ohio / Chaminade-Julienne). Also featured in the boat were senior Gretchen Gailey (Beaver, Pa. / Beaver Area), junior Julie Miller (Pittsburgh, Pa. / North Catholic), sophomores Samantha Gunn (Buffalo, N.Y. / Holy Angels Academy) and Rebekah Noorlag (Beaver, Pa. / Beaver County Christian), junior Erica Sablofski (Pittsburgh, Pa. / Plum), sophomore Paige Oster (Mantua, Ohio / Cuyahoga Valley Christian), freshman Tina Sahr (Pittsburgh, Pa. / North Catholic) and sophomore Donna Muschar (Pittsburgh, Pa. / Perry).

The Robert Morris varsity four boat battled wind throughout its heat race to claim third and also finished third in the finals behind Fordham's top two boats by finishing with a time of 9:03.50.

Comprising RMU's lineup in the varsity four were freshmen Katelyn Goodman (Altoona, Pa. / Altoona) and Shannon Casey (Eagle River, Alaska / Frontier Charter), junior Cassandra Grafton (Hartstown, Pa. / Jamestown Area) and sophomore Bridget Robinson (Voorhees, N.J. / Eastern), while junior Victoria Lomax (Willingboro, N.J. / John W. Callahan Catholic) served as coxswain.

In the novice eight, Robert Morris claimed victory by almost six seconds, posting a time of 8:12.70 to outlast Fordham (8:18.60). Rounding out the field were Fairfield (8:33.40), Sacred Heart (9:12.11) and Iona (9:42.00).

Serving as the coxswain for the RMU novice eight was freshman Olivia Bello (Voorhees, N.J. / Eastern), and she was joined in the boat by Goodman, Casey and freshmen Hannah Miller (Valencia, Pa. / Mars Area), Maddi Lewis (Freedom, Pa. / Freedom), Emily Engle-Young (Holbrook, Pa. / West Greene), Taylor Andree (Erie, Pa. / McDowell), Lindsey Lose (Birmingham, Ala. / Hoover) and Taylor Childers (Marlton, N.J. / Cherokee).


 
 
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