
Photo by: Karl Maasdam/Oregon State Athletics
Beavers Open Season with Win
March 17, 2018 | Women's Rowing
MARINA DEL REY, Calif. – The Oregon State women's rowing opened the spring season with the Varsity 8 racing to victory over UCLA Saturday morning.
The OSU V8 earned a first place finish over the Bruins covering the course with a time of 7-minutes, 2.8-seconds pulling in nearly four seconds ahead of UCLA (7:07.00).
In the Second Varsity 8 race, UCLA (7:13.60) edged out the Oregon State crew (7:18.80) by five seconds.
The Beavers' Varsity 4+, which is largely powered by a crew of novices, rowed against a pair of UCLA crews in the opening race of the day finishing third.
Oregon State will be idle next week before hosting Gonzaga for the Beavers' only home regatta of the year at Dexter Lake on March 31.
SATURDAY'S RESULTS:
Varsity Eight
Oregon State – 7:02.80
UCLA – 7:07.00
Second Varsity Eight
UCLA – 7:13.60
Oregon State – 7:18.80
Varsity Four+
UCLA (V4+) – 7:59.80
UCLA (2V4+) – 8:17.30
Oregon State – 8:27.30
SATURDAY'S LINEUPS:
Varsity Eight: (stroke) Olivia Ashby, (7) Alina Hagstrom, (6) Paige Phillips, (5) Eliza Adams, (4) Abigail Watts, (3) Katie Descheemaeker, (2) Mimi Ballinger, (bow) Scout Sutton, (coxswain) Heather Thompson.
Second Varsity Eight: (stroke) Mimi Grosselius, (7) Gabriella Yakemow, (6) Claire Diller, (5) Taylor Gibson, (4) Maddie Vinson, (3) Natalie Tercek, (2) Diana Oppenheimer, (bow) Liz Matzdorf, (coxswain) Cassy Lozano.
Varsity 4+: (stroke) Mackenzie Rice, (3) Ella Strebig, (2) Becca Pritchard, (bow) Claire Williams, (cowswain) Bailey Daniels.
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The OSU V8 earned a first place finish over the Bruins covering the course with a time of 7-minutes, 2.8-seconds pulling in nearly four seconds ahead of UCLA (7:07.00).
In the Second Varsity 8 race, UCLA (7:13.60) edged out the Oregon State crew (7:18.80) by five seconds.
The Beavers' Varsity 4+, which is largely powered by a crew of novices, rowed against a pair of UCLA crews in the opening race of the day finishing third.
Oregon State will be idle next week before hosting Gonzaga for the Beavers' only home regatta of the year at Dexter Lake on March 31.
SATURDAY'S RESULTS:
Varsity Eight
Oregon State – 7:02.80
UCLA – 7:07.00
Second Varsity Eight
UCLA – 7:13.60
Oregon State – 7:18.80
Varsity Four+
UCLA (V4+) – 7:59.80
UCLA (2V4+) – 8:17.30
Oregon State – 8:27.30
SATURDAY'S LINEUPS:
Varsity Eight: (stroke) Olivia Ashby, (7) Alina Hagstrom, (6) Paige Phillips, (5) Eliza Adams, (4) Abigail Watts, (3) Katie Descheemaeker, (2) Mimi Ballinger, (bow) Scout Sutton, (coxswain) Heather Thompson.
Second Varsity Eight: (stroke) Mimi Grosselius, (7) Gabriella Yakemow, (6) Claire Diller, (5) Taylor Gibson, (4) Maddie Vinson, (3) Natalie Tercek, (2) Diana Oppenheimer, (bow) Liz Matzdorf, (coxswain) Cassy Lozano.
Varsity 4+: (stroke) Mackenzie Rice, (3) Ella Strebig, (2) Becca Pritchard, (bow) Claire Williams, (cowswain) Bailey Daniels.
FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL
For more information on the Oregon State men's rowing team, visit OSUBeavers.com or follow the team's official Twitter account at Twitter.com/BeaverWRowing, on Facebook at Facebook.com/BeaverRowing, or on Instagram at Instagram.com/BeaverWRowing.
OUR MISSION
Oregon State Athletics strives to Build Excellent Authentic Visionary Student-Athletes (Go BEAVS).
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