University of Massachusets Athletics
Crew Earns Three Wins At Knecht Cup
April 15, 2002 | Women's Crew
April 15, 2002
AMHERST, Mass. -- The University of Massachusetts women's crew team picked up three victories at the 2002 Knecht Cup, held April 13-14, on the Cooper River Course in Camden, N.J.
The Minutwomen's varsity pairs team recorded a time of 8:13.4 to beat Penn State's 8:34.9 clocking. UMass' varsity quad team turned in a time of 7:31.5 to beat second-place Duquesne (7:38.2), while the freshman/novice 8 team of Carrie Champigny (Danvers, Mass.), Liz Eleftherakis (Barnstable, Mass.), Brycie Philbin (Kenwood, Calif.), Faith Harkins (Marion, Mass.), Carrie Hellstedt (Westford, Mass.), Lesley Day (Needham, Mass.), Naomi Rudov (Framingham, Mass.), Stacey Schaedler (Yantic, Conn.) and Jenn Tomich (Ashley Falls, Mass.) cruised to victory in 7:14.8, ahead of second-place Buffalo's 7:20.6.
In addition, UMass boats finished second in the freshman/novice 4 race to Wisconsin with a time of 8:23.9 to the Badgers' 8:22.4, and was runner-up in the second freshman/novice 8 race to Boston College with a 7:42.5 mark.
The Massachusetts varsity 8 clocked a 7:03.8 to finish third behind Boston College (6:54.3) and Kansas (6:57.8). The UMass boat lineup included coxswain Megan Mastropolo (Old Tappan, N.J.), Lea Jakobsen (Copenhagen, Denmark), Sarah Pollmann (Hamm, Germany), Kate Bonner (Nashua, N.H.), Liz Robb (Falmouth, Mass.), Katie O'Brien (Shrewsbury, Mass.), Colleen Banfield (Billerica, Mass.), Hayley McGrath (Florence, Mass.) and Anna Talucci (West Chester, Pa.).
The UMass varsity 4 boat was fourth in 7:46.4.
The Minutewomen return to action Saturday, April 20, against Northeastern, Columbia, and Navy on the Charles River in Boston, Mass.
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