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Atlantic 10 Championships
UMass Finishes Second at A-10 Championship on Tie-Breaker
May 08, 2016 | Rowing
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FAIRFAX STATION, Va. - University of Massachusetts rowing won the Second Varsity 8+ and Varsity 4+ events and finished tied atop the team points standings with Rhode Island at 51 points apiece, but Rhody's win in the First Varsity 8+ gave the Rams the league's automatic bid into the NCAA Championship.
If two or more teams finish atop the points standings upon completion of racing the order of finish in the Varsity 8+ event is used as the tie-break to award overall placement.
The Atlantic 10 inverted the race schedule due to weather concerns, which sent the Varsity 8+ boats onto the water first. Rhode Island crossed in 7:37.3 for the gold medal while UMass earned second only two seconds later. Duquesne took bronze in 7:50.3.
The Minutewomen followed with back-to-back victories over Rhode Island to create the tie atop the scoreboard. In the Second Varsity 8+, the Maroon and White reached the finish line in 8:07.1, exactly 2.5 seconds before the Rams.
In need of another victory, the Varsity 4+ outpaced the field by nearly 15 seconds for the gold medal. Rhode Island took silver with its time of 8:41.2 while Saint Joseph's picked up third place in 8:42.9.
The Minutewomen took home first place in each of its three opening races of the day to secure spots in the grand finals. The Varsity 8+ took the top spot in 7:07.9, the Second Varsity 8+ raced to a 7:11.3 finish while the Varsity 4+ crossed in 7:58.5.
Massachusetts continues spring competition with at the Dad Vail Regatta in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on May 13-14. The Minutewomen are the two-time women's champions at the prestigious event.
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UMass At The Atlantic 10 Championship Race Results
Varsity 8+ Heat (First, 7:07.90): Haley Eovine, Daniella du Toit, Emily Mann, Grace Bundy, Zoe Hill, Abby Norwood, Pippa Edwards, Natalie Boisvert, Allanah Rubi-Mooney
Varsity 8+ Grand Final (Second, 7:39.34): Eovine, du Toit, Mann, Bundy, Hill, Norwood, Edwards, Boisvert, Rubi-Mooney
Second Varsity 8+ Heat (First, 7:11.30): Kelsey Anderson, Krysten Menks, Sam Wonderlin, Hannah White, Hadley Irvin, Haley York, Nicole Destefano, Jill McGill, Estefi Marti Malvido
Second Varsity 8+ Grand Final (First, 8:07.10): Anderson, Menks, Wonderlin, White, Irvin, York, Destefano, McGill, Marti Malvido
Varsity 4+ Heat (First, 7:58.50): Abigail Raichek, Hallie Dunlap, Courtney Edson, Sam Kolovson, Meghan Ouellette
Varsity 4+ Grand Final (First, 8:27.60): Raichek, Dunlap, Edson, Kolovson, Ouellette
Atlantic 10 Championship Team Results
1. Rhode Island, 51 points*
2. Massachusetts, 51 points*
3. Fordham, 37 points
4. Duquesne, 35 points
5. Saint Joseph's, 30 points
6. George Washington, 30 points
7. Dayton, 16 points
8. George Mason, 14 points
9. La Salle, three points
*The Atlantic 10 team placement tiebreaker is the result of the Varsity 8+ Grand Final. Rhode Island's win in the Varsity 8+ awarded the Rams first place.
