Rowers Head East for B1G Double Dual
4/8/2016 12:00:00 AM | Women's Rowing
East Lansing, Mich. -- Michigan State heads east this weekend to face off with a pair of Big Ten rivals, taking on No. 3 Ohio State and Rutgers on Lake Carnegie in Princeton, NJ.
The Spartans, receiving votes for the third straight week in the Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association (CRCA) national poll, will be competing for the third time this season, and for the second straight week against Big Ten competition. The Buckeyes are tied for third in the poll for the second straight week.
The teams will race in Princeton this weekend on Lake Carnegie, which is the home course for the Princeton Tigers. MSU will line up first with the host Scarlet Knights, with racing starting at 8:10 am (second novice eights) and progressing up to the varsity eight race at 10 am. In the second session against the defending National Champion Buckeyes, a second three-boat race with MSU, Michigan, and Ohio State second novices kicks off action at 12:10, with MSU-OSU facing off head-to-head progressing to the varsity eights at 2 p.m. Rutgers will not field a second novice eight entry, so those races will be three-boat races in both sessions.
Rutgers is facing their first Big Ten competition of the season, last racing on March 26 at the Murphy Cup Regatta in Philadelphia. The Buckyes hosted the Big Ten/ACC Double Duals last week, with the Spartans and Michigan in addition to No. 4 Virginia and Clemson.
"We learned more about ourselves last week against strong competition down in Columbus, and the athletes have been very receptive to the small tweaks and changes we made this week to improve our race plans and find more speed," said head coach Matt Weise. "It's exciting with such a young novice eight that they are so eager to take the coaching and put themselves out of a comfort zone in order to try to accomplish things. We're seeing improvement in all of our boats right now, so it's another measuring stick for us. I think all the athletes are excited to get out on the water and put what we've been working on into action."
Michigan State vs. Rutgers, No. 3 Ohio State Saturday, March 9 Lake Carnegie, NJ
Time Race Lane 2 Lane 3 Lane 48:10a 2N8+ Michigan State Rutgers Michigan8:20a 1N8+ Ohio State Michigan 8:30a 1N8+ Rutgers Michigan State 8:40a 3V4+ Ohio State Michigan 8:50a 2V4+ Michigan Ohio State 9:00a 2V4+ Michigan State Rutgers 9:10a 1V4+ Ohio State Michigan 9:20a 1V4+ Rutgers Michigan State 9:30a 2V8+ Michigan Ohio State 9:40a 2V8+ Michigan State Rutgers 9:50a 1V8+ Ohio State Michigan 10:00a 1V8+ Rutgers Michigan State
Time Race Lane 2 Lane 3 Lane 4 12:10p 2N8+ Rutgers Michigan Michigan State12:20p 1N8+ Michigan State Ohio State 12:30p 1N8+ Michigan Rutgers 12:40p 3V4+ Michigan Ohio State12:50p 2V4+ Ohio State Michigan State 1:00p 2V4+ Rutgers Michigan 1:10p 1V4+ Michigan State Ohio State 1:20p 1V4+ Michigan Rutgers 1:30p 2V8+ Ohio State Michigan State 1:40p 2V8+ Rutgers Michigan 1:50p 1V8+ Michigan State Ohio State 2:00p 1V8+ Michigan Rutgers
Spartan Lineups vs. Ohio State, Rutgers
Varsity Eight cox- Julianne Calzonetti; S- Becca Uebele; 7- Brianna Higgins; 6- Brook Edgar; 5- Lindsey Klei; 4- Nicole Marek; 3- Lillian Thompson; 2- Kasidy Higgins; B- Monica Hessler
Second Varsity Eight cox- Hannah Worth; S- Joanna Beaton; 7 - Emily Tatge, 6- Corinne DeVries; 5 - Asabe Danpollo; 4- Maya Regalado; 3- Samantha Hahn; 2- Mikayla Russell; B- Kathleen Noblet
First Varsity Four cox- Michelle DeVriendt; S- Adrien Kawalek; 3- Cailyn Wolski; 2- Jessica Richards; B- Jessica Marone
Second Varsity Four cox- Megan Lindsey; S- Sierra Bailey; 3- Danielle Connery; 2- Meredith Flood; B- Madison Traver
Novice Eight cox- Julia Michienzi; S- Kelsey Rambo; 7- Kaitlyn Meiste; 6- Makayla Plekes; 5- Hannah Hentgen; 4- Emily Mall; 3- Abby Miller; 2- Samantha Jabara; B - Meaghan Faucher
Second Novice Eight cox- Abigail Hampton; S- Theresa Duffy; 7- Micah Peel; 6- Samantha Rogers; 5- Madelyn Bagley; 4- Clare Sutka; 3- Jessica Derkacz; 2- Anna Kilmer; B- Alyson Donselar
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