DeLAND, Fla. – The Nova Southeastern women's rowing team competed in its final race of the fall season, the Hatter Invitational this past Saturday against Sunshine State Conference foes Barry and Embry-Riddle, as well as Division I opponent and host Stetson.
INSIDE THE MATCHUP:
LOCATION: Lake Beresford | DeLand, Fla.
HOST: Stetson University
CONDITIONS
A great day for rowing, with a mix of sun and clouds and temperatures in the low 70s.
RACE FORMAT
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Athletes competed in varsity four session at 11:05 a.m., followed by the varsity eights session at 1:45 p.m.
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Each boat class competed in a 3,200m head-style piece against the clock.
RESULTS
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In the fours, NSU's A-boat (Ava Carollo, Martina Pischedda, Katerina Verbraeken, Perrine Sarraute and Kassie Moss) finished fourth, just two seconds behind Barry's B-boat with a final time of 12:56. Overall, Barry took first and third place respectively, with ERAU coming in second.
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The B-boat (Miranda Sadlow, Freya Epp, Isabel Treanor, Ayelen Vegas and Mikayla Switzer) finished in fifth place, ahead of all B-boats other than Barry's. NSU's B-boat finished at 13:27, ahead of Embry-Riddle by a minute and ten seconds, displaying the strong depth the Sharks have as a squad.
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The third boat the Sharks featured was the C-boat (Alexandra Herlihy, Vivian Boettger, Gabrielle Orr, Ariel McAffrey and Jasmine Morris) who placed 11th with a finish of 13:59, 29 seconds ahead of Embry-Riddle's C-boat.
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The final boat NSU deployed was the D-boat (Shelby Rush, Victoria Kelley, Geraldine Moreno, Madison Mello and Emily Jawor) crossing the finish line at 14:51, placing 14th.
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In the eights, NSU's A-boat (Ava Carollo, Martina Pischedda, Isabel Treanor, Ayelen Vegas, Mikayla Switzer, Jessica Cavalier, Katerina Verbraeken, Perrine Sarraute, and Kassie Moss) placed fourth with a 12:06 finish, while Barry crossed the line first, followed by Stetson, than Embry-Riddle.
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The B-boat (Miranda Sadlow, Barbara Sansur, Emily Jawor, Vivian Boettger, Madison Mello, Freya Epp, Gabrielle Orr, Ariel McAffrey and Jasmine Morris) crossed the line in sixth at 12:52, ahead of both conference rivals Barry and Embry-Riddle.
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The final boat the Sharks deployed was the C-boat (Shelby Rush, Angelina Hansel, Emily Morton, Victoria Kelley, Briana Zaffiro, Savanna Duda, Paige Barbieri, Alexandra Herlihy and Geraldine Moreno) who finished with an overall time of 14:20, resulting in an 11th place result.
BEYOND THE RESULTS WITH COACH DEVIN FAY
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"Essentially we have maintained our margins from last spring vs SSC competition Barry and Embry-Riddle, which means our next training cycle will be critical to our spring success, said head coach Devin Fay." "We need to work harder than our competition in conference to put our team on a solid footing beginning in January"
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"The Sharks looked sharp on the race course and really executed the technical points we have been working on all fall, mentioned Fay"
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"We talked as a team about our focus going into racing and one of the big takeaways is that we like to keep things light and relaxed going into a race weekend, but getting everyone on the same page with concentration and coordination between athletes and coaches is a place where we feel we can do better, coach Fay concluded."
UP NEXT
With the fall schedule in the books, NSU will continue training through mid-November and will not see racing action again until scrimmages against SSC competitors in January. A fall recap will come soon, highlighting a forward look ahead to the spring season.
