New London, Conn - Women's crew traveled to the Coast Guard Academy late last night for their Dual against the Bears on the Thames River this morning. Sunny skies and warm temps contrasted with the challenging conditions out on the water. From a 10-15mph headwind, an outgoing tide, and an upstream course, the river provided many opportunities for the athletes not to perform well. Yet, the crews handled the conditions well and in two of the three races, Colby came out on top. Heading into the weekend, Colby was ranked 7th and Coast Guard, 12th. The team heads back to Maine ready to return to the Hume Center and get out on the lake. 

Now for the lineups and results: 

The First Varsity with coxswain Shayna Leinberger '26, and rowers Ellie Pohlig '26, Zoey Honsel '28, Eliza Nilson '26, Alena Rossi '28, Erica O'Donnell '27, Heidi Alexanderian '29, Katherine Ward '28, and Ally Tecimer '29 raced the Bears hard all the way down the course, but did not come out on top. Coast Guard won the race with a time of 7:32.5 and Colby was 7 seconds behind, going 7:39.5.

The Second Varsity with coxswain Caroline Batchelder '28, and rowers Katherine White '26, Molly Garvey '28, Dosia Fennell '29, Shannon Murray '28, Hannah Colling '28, Ella Brochu '28, Fiona Gosk '29, and Dede Tindall '28 took the lead off the line and increased it to 12 seconds over the course of the race. Colby won with a time of 7:59.9 and Coast Guard went 8:12.2

The Third Varsity with coxswain Addison Schonewald '29, and rowers Isabel Jurado '27, Abigail Stathis '27, Madeline Lee '29, Charlotte Haeffner '28, Maya Ober '29, Zoe Dodge '26, Saanvi Madduri '28, and Sophia Sorabella '28 came off the line hot and never slowed down, putting 50 seconds on their opponents. Colby covered the distance in 8:14.2 and Coast Guard, 8:54.6. 

Catch the Mules next weekend as they return to Worcester to race Clark, Connecticut College, Colby, Trinity, and WPI.