April 21, 2007

PENNSAUKEN, NJ - The Saint Joseph's women's rowing team finished fourth at the 2007 Atlantic 10 Championship at the Cooper River on Saturday. The University of Massachusetts won its 12th Atlantic 10 title, a streak which is the longest in any sport in Atlantic 10 history.

The Minutewomen edged out second-place Rhode Island (44) by just one point with a 45 point total. The two teams entered the final event, the Quad Grand Final, tied at 39 before Massachusetts captured its first win of the day taking the Quad in a time of 7:18.5. Rhode Island finished second (7:42.4) in the event to keep the scoring tight. Duquesne posted its highest finish ever with 26 points for third place and Saint Joseph's finished fourth with 24 points. The Hawks were followed by Dayton (20 points), George Washington (16 points), Temple (13 points), Fordham (11 points), and La Salle (6 points).

The Hawks' highest finishes of the day came in the Novice 4 Grand Final as they placed second (8:15) behind Duquesne. SJU was also third in the Quad Grand Final, and third in the Novice 8-A Grand Final. The Hawks finished behind Dayton in the two-boat Varsity Petite.

UMass won gold in the Quad and finished second in five other events en route to the team title. Rhode Island captured first-place in every Varsity event (Varsity 4 (7:53.3), 2nd Varsity 8 (6:58.0), Varsity 8 (6:42.5)) for the first time in A-10 history and grabbed gold in the Novice 8-A Grand Final as well. Duquesne captured two events, winning the Novice 4 (8:13.6) and setting a new A-10 Championship record in the Lightweight 8 with a time of 7:56.0, while Dayton won the Lightweight 8 (7:27.3).

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