March 27, 2009

PHILADELPHIA - The Saint Joseph's women's rowing team looks remain unbeaten in 2009 with a big weekend of racing at the Murphy Cup on Saturday at the Schuylkill River. Then on Sunday, the Hawks will take on Dayton and UConn in a tri-meet, also on the Schuylkill.

Saturday's Murphy Cup will pit the Hawks against a large field of teams (25), with some very strong teams, including Navy, Bucknell, Trinity, and Villanova. Heats begin at 9 a.m. with the finals ending the day at 4:30 p.m. The Hawks will then get some rest to race UConn and Dayton at 8 a.m. on Sunday.

"This weekend is a good endurance check for us for the Dad Vail. We race toughcompetition two times in 24 hours - just like Dad Vail. We expect great things from our crews this season, and they expect a lot of themselves," said coach Gerry Quinlan.

The Hawks' lineups for the weekend are as follows:

VARSITY 8: c-Andi Hartfield (Jr), 8-Brianne Kammerman (So), 7-Colleen Greway (Jr), 6-Christina DiSanto (Jr), 5-Debbie Batemen (Sr), 4-Danielle Brady (So), 3-Colleen Smith (So), 2-Lauren Rozsits (Jr), 1-Lauren Sysol (Sr)

2nd VARSITY 8: c-Clare Burns (So), 8-Tina Regan (Jr), 7-Katie Herdmann (So), 6-Ashley Wollman (So),5-Angela Acuna (So), 4-Samm Wilson (Sr), 3-Ali Gallagher (Sr), 2-Liz Golden (Sr), 1-Kate MacTurk (Sr)

VARSITY 4: c-Gabby Hazzouri (Jr), 4-Juliet Lee (So), 3-MaryCate Fox (So), 2-Melissa Craig (So), 1-Alison Jacobs (Fr)

FRESHMEN 8: c-Betsy Thompson, 8-Bridget Dempsey, 7-Ariana McDevitt, 6-Julie Shillington, 5-Rachel Shustack, 4-Christine Reilly, 3-Jackie Castorino, 2-Erin Butler,1-Norma DiCocco