Women's Rowing Places Second At WCC Championship
5/17/2014 12:00:00 AM | Women's Rowing
GOLD RIVER, Calif. - The Gonzaga University women's rowing team placed second at the West Coast Conference Rowing Championship Saturday held on Lake Natoma at the Sacramento State Aquatics Center in Gold River, Calif.
The University of San Diego won the crown for the fourth time in five years after winning all three races. The Toreros earned the conference's automatic berth into the NCAA Championship with the victory.
"We got beat by a better team in San Diego today but it wasn't by a lack of effort or any fault in our kids," stated Gonzaga head coach Glenn Putyrae after the championship. "We did everything we could and in the end it wasn't enough. Now we have to do everything and more to not be in the same position next year."
In the final point standings, San Diego topped Gonzaga 42 to 36. Saint Mary's College finished third (27), followed by the University of Portland (27). The Gaels earned the tiebreaker over the Pilots with a higher finish in the Varsity 8+ race. Loyola Marymount finished fifth (18), Creighton took sixth (12) and Santa Clara rounded out the standings in seventh (5).
The Bulldogs, who were the reigning WCC Champions, placed second in all three races Saturday.
"All three races went similarly," explained Putyrae. "San Diego got out to a lead early and we did our best to stick with them and to push back - and were successful to a certain agree - but ultimately they pulled away from us in each race."
Madison Keaty, Malori McGill and Kara Soucek were each named to the All-West Coast Conference team. Keaty and McGill earned the honor for the second-consecutive year.
San Diego head coach Kim Cupini was named the WCC Coach of the Year, while Torero Michelle Campbell was tabbed WCC Rower of the Year. USD's Erica Mayer was also named WCC Coxswain of the Year and teammate Nneka Anyanwu garnered WCC Newcomer of the Year.
FINAL WEST COAST CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP POINT TOTALS
|1. San Diego - 42
2. Gonzaga - 36
3. Saint Mary's - 27
4. Portland - 27*
5. Loyola Marymount - 18
6. Creighton - 12
7. Santa Clara - 5
*Tiebreaker - I Eight Finish
I Four Official Results
1. San Diego - 7:48.0
(Cox: Rachel Michel, Kathleen Petrich, Hannah Saddler, Abigail McLauchlin, Katherine (McKenna) Wray)
2. Gonzaga - 8:03.2
(Cox: Laura Brasch, Micailah Donner, Madeleine Verspieren, Clare Manthey, Victoria Olney)
3. Portland - 8:21.3
(Cox: Andrea Bogan, Olivia Halverson, Alexandria Miller, Lucy Kelly, Kelly Herman)
4. Saint Mary's - 8:33.6
(Cox: Sabitri Dolson, Juliana Greco, Natalie Wyatt, Bailey Minardi, Rachel Alvarez)
5. Loyola Marymount - 8:47.0
(Cox: Mariana Ugalde, Emily Harris, Katheryn Courson, Kelsey Dunbar, Jana Forney)
6. Creighton - 8:50.1
(Cox: Jessica Hasslinger, Jessica Courtney, Anna Yarkosky, Lauren Brendel, Mollie Babich)
II Eight Official Results
1. San Diego - 6:50.5
(Cox: Karli Whittenberg, Megan McNamara, Jennifer Travis, Avalon Koenig, Carla Kinnunen, Uche Anyanwu, Rachael Kincaid, Ellycia Halden, Allyson Ward)
2. Gonzaga - 6:53.6
(Cox: Jordan Schroeder, Naomi Medley, Meghan McCallum, Maddie Turbes, Lily Rorick, Alyssa Bashor, Ingrid Stansberry, Wendy Wigg, Hannah Brown)
3. Portland - 7:11.1
(Cox: Kelsey Kincaid, Jessie Osborn, Claire Seibold, Suzanne Blair, Kayla Russell, Lauren Wilson, Camden Revell, Tara Molina, Lucy Grimm)
4. Saint Mary's - 7:18.3
(Cox: Taylor Boss, Mariah Hemminger, Alexa Gordon, Sharyl Koenig, Kyla Dodsworth, Kiara Grey, Julia Turner, Tessa Cunha, Jessica Anthony)
5. Loyola Marymount - 7:25.1
(Cox: Emma Wright, Karina Yalcin, Jessica Burns, Louisa Del Valle, Monica Weaser, Callie Aaker, P.K. Carey-Jones, Ashley Brown, Danielle Ciraulo)
6. Creighton - 7:34.6
(Cox: Sarah Steffes, Maria Murray, Whitney Jenich, Laura Jo Washle, Sarah Stephani, Miranda Lonsdale, Whitney Corilon, Isabelle Buhr, Anna Cheek)
7. Santa Clara - 8:04.8
(Cox: Ana Burgoes, Mary Smith, Katherine Kilmer, Laura Thompson, Michelle Castro, Ariel Ross, Analisa Goossens, Brenda Arellanoq, Sadhana Bharadwaj)
I Eight Official Results
1. San Diego - 6:48.6
(Cox: Erica Mayer, Mary Jo Keys, Michelle Campbell, Brianna Lamb, Nneka Anyanwu, Megan Goodman, Cristina Morcom, Taylor Kendzierski, Courtney Olson)
2. Gonzaga - 6:53.9
(Cox: Naseeb Bhangal, Madison Keaty, Casey Burt, Kara Soucek, Devyn Bell, Sarah Atkins, Brooklyn Beeler, Malori McGill, Becca Benoit)
3. Saint Mary's - 7:05.9
(Cox: Natalie Livingston, Haley Adams, Maryann Concannon, Sabrina Scott, Katherine Wahl, Ashley Arancio, Marianna Irby, Adriana Palmiere, Michelle Felmlee-Gartner)
4. Portland - 7:11.4
(Cox: Hannah Dahlem, Maggie Keller, Bridget Sloat, Molly Templin, Melissa Gomez, Karen Christiansen, Mia Tarte, Hannah Johnson, Jamie Opra)
5. Loyola Marymount - 7:26.0
(Cox: Jen Koester, Silvia Torsellini, Paulina Lindstedt, Jessica Kegel, Toni Boteva, Numa Dorling, Clara Brackbill, Madison Hodgkins, Ciara Campbell)
6. Creighton 7:32.5
(Cox: Hayley Pilcher, Sarah Birnbaum, Nicole Kamada, Arianna Dalamaggas, Anne Marie Stonikas, Kaitlin Dougherty, Lauren Klick, Shannon Flannery, Meredith Pawlowski)
7. Santa Clara - 7:50.0
(Cox: Megan Alferness, Kelby Nardoni, Katie Bond, Bianca Garcia, Brittany Peters, Veronica Herr, Carina Brocato, Blair Mitchell, Molly Walker)
2014 WEST COAST CONFERENCE ROWING INDIVIDUAL HONORS
ROWER OF THE YEAR
Michelle Campbell, San Diego
COXSWAIN OF THE YEAR
Erica Mayer, San Diego
NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR
Nneka Anyanwu, San Diego
COACH OF THE YEAR
Kim Cupini, San Diego
2014 ALL-WEST COAST CONFERENCE ROWING TEAM
Haley Adams, Saint Mary's
Megan Alferness, Santa Clara
Nneka Anyanwu, San Diego
Suzanne Blair, Portland
Toni Boteva, Loyola Marymount
Michelle Campbell, San Diego
MaryAnn Concannon, Saint Mary's
Madison Keaty, Gonzaga
Jessica Kegel, Loyola Marymount
Taylor Kendzierski, San Diego
Lauren Klick, Creighton
Brianna Lamb, San Diego
Malori McGill, Gonzaga
Blair Mitchell, Santa Clara
Jamie Opra, Portland
Kara Soucek, Gonzaga
Anne Marie Stonikas, Creighton
