Manhattan College Sweeps Women’s Rowing Weekly Awards
Varsity 8 Boat
Manhattan College
In the varsity 8, Manhattan clocked a 7:17.60 to defeat Iona, which posted a mark of 7:33.20. Comprising the Jaspers' crew was Rebecca Arcomano, Kate Sexton, Rachel Foertch, Meredith Domaleski, Elizabeth McCabe, Ella O'Brien and Emily Hughes with Zoe Nikolopoulos manning the stroke, and coxswain Shannon Gleba.
2nd Varsity 8 Boat
Manhattan College
In the second varsity 8, Manhattan dominated the action, recording a time of 7:35.30. In the boat for Manhattan was Shannon Forty, Allison Eichhorn, Lauryn Hughes, Leah McGovern, Lisa Dominguez, Elyse Holmes, Jaclyn Leighton with Alia Flanigan manning the stroke, and coxswain Carra Toner.
Varsity 4 Boat
Manhattan College
The varsity 4 of Alexa Schmidt, Caridad Price, Maria Blas-Perez, stroke Kerry Brosnan and coxswain Ashley Santana won in a time of 8:35.80, outdistancing Iona by over 22 seconds.
About the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference:
With 11 institutions strongly bound by the sound principles of quality and integrity in academics and excellence in athletics, the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) is in its 38
th year of competition during the 2018-19 academic year. Current Conference members include: Canisius College, Fairfield University, Iona College, Manhattan College, Marist College, Monmouth University, Niagara University, Quinnipiac University, Rider University, Saint Peter’s University, and Siena College.