Big Row Sweep
REDWOOD SHORES, Calif. – The No. 2 Stanford women's rowing team earned a decisive overall victory against No. 4 Cal in the Big Row on Saturday, winning every race in the annual rivalry.
Competing in a consistent rain on the Peninsula bayshore, Stanford won all five races by at least seven seconds, to complete the regular season and provided an exclamation point in the final home regatta of Stanford's seniors, who were recognized afterward on Senior Day.
The defending NCAA champion Cardinal earned a crowning victory in the first varsity eight race. With junior Luise Bachmann at stroke and senior Belle Battistoni at bow, Stanford covered the 2,000-meter Belmont Channel/Redwood Shores Lagoon course in 6:26.6, against a headwind, with Cal in 6:33.7.
The wind was mostly between 9-12 knots, with gusts up to 17 knots. The rain never let up. It didn't matter to the Cardinal, which won by eight seconds in 2V8, 15 in 1V4, nine in 3V8, and 10 in 4V8.
Stanford next competes at the Pac-12 Championships at Lake Natoma on May 19. Stanford is the two-time defending champion.
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Results
1V8+
1. Stanford- 6:26.6
2. Cal- 6:33.7
2V8+
1. Stanford- 6:36.9
2. Cal- 6:45.4
1V4+
1. Stanford 7:19.7
2. Cal 7:35.6.
3V8+
1. Stanford- 7:00.8
2. Cal- 7:10.1
4V8+
1. Stanford- 7:21.0
2. Cal- 7:31.7
Lineups
1V8+: C: Carolyn Kennedy, 8: Luise Bachmann, 7: Matilda Drewett, 6: Lucy Burrell, 5: Fiona Mooney, 4: Iris Klok, 3: Annika Jeffery. 2: Lettie Cabot, 1: Belle Battistoni.
2V8+: C: Honor Warburg, 8: Madeleine Greenstock, 7: Julia Braz, 6: Beckie Leigh, 5: Julietta Camahort , 4: Regan McDonnell, 3: Elli Rowley, 2: Heather Schmidt, 1: Nora Goodwillie.
1V4+: C: Abbey Heinemann, 4: Mathilda Kitzmann, 3: Lucy Black, 2: Paloma Sequeira, 1: Quincy Stone.
3V8+: C: Reese Dibiase, 8: Kieran Wallace, 7: Sofia Simone, 6: Julia Veith, 5: Kathryn Alexander, 4: Alice Baker, 3: Katherine Mote, 2: Caia Costello, 1: Taylor English.
4V8+: C: Grace De La Torre, 8: Susie Mallen, 7: Charlotte Botha, 6: Lily Moore, 5: Natalie Clemans, 4: Sonia Gnatowska, 3: Brooke Seebeck, 2: Mia Thompson, 1: Schuyler Hyde.