CORVALLIS, Ore. Oregon State men's rowing literally ran into obstacles on Saturday, but persevered to beat Stanford in the Varsity 4+ race after dropping the Varsity 8 and 2V8 races.

The Beavs were in touch with Stanford in the first Varsity 8 race before having to restart due to debris on the course that the Beaver boat hit. OSU dropped the re-race by just over 10 seconds.

"Today was eventful, to say the least. The varsity was going quite well, just a 6-7 seats down to Stanford, nearing the 1000, but they hit some debris that broke the skeg on their boat. The referee stopped both boats because of this. This is really unfortunate but they had to jump into the JV's shell and head back up to the line and restart the race. They didn't have the same grip on the water (what I call "traction") that they did in the first (abbreviated) piece," head coach Gabe Winkler said. "The big plus of the day was having the varsity 4+'s win their race. Stanford is a very strong team so this means something."

In the 2V8, OSU fell by a bit more than 10 seconds, finishing in 6:11. The team transitioned to 4's and bounced back with three of four Oregon State teams knocking off the Cardinal.

OSU's boat coxswained by Lidya Acar narrowly defeated the boat led by Kainoa Orgales, winning by just 66 hundredths of a second. Ethan Frank's boat also beat Stanford by just over a second.

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The Beavs head east for The Madiera Cup on May 3-4.

Oregon State Schedule vs Stanford
Varsity 8
1. Stanford 5:59.0
2. Oregon State 6:10.71

2V8
1. Stanford 6:01.1
2. Oregon State 6:11.53

V4
1. Oregon State (Acar) 6:52.08
2. Oregon State (Orgales) 6:52.64
3. Oregon State (Frank) 7:00.04
4. Stanford 7:01.15
5. Oregon State (Paskins) 7:06.35


Oregon State 8+ Lineups
Varsity 8 The Inman
Cox: Ethan DeBorja
Andrew Balsbaugh
Ryan Coulter
Jackson Mastrorilli
Jake Edelstein
Tristan Vanderlind
Miles Cochran
Isaac Beaman
Colin Lindquist

JV8 The Dam Proud
Cox: Tamsyn Adams
Sam Logan
Ben La Fond
Ben Burtner
Miles Camp
Will La Fond
Ryan Ghalayini
Dylan Stengel
Parker Meredith

4V1
Cox: Kainoa Orgales
Quinn Baker
Sasha Hermann
Matty Shepherd
Phil Seeger

4V2
Cox: Lidya Acar
Hudson Cole
Wayne Chapman
Evan Hankins-Hull
Connor Aeschbach

4V3
Cox: Ethan Frank
Chad Lee
Cole Voelpel
Luke Wages
Charles Axford

4V4
Cox: Sam Paskin
Zach Spurling
Cal Labonski
Cale Matheson
Ryan McCabe

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