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Friday, May 13, 2011

Seat Shuffle for Orange Women Heading into Sprints





The SU Women’s team is off to South Jersey for the Eastern Sprints this Sunday and Coach Justin Moore has done a little bit of juggling in his eights. The athletes are the same but some of their seats have changed.

The stern three remains the same in the V8, but Carmen Fallia moves up from three into the five seat, Maggie McCrudden from bow into three and Rebecca Soja goes from five into the bow seat. Allison Todd is the Coxswain.

Kerriann Miller is now the 2V stroke, moving up from the six-seat in the Big East Championships. Captain Rachel Ogundiran moves up from four to six. She missed the early part of the season with rib injuries. Ali Sayer from two to four and Emily Moomey, who stroked at the Big East takes over at two.


Varsity Eight
C – Allison Todd
S – Emma Karpowicz
7 – Miranda Williams
6 –Chelsea Macpherson
5 – Carmen Fallia
4 – Tiffany Macon
3 – Maggie McCrudden
2 – Macey Miller
B – Rebecca Soja

Second Varsity Eight
C – Mikela Almeida
S – Kerriann Miller
7 – Brandis Arcadia
6 – Rachel Ogundrian
5 – Annie Couwenhoven
4 – Ali Sayer
3 – Gina Biascochea
2 – Emily Moomey
B – Kate Severino

Varsity Four
C – Kristina Herb
S – Mary Carlson
3 – Ciara Shaneauer
2 – Jacque Lee
B –Laura Adams

The Orange Varsity goes in as the 12-seed, lining up at 8:40 against #13 BU, #7 Dartmouth, top seed Princeton and #6 Columbia. Top two go to the Grand Final with the next to advancing to the Petites.

The 2V heat is set at 9:30 with #10 SU against #15 Georgetown, #9 Columbia, #3 Yale, #4 Radcliffe and #16 MIT.

The 12-seed SU Varsity four goes at 9:45 against #13 Georgetown, #7 Radcliffe, #1 Brown and #6 Dartmouth.

Goals for the Weekend - and Beyond

One of the goals this weekend is "to send the seniors out with races that each of them can be proud of," Moore said in an email."There is one senior in the varsity boat, four in the 2V and one in the 4+. They have worked hard and we want to honor them with the best performance possible.

"The seniors must help the younger women on this team understand what is required to compete and perform at this level. We are currently seeded 12th in the 1V, 10th in the 2V and 12th in the 4+. We want to perform at or above our seeding. This will require that these young crews demonstrate poise under pressure and the ability to execute to the best of their abilities when it matters most.

"It is essential that we end this season headed in the correct direction,"Moore said. "I hope to never enter this regatta as a 12 seed again. While there is little we can about our immediate physical condition and technical ability, we have a great opportunity to work on our championship mentality and our ability to execute when it matters most.

One sign of progress in Coach Moore’s first season was the V8 beating BU a couple of weeks ago, after trailing the Terriers in the opening race of the season and again a few weeks later.

"In the varsity event, we are seeded 12th and BU is seeded 13th. They have beaten us twice this year, and we took them in the last go around. While we are not proud of the fact that we have to fight for the B final, this is the truth of where we are. This is our opportunity to compete.

"With good recruiting, better and more consistent training, we will be competing for higher and higher positioning at events like this and in the national polls."

Schedule and Coverage

Full schedule here courtesy of row2k.com

On-line audio coverage here

In addition, listeners without web access may tune in to the EAWRC Sprints via telephone connection at: (508) 534-7389

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