Danni Schneider and the Notre Dame varsity four are one of two Irish boats taking part in the A/B semifinals at the NCAA Championship Saturday

Irish Advance Two Boats To NCAA Championship A/B Semifinals

May 31, 2013

INDIANAPOLIS – The University of Notre Dame rowing team qualified a pair of boats Friday for the A/B semifinal round on day one of the 2013 NCAA Championship at Eagle Creek Park. The Irish second varsity eight and varsity four launches will race Saturday in an attempt to become the first NCAA Grand Final qualifier in program history.

Notre Dame’s first varsity eight opened the morning session with a third-place finish in the third heat of eight-squad racing, posting a time 7:07.338. In the most competitive race of the championship, coxswain Abby Meyers, Joanna Poinsatte, Stephanie O’Neill, Joanna Mulvey, Courtney Gaberino, Erin Boxberger, Ailish Sheehan, Anna Kottkamp and Molly Bruggeman finished 0.560 out of the top spot in the first eight repechage heat with a 7:05.656 clip. Stanford (7:05.360) held on for the team victory, while Yale (7:05.096) earned runner-up honors.

After a third-place result (7:15.092) against top-ranked opponents Southern California (6:56.304) and Princeton (6:58.556) in the second varsity eight third preliminary heat, Notre Dame logged a runner-up effort in the repechage heat. Coxswain Christina Dines, Paige Aiello, Teresa Blumenstein, Ingrid Woelfel, Carlee Beckler, Rose Doerfler, Kelsey Haddad, Kelsey Sekanick and Teresa Rubinger completed the course in 7:27.079 to cross the line behind heat winner Yale (7:22.958) and secure an entry into the A/B semifinal at 9:40 a.m. (ET) Saturday.

In the fourth and final preliminary heat of varsity four competition, the Irish launch of coxswain Danni Schneider, Kelsey Murphy, Ellen Gleadow, Stella Willoughby and Kiersten DeHaven clocked in at 8:07.379. The Notre Dame time was the second-fastest of the round behind Washington (8:01.718) and assured the Irish an outright bid to the A/B semifinal at 10:20 a.m. (ET) Saturday.

NCAA Women’s Division I Varsity Eight Preliminaries:

1. Southern California 6:48.943
2. Virginia 6:49.640
3. Harvard 6:50.238
4. Yale 6:52.370
5. Ohio State 6:55.383
6. Washington 6:56.883
7. Princeton 6:56.995
8. California 6:57.627
9. Michigan 7:02.313
10. UCLA 7:02.589
11. Washington State 7:05.204
12. Notre Dame 7:07.338
13. Brown 7:08.172
14. Stanford 7:08.522
15. Oklahoma 7:11.629
16. Wisconsin 7:13.525
17. Gonzaga 7:18.555
18. Cornell 7:21.857
19. Boston 7:28.703
20. Navy 7:33.623
21. Rhode Island 7:34.118
22. Marist 7:55.834

NCAA Women’s Division I Second Varsity Eight Preliminaries:

1. Ohio State 6:50.742
2. Virginia 6:55.791
3. Southern California 6:56.304
4. California 6:56.789
5. Princeton 6:58.556
6. Yale 6:59.425
7. Brown 7:02.901
8. Harvard 7:03.367
9. UCLA 7:03.969
10. Washington 7:04.868
11. Michigan 7:08.616
12. Wisconsin 7:10.244
13. Stanford 7:11.060
14. Washington State 7:12.160
15. Cornell 7:12.703
16. Notre Dame 7:15.092
17. Oklahoma 7:19.672
18. Gonzaga 7:21.894
19. Boston University 7:33.086
20. Rhode Island 7:36.022
21. Navy 7:44.857
22. Marist 8:16.541

NCAA Women’s Division I Varsity Four Preliminaries:

1. Southern California 7:52.323
2. Ohio State 7:55.263
3. Washington 8:01.379
4. Virginia 8:02.087
5. Stanford 8:02.708
6. Princeton 8:04.477
7. Yale 8:06.888
8. Notre Dame 8:07.379
9. UCLA 8:09.684
10. Michigan 8:11.209
11. California 8:11.543
12. Brown 8:15.683
13. Washington State 8:16.882
14. Oklahoma 8:20.911
15. Wisconsin 8:24.953
16. Harvard 8:27.285
17. Navy 8:33.102
18. Gonzaga 8:38.331
19. Boston University 8:38.853
20. Cornell 8:41.163
21. Rhode Island 8:48.183
22. Marist 9:06.036

NCAA Women’s Division I Varsity Eight Repechage:
1. Stanford 7:05.096
2. Yale 7:05.360
3. Notre Dame 7:05.996
4. Michigan 7:09.964
5. Brown 7:13.132
6. Washington State 7:16.692
7. Oklahoma 7:20.877
8. Wisconsin 7:21.345
9. Cornell 7:21.364
10. Boston University 7:25.155
11. Rhode Island 7:35.573
12. Navy 7:39.934
13. Gonzaga 7:39.989
14. Marist 8:05.251

NCAA Women’s Division I Second Varsity Eight Repechage:

1. UCLA 7:20.741
2. Yale 7:22.958
3. Stanford 7:25.449
4. Notre Dame 7:27.079
5. Cornell 7:27.433
6. Michigan 7:31.747
7. Washington State 7:32.681
8. Wisconsin 7:34.701
9. Oklahoma 7:35.057
10. Boston University 7:47.205
11. Gonzaga 7:47.226
12. Rhode Island 8:04.610
13. Navy 8:05.059
14. Marist 8:50.464

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