Women's Rowing | May 8, 2016

FAIRFAX STATION, Va. - Junior Amanda Ryan was named All-Atlantic 10 as the women's rowing team competed at A-10s on Sunday morning at the Occoquan Reservoir at Sandy Run Regional Park.

The La Salle varsity eight finished fifth in its heat in the morning with a time of 7:47.30. Rhode Island won the heat in a time of 7:05.10.

The Explorers came back to race in the petitte final, finishing third (8:45.16).

The lineup was comprised of Coxswain Katie Reyes, Stroke Jess Lindsay, 7 Amanda Ryan, 6 Savannah Fader, 5 Danielle Deley, 4 Maura McKenna, 3 Emily Finkbinder, 2 Cora Jones and bow Emily Fithian.

The Blue and Gold return to the Schuylkill River this weekend for the Dad Vail Regatta. 

Rhode Island was tied with Massachusetts for the points total with 51 points, but the Rams claim the A-10 title based on their finish in the Varsity 8 Grand Final, which serves as the tiebreaker. Rhody won the Varsity 8 with a time of 7:37.30. The Minutewomen, who were two-time defending champions, placed second in the team standings. Rhode Island and UMass have combined for every A-10 team title since 1996 except one. Saint Joseph's won the 2011 A-10 title.

Rhode Island finished second in both the Second Varsity 8 and the Varsity 4, the other two scoring races. UMass won both of those races and finished in second in the Varsity 8 with a 7:39.34 time. The Minutewomen won the Second Varsity 8 with a time of 8:07.10 and the Varsity 4 with a time of 8:27.60.

Fordham finished third in the team standings with 37 points and Duquesne was fourth with 35 point. Fordham placed fourth in the Varsity 8 ( 7:55.93), third in the Second Varsity 8 (8:22.76) and fifth in the Varsity 4 (9:03.97). Duquesne's best finish was third in the Varsity 8 at 7:50.30.

Saint Joseph's and George Washington tied at 30 points for fifth and sixth place. The Hawks were the third place finisher in the Varsity 4 (8:42.89). Dayton, George Mason and La Salle rounded out the team scoring respectively.                                                                          

Rhode Island will represent the Atlantic 10 at the NCAA Championship at Sacramento State Aquatic Center in Gold River, California, May 27-29.

2016 ROWING CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM STANDINGS

Team	Varsity 8	Second Varsity 8	Varsity 4		Total Points
Rhode Island	27	16	8		51*
Massachusetts	24	18	9		51*
Fordham	18	14	5		37
Duquesne	21	10	4		35
Saint Joseph's	15	8	7		30
George Washington	12	12	6		30
Dayton	9	4	3		16
George Mason	6	6	2		14
La Salle	3	--	--		3