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Tar Heels Take Sixth At ACC Championships
April 23, 2011 | Women's Rowing
April 23, 2011
CLEMSON, S.C.--Virginia swept all four races, highlighted by a close win in the First Varsity Eight+, en route to capturing the 12th Annual Atlantic Coast Conference Rowing Championship Saturday on Lake Hartwell in Clemson S.C.
The event was held before an ACC Rowing Championships record crowd of 1,022 with almost near-perfect weather under overcast skies, with temperatures in the 57-61 degree range and calm winds on Lake Hartwell.
The win for the Cavaliers, ranked fifth nationally this week in the Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association weekly poll, marked their second straight ACC Rowing title and their 11th triumph in the 12 ACC title events.
Virginia took first place with 60 points followed in second place by host Clemson (49), Duke (41), Miami (23), Boston College (22) and North Carolina (14).
Clemson's First Varsity Eight crew, which narrowly lost to the Cavaliers by 1.2 seconds, was chosen as the ACC Crew of the Year. The Tigers' First Varsity Eight is composed of coxswain Katie Bruggeling (St. Catherines, Ontario, Canada); Laura D'Urso (Dunross, Culdaff, Ireland); Laura Basadonna (Torino, Italy); Becca Brown (Greenville, S.C.); Liz Robb (Roswell, Ga.);Sarah Daanen (Hayden, Idaho);Heather Cummings,(Virginia Beach, Va.) Grace Wolff (Chanhassem, Minn.; and Stephanie Cameron, Fr., Alexandria, Va.. Boston College freshman Alycia Da'Loia Moore (Bronx, N.Y.) was voted the ACC Fresman of the Year.
Virginia head coach Kevin Sauer was named ACC Coach of the Year for the second straight year for the 7th time in his career.
The All-ACC Rowing teams was also announced Saturday and is composed of: Brittany Walsh of North Carolina (Hampstead, N.C.); Alycia Da¹Loia-Moore of Boston College (Bronx, N.Y.); Katalin Horvath(Gyor, Hungary) and Sarah Medland of Miami (Melbrourne, Australia); Alex Japhet (Everett, Wash.) and Emily Theys (Stoughton, Wis.) of Duke; Laura D¹urso (Dunross, Culdaff, Ireland); Laura Basadonna (Torino, Italy); and Liz Robb (Roswell, Ga.) of Clemson; and Claudia Blandford (Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada); Christine Roper (Reading. St. James, Jamaica); Martha Kuzzy (Minneapolis, Minn.); Kristine O¹Brien (Wassapequa Park, N.Y) and . Sidney Thorsten (Atlanta, Ga.), of Virginia.
Virginia began the day winning the First Varsity Four race with a time of 7:17.5., the fastest in the ACC this year, to finish ahead of Clemson (7:28.0).
Virginia's Novice Eight posted a time of 6:49.5 to best Duke (7:01.0) in the second event.
Virginia's Second Varsity Eight crew, which entered the day 6-1 on the season including wins over six ranked foes, posted a time of 6:35.9 in a tight race over Clemson (6:40.8).
Finally, the closest race of the day, Virginia's First Varsity Eight nudged Clemson (6:25.1) by two seats and just 1.2 seconds as the Cavaliers posted their best time of the year (6:23.9).
ACC Championships Team Points
1. Virginia, 60; 2. Clemson, 49; 3. Duke, 41; 4. Miami, 23; 5. Boston College, 22, 6. North Carolina, 14.
First Varsity Eight+
1. Virginia, 6:23.9; 2. Clemson, 6:25.1; 3. Duke, 6:41.4; 4. Miami, 6:49.6; 5. Boston College, 6:55.5; 6. North Carolina, 6:57.5.
Second Varsity Eight+
1. Virginia, 6:35.9; 2. Clemson, 6:40.8; 3. Duke, 6:59.6; 4. Miami, 7:04.5; 5. Boston College, 7:09.9; 6. North Carolina, 7:18.3.
Novice Eight+
1. Virginia, 6:49.5; 2. Duke, 7:01.0; 3. Clemson, 7:03.6; 4. North Carolina, 7:09.2; 5. Boston College, 7:24.1.
First Varsity Four+
1. Virginia, 7:17.5; 2. Clemson, 7:28.0; 3. Duke, 7:39.6; 4. Boston College, 7:44.8; 5. North Carolina, 8:00.9; 6. Miami, 8:46.2.
All-ACC Rowing Team
Brittany Walsh, North Carolina
Alycia Da¹Loia-Moore, Boston College
Katalin Horvath, Miami
Sarah Medland, Miami
Alex Japhet, Duke
Emily Theys, Duke
Laura D¹urso, Clemson
Liz Robb, Clemson
Laura Basadonna, Clemson
Claudia Blandford, Virginia
Christine Roper, Virginia
Martie Kuzzy, Virginia
Kristine O¹Brien, Virginia
Sidney Thorsten, Virginia
ACC Crew of the Year
Clemson First Varsity Eight
ACC Coach of the Year
Kevin Sauer, Virginia
ACC Freshman of the Year
Alycia Da¹Loia-Moore, Boston College
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