Tulsa Concludes Louisville Cardinal Invitational with Strong Performance

Sunday, March 18

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Louisville Cardinal Invitational

Tulsa Concludes Louisville Cardinal Invitational with Strong Performance

3/18/2018 12:11:00 PM | Rowing

The Tulsa rowers concluded the Louisville Cardinal Invitational with a strong performance against tough competition on Sunday morning at Melton Lake in Oak Ridge, Tenn.

"I am a happy coach," Head Coach Kevin Harris said. "The point of this race was to learn how to race against some of the top teams in the country, figure out early on in the season the strategy and places we need to work on in our race plan, and work on our lineups. A lot of teams in this regatta either raced in the NCAA Championships last year or were close to racing in the Championships, and we want to be in that group. I think our rowers equated themselves really well. We improved throughout the weekend, but we still have a lot of work to do. The team handled the lineup changes, boat changes and changing weather conditions incredibly well, and the attitude they had though it all was great to see. We aren't as fast as we'd like to be, but this is a good baseline to set us up for the season ahead."

Sam Barber, Ellie Russell, Lucy Coleman, Hannah Vissers, Helen Leigh, Veronique Ulrich, Taylah Eder, Paige Hallam and Sophia Camara raced the Varsity 8+ to a third-place mark in a time of 6:13.87. Yale earned the top finish with a time of 6:04.60, but TU only trailed Wisconsin's time of 6:12.26 by a second and topped fourth-place Clemson by nine seconds.

"We were ahead of Wisconsin in the Varsity 8+ at the 800-meter mark, but they came back on us," Harris said. "We stayed with them down the course and put together a solid race."

The Golden Hurricane's 2^nd Varsity 8+ also finished in third place behind Yale and Wisconsin, but earned a win over Clemson.

In the 2^nd Varsity 4+, Elizabeth Natho, Daniela Fusco-House, Emily Williams, Nicole Workman and Nichole Backus captured a third-place time of 7:10.78. TU followed Notre Dame and Louisville, but crossed the line before Minnesota and Miami.

Tulsa finished fourth in the Varsity 4+, and was second behind Notre Dame in the 3^rd Varsity 4+.

The Golden Hurricane will return to action on March 24 against Central Oklahoma. The race will be hosted by TU at the J. Bird Sr. Shell Nest in Catoosa, Okla.

Varsity 8+
1. Yale – 6:04.60
2. Wisconsin – 6:12.26
3. Tulsa – 6:13.87
4. Clemson – 6:22.90

Varsity 8+
Sam Barber
Ellie Russell
Lucy Coleman
Hannah Vissers
Helen Leigh
Veronique Ulrich
Taylah Eder
Paige Hallam
Sophia Camara

2^nd Varsity 8+
1. Yale – 6:08.15
2. Wisconsin – 6:13.02
3. Tulsa – 6:20.29
4. Clemson – 6:22.17

2^nd Varsity 8+
Eva Trabucco
Alessia Ruggiu
Lauren Vander Hoeven
Elisa Vandersloot
Colleen Giesbrecht
Kristy Covre
Elizabeth McCabe
Sydney Pirkle
Madeline Oleksiak

Varsity 4+
1. Yale – 6:49.58
2. Wisconsin – 6:58.01
3. Clemson – 7:02.63
4. Tulsa – 7:03.08

Varsity 4+
Lindsey Smith
Mikala Burns
Julia Dunn
Madeline Lyons
Amy Pitzel

2^nd Varsity 4+
1. Notre Dame – 7:02.21
2. Louisville – 7:06.67
3. Tulsa – 7:10.78
4. Minnesota – 7:11.80
5. Miami – 7:14.12

2^nd Varsity 4+
Elizabeth Natho
Daniela Fusco-House
Emily Williams
Nicole Workman
Nichole Backus

3^rd Varsity 4+
1. Notre Dame – 7:11.81
2. Tulsa – 7:32.48

3^rd Varsity 4+
Katie Shin
Stephanie Call
Annah Lance
Summer Neary
Meredith Galloway