Cardinals Finish Sixth at ACC Championship

Saturday, May 18

Clemson, SC

8:00 AM

University of Louisville

ACC Championship

Louisville's Varsity Eight competes during the 2019 ACC Rowing Championship in Clemson, S.C., Saturday, May 18, 2019. (Photo by Sara D. Davis, the ACC)

Photo by: Sara D. Davis | theACC.com

May 18, 2019 | Rowing

Final Results

Violette Legrand repeats as All-ACC performer

By: Jake Stanley

CLEMSON, S.C. – With 41 points in the overall standings, the University of Louisville rowing team placed sixth at the 2019 ACC Rowing Championship Saturday morning at Lake Hartwell.

Virginia earned its 10th-consecutive and 19th overall ACC championship with 95 points, narrowly edging out Duke for the automatic berth in the upcoming NCAA Championship. The Blue Devils took second with 90 points, followed by Syracuse in third with 75 and Notre Dame and Clemson tied for fourth with 58.

For the second straight season, sophomore Violette Legrand was named to the Second Team All-ACC by a vote of the league's coaches. Virginia's varsity eight boat was named the league's crew of the year while Duke's Megan Cooke Carcagno and Amelia Shunk took Coach of the Year and Freshman of the Year honors.

In the closing varsity eight grand final, the Cardinals finished fifth with a time of 6:44.204 as Virginia held off runner-up Duke to clinch the conference title. In other grand finals, the 3V8+ placed fifth, turning in a time of 7:04.014, while the 2V8+ finished sixth with a mark of 6:57.262.

The Cards' strongest performance of the day came from the 2V4+, who battled with Notre Dame and North Carolina in a highly-competitive petite final with multiple lead changes. After a slow start, coxswain Audrey Sholiton's crew gradually caught up with the Tar Heels and Fighting Irish, grabbing a one-second lead at 1,500m mark of the race. However, Notre Dame used a burst of its own to pull out the victory, with Louisville posting a time of 7:52.754. Later in the morning, the V4+ took third in their petite final, finishing behind UNC and Boston College with a time of 7:52.554.

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AWARDS
ALL-ACC ROWING TEAM
First Team
Izzi Weiss, Virginia (coxswain)
Isla McRae, Clemson
Isabel Ruby-Hill, Duke
Sophie Simister, Duke
Emily Stinebaugh, Notre Dame
Megan Vorcoe, Syracuse
Heidi Long, Virginia
Anna Fairs, Virginia

Second Team
Tara Fagan, Duke (coxswain)
Kylie Kramer, Boston College
Aliute Udoka, Clemson
Violette Legrand, Louisville
Tessa White-Parsons, Miami
Maria Marroquin, North Carolina
Laura Migliore, Notre Dame
Sydney Michalak, Syracuse
Mackenzie King, Virginia

ACC Coach of the Year – Megan Cooke Carcagno, Duke

ACC Freshman of the Year – Amelia Shunk, Duke

ACC Crew of the Year – Virginia V8+

RESULTS
2019 ACC Championship – Overall Standings
1. Virginia, 95 points
2. Duke, 90 points
3. Syracuse, 75 points
T4. Notre Dame, 58 points
T4. Clemson, 58 points
6. Louisville, 41 points
T7. North Carolina, 30 points
T7. Miami, 30 points
9. Boston College, 18 points

Varsity 8+ Grand Final
1. Virginia, 6:31.268
2. Duke, 6:35.437
3. Syracuse, 6:38.177
4. Notre Dame, 6:41.019
5. Louisville, 6:44.204
6. Clemson, 6:45.350

Second Varsity 8+ Grand Final
1. Virginia, 6:39.527
2. Duke, 6:44.177
3. Clemson, 6:46.093
4. Syracuse, 6:50.592
5. Notre Dame, 6:51.250
6. Louisville, 6:57.262

Varsity 4+ Petite Final
1. North Carolina, 7:43.189
2. Boston College, 7:49.219
3. Louisville, 7:52.554

Second Varsity 4+ Petite Final
1. Notre Dame, 7:49.231
2. Louisville, 7:52.754
3. North Carolina, 7:53.693

Third Varsity 8+ Grand Final
1. Virginia, 6:48.332
2. Duke, 6:53.512
3. Syracuse, 6:55.289
4. Notre Dame, 6:57.749
5. Louisville, 7:04.014
6. Clemson, 7:12.070

LINEUPS
V8+: Perie Howard (coxswain), Violette Legrand, Lucie Heranova, Caroline Lynch, Abbi Fitts, Misia Partyga, Leah van Eeden, McKenzie Sweeney, McKenzie Vaughn
2V8+: Margaret Geraghty (coxswain), Mallory Burnett, Mahalia Shand, Jordan Kraski, Grace Herbert, Haylee Judge, Abigail Davies, Sarah Thurson, Katie Beiler
V4+: Rosie Devine (coxswain), Kimberly Dil, Victoria Goldin, Emily Corso, Madeline Dodd
2V4+: Audrey Sholiton (coxswain), Caitlyn Pike, Emmy Wuensch, Madison Luette, Michaela Dukes
3V8+: Heidi Anderson (coxswain), Olivia DeNiro, Morgan Senogles, Gillian Burns, Brynna Walchle, Megan Lee, Anna Kiser, Eliza Wack, Ainsley Mattingly