Cardinals Finish Seventh at ACC Championships

Saturday, May 13

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ACC Championships

Rowers on Lake Wheeler take lead over BC

May 13, 2023 | Rowing

Bentley Named All-ACC, Louisville wins two Petite Finals

By: Nancy Worley

RALEIGH, N.C. -- The University of Louisville rowing team finished seventh after two days of racing at the Atlantic Coast Conference Championships on Lake Wheeler in Raleigh, N.C.

Virginia won its 13th straight ACC Rowing championship for its 21st ACC title of the 22 ACC championship regattas. Louisville's Caitlin Bentley earned Second Team All-ACC honors.

Louisville's Third Varsity Eight boat made the Grand Final where the Cardinals finished sixth with a time of 7:25.658.

In the Petite Finals, the Cardinals notched a pair of wins when the Varsity Eight boat turned in the time 6:43.228 for the victory. The other win came from the Second Varsity Eight boat that clocked in at 6:59.878, almost six seconds ahead of second place Boston College, in a decisive victory.

The First Varsity Four boat finished third in the Petite Final with a time of 7:51.116.

Team Finish
1. Virginia, 95
2. Syracuse, 86
3. Duke, 83
4. Notre Dame, 62
5. Miami, 51
6. Clemson, 41
7. Louisville, 27
8. North Carolina, 25
9. Boston College, 24

3V8 (Grand)
1. Virginia, 6:49.096
2. Syracuse, 6:51.932
3. Duke, 6:53.620
4. Notre Dame, 7:02.140
5. Clemson, 7:14.092
6. Louisville, 7:25.658

2V8 (Petite)
1. Louisville, 6:59.787
2. Boston College, 7:06.267
3. North Carolina, 7:10.719

V8 (Petite)
1. Louisville, 6:43.228
2. North Carolina, 6:48.040
3. Boston College, 6:49.192

1V4 (Petite)
1. Boston College, 7:44.284
2. Clemson, 7:46.460
3. Louisville, 7:51.116

2023 All-ACC Rowing Team
ACC Coach of the Year: Luke McGee, Syracuse
ACC Newcomer of the Year: Ellie-Kate Hutchinson, Syracuse
ACC Crew of the Year: Syracuse Varsity Eight - Coxswain Hannah Murphy, Annika Maxson, Alena Criss, Izabela Krakic, Kamile Kralikaite, Ellie-Kate Hutchinson, India Aikens, Martyna Kazlauskaite and Emmie Frederico

First Team
Leia Till, Virginia
Larkin Brown, Virginia
Janet Conklin, Virginia
Vivi Van Ingen (Coxswain), Virginia
Annika Maxson, Syracuse
Kami Kralikaite, Syracuse
Megan Lee, Duke
Natalie Hoefer, Notre Dame
Constance Stirling, Miami

Second Team
Tahne Badenhorst, Virginia
Hannah Murphy (Coxswain), Syracuse
Lauren Sizemore, Duke
Maggie Newell, Notre Dame
Alyssa Bacchus, Miami
Anna Luttrell, Clemson
Caitlin Bentley, Louisville
Natalie Timinskas, North Carolina
Rebecca Butler, Boston College

Lineups
Varsity Four
Sarah Burke (C)
Gabrielle Zanoni
Lauren Posa
Madison Cicha
Mary Noschang

Third Varsity Eight
Olivia Guarnaccia (C)
Ali Matthews
Victoria Iorillo
Hannah Burmania
Graycen West
Sophie Reimers
Macy Whisenand
Cierra Chavez
Alex Gorski

Varsity Eight
Ellee Grosser (C)
Caitlin Bentley
Sydney Paulus
Evey Peplowski
Katie Beiler
Claudia Figueiredo
Payton Stinson
Eliza Wack
Claire Carver-Ritter

Second Varsity Eight
Izzy Hussey (C)
Lexi Bernard
Taylor Fausey
Isabelle Johnson
Kaylie Leonard
Madeline Giron
Charlotte Almond
Emma Bell
Emily House