George Mason Rowing once again met with its out-of-conference rival, University of North Carolina on Friday, in a scrimmage that ended their annual week-long training trip at Lake Lure, N.C. Margins were close in the four match-ups, with the Varsity 8+ falling a mere four seconds behind the Tar Heels. 

“It's an encouraging finish,” said head coach Ted Nagorsen. “This is the closest the Varsity 8+ has been to UNC at this scrimmage in a while, and I think if we'd been on the water for the same three weeks that they have, that race would have gone turned out differently.”

The Second Varsity 8+ and the Varsity 4+ each had challenging races, and were each bested by two UNC boats.  The Novice 8+ kept contact with the UNC novices for half the course, but were unable to hang on past the 1000 meter mark.

The Patriots officially open their season at home on March 29^th at the Occoquan Sprints.

Varsity 8+
UNC       7:05.65
Mason    7:09.02

2^nd Varsity 8+
UNC                 7:09.47
UNC N8            7:14.54
Bryn Mawr V8   7:24.15
Mason              7:29.86

Varsity 4+
UNC                8:20.11
UNC N4           8:29.72
Mason             8:34.96

Novice 8+      
UNC 2N8        7:42.5
Mason            7:58.1

Mason Line Ups

Varsity 8+:
Cox: Sabrina Lamont
Stroke: Chandler Bishop
7: Kara Pohlmeier
6: Kimberly Griffin
5: Mackensie Logue
4: Kelly Rice
3: Amanda Houlihan
2: Morgan Silverstein
Bow: Anne Graf

2^nd Varsity 8+:
Cox: Caitlin Lucas
Stroke: Natalie Sebastian
7: Megan Gooding
6: Hayley Walczer
5: Rachel Auerbach
4: Brittani Gomes
3: Mary Gauthier
2: Lauren Evans
Bow: Jackson Hug

Varsity 4+:
Cox: Caitlin Lucas
Stroke: Elizabeth Kearns
3: Courtney Scott
2: Brianna Burke
Bow: Danielle Woodward