The Saint Joseph's women's rowing team opened its spring schedule with a strong showing against Delaware on Saturday as the Hawks' Varsity 8 and 3rd Varsity 8 picked up victories on the day.

How It Happened
• Saint Joseph's 3rd Varsity 8 of c-Marlana Gramo, 8-Tara Erdem, 7-Michaela Mulkerrins, 6-Emily Hruska, 5-Takoda Wells, 4-Carolyn Osborne, 3-Maeve Bills, 2-Paige Foley, 1-Claire Gallagher opened the day with a tightly-contested race against the Blue Hens, but the Hawks managed to keep a few seats ahead, earning the victory in 7:05.3.

• The Hawks' Varsity 8 battled the entire 2,000-meter course, as  c-Kacie Kershaw, 8-Riley McDade, 7-Evie Holder, 6-Farah Konschak, 5-Kelsey Menshon, 4-Kayla Menshon, 3-Hannah Ashcraft, 2-Emma Staples, 1-Allison Ruck pulled away for the win in the final 500 meters in a time of 6:31.4.

• Saint Joseph's 2nd Varsity 8 put up a strong effort, crossing the line in 6:55.3, while the Hawks' Varsity 4 placed second in its race with a time of 7:34.8.

Hawk Talk (with Head Coach Gerry Quinlan)
•  "The 3rd Varsity 8 showed a tremendous amount of poise for such a young group. We are looking forward to where this group can go."

• " The Varsity 8 has really been dialed in this week, and are determined to have a stand out season." 

• "It was a great, hard-fought race by the 2nd Varsity 8 and Varsity 4 crews. We are really proud of how we performed across the board in a very early season challenge."

Results
Varsity 8
St. Joe's - 6:31.4
Delaware - 6:33.3

2nd Varsity 8
Delaware - 6:43.2
St. Joe's - 6:55.3

Varsity 4
Delaware A - 7:26.6
St. Joe's - 7:34.8
Delaware B - 7:55.7

3rd Varsity 8
St. Joe's - 7:05.3
Delaware A - 7:07.3
Delaware B - 8:08.9

Up Next 
The Hawks return to action next Saturday, March 16 against Old Dominion and Monmouth in Norfolk, Virginia.