PENNSAUKEN, N.J. – Saint Joseph's Varsity 4 captured the silver medal as the Hawks capped their season at the 2024 Atlantic 10 Championship on Saturday at the Cooper River. Additionally, Riley McDade was named to the A-10 All-Conference First Team and Farah Konschak was selected to the A-10 All-Conference Second Team.

How It Happened
• Saint Joseph's Varsity 4 opened the morning's competition placing second in its preliminary event in a time of 7:56.578 to qualify for the Grand Final.
• Rowing out of lane two in the Varsity 4 Grand Final, the Hawks' and UMass broke away from the competition early as St. Joe's crossed the finish line more than 12 seconds ahead of its first run with a 7:44.487 final time to earn the silver medal.
• The Hawks' 2nd Varsity 8 posted a time of 7:42.245 in the preliminary rounds and advanced to the Petite Final.
• St. Joe's 2nd Varsity 8 took control from the start in the Petite Final, finishing its season with an open-water first place finish of 7:39.535.
• In the Varsity 8 prelims, the Hawks finished second in its race, advancing to the Grand Final with a time of 6:58.409.
• Saint Joseph's Varsity 8 capped the day in the Grand Final as it completed the course in 7:12.504 to finish sixth.
• Overall, the Hawks finished sixth in scoring in the A-10 Championship with 26 points.

Boats
• Varsity 4: c-Cecilia Sarnowski, 4-Shannon Travers, 3-Emily Hruska, 2-Ella Pittenger, 1-Katie Schmidt
• Varsity 8: c-Kacie Kershaw, 8-Riley McDade, 7-Molly Hoffman, 6-Farah Konschak, 5-Allison Ruck, 4-Kayla Menshon, 3-Kelsey Menshon, 2-Emma Staples, 1-Hannah Ashcraft
• 2nd Varsity 8: c-Ximena Gonzalez, 8-Kristen Szoldatits, 7-Avery Simon, 6-Michaela Mulkerrins, 5-Jillian Gallagher, 4-Monica Sowinski, 3-Tara Erdem, 2-Takoda Wells, 1-Paige Foley

Team Scoring
Place - Varsity 8 | 2nd Varsity 8 | Varsity 4 | Total
1. Rhode Island - 27 | 18 | 6 | 51
2. UMass - 21 | 16 | 9 | 46
3. George Washington - 24 | 14 | 7 | 45
4. Fordham - 18 | 10 | 5 | 33
5. La Salle - 15 | 12 | 2 | 29
6. St. Joe's - 12 | 6 | 8 | 26
7. Duquesne - 9 | 8 | 4 | 21
8. George Mason - 6 | 2 | 3 | 11
9. Dayton | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7

Race Results
Varsity 4 Prelims 
1. Rhode Island 7:53.754
2. St. Joe's 7:56.578
3. Duquesne 8:03.251
4. George Mason 8:41.394

2nd Varsity 8 Prelims 
1. UMass 7:02.453
2. George Washington 7:13.445
3. Duquesne 7:17.383
4. St. Joe's 7:42.245

Varsity 8 Prelims 
1. Rhode Island 6:51.291
2. St. Joe's 6:58.409
3. La Salle 7:00.858
4. Duquesne 7:10.078

Varsity 4 Grand Final
1. UMass 7:39.620
2. St. Joe's 7:44.487
3. George Washington 7:52.112
4. Rhode Island 7:55.022
5. Fordham 8:09.948
6. Duquesne 8:19.360

2nd Varsity 8 Petite Final
1. St. Joe's 7:39.535
2. Dayton 7:46.308
3. George Mason 8:00.698

Varsity 8 Grand Final 
1. Rhode Island 6:45.204
2. George Washington 6:49.544
3. UMass 7:00.139
4. Fordham 7:01.833
5. La Salle 7:05.268
6. St. Joe's 7:12.504