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U-M to Battle Duke, Virginia in Columbus
3/31/2022 1:12:00 PM | Rowing
THIS WEEK
Saturday, April 2 -- at B1G-ACC Challenge (Columbus, Ohio), 9 a.m.
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To open the month of April, the No. 4-ranked University of Michigan rowing team will travel to Columbus, Ohio, for the B1G-ACC Challenge featuring the host No. 9 Ohio State, No. 11 Virginia and No. 12 Duke.
The quartet of top-ranked teams will make for one of the premier events across the country this weekend. U-M is primarily racing Virginia in the morning and Duke in the afternoon, with Buckeye boats sprinkled into the 3V4 and novice races.
The teams will race a full championship lineup (two varsity eights, two varsity fours, two novice eights) across Griggs Reservoir. The single-day schedule calls for a morning and afternoon session. U-M is expected to have more than of 50 athletes competing altogether this weekend.
Races will be carried live via B1G+.
U-M is making the trip following a home weekend against Indiana. Originally scheduled for a set of Saturday races with the Hoosiers, the teams settled for a Friday evening scrimmage instead with bad weather lurking.
The full schedule for this weekend is below:
TIME -- EVENT | BOAT (LANE)
Morning Session
9 a.m. -- 2N8 | U-M (1) | Virginia (2) | Ohio State (3)
9:10 a.m. -- 1N8/3V8 | Virginia (1) | U-M (2)
9:20 a.m. -- 1N8/3V8 | Duke (1) | Ohio State (2)
9:30 a.m. -- 3V4 | Virginia (1) | Michigan (2)
9:40 a.m. -- 3V4 | OSU 3V (1) | Duke (2) | OSU 4V (4)
9:50 a.m. -- 2V4 | Virginia (1) | U-M (2)
10 a.m. -- 2V4 | Ohio State (1) | Duke (2)
10:10 a.m. -- 1V4 | U-M (1) | Virginia (2)
10:20 a.m. -- 1V4 | Duke (1) | Ohio State (2)
10:30 a.m. -- 2V8 | Virginia (1) | U-M (2)
10:40 a.m. -- 2V8 | Ohio State (1) | Duke (2)
10:50 a.m. -- 1V8 | U-M (1) | Virginia (2)
11:00 a.m. -- 1V8 | Duke (1) | Ohio State (2)
Afternoon Session
1 p.m. -- 2N8/4V8 | U-M (1) | Virginia (2) | OSU 2N (3)
1:10 p.m. -- 1N8/3V8 | U-M (1) | Duke (2)
1:20 p.m. -- 1N8/3V8 | Ohio State (1) | Virginia (2)
1:30 p.m. -- 3V4 | U-M (1) | Duke (2)
1:40 p.m. -- 3V4 | Ohio State 3V (1) | Virginia (2) | Ohio State 4V
1:50 p.m. -- 2V4 | U-M (1) | Duke (2)
2 p.m. -- 2V4 | Virginia (1) | Ohio State (2)
2:10 p.m. -- 1V4 | Duke (1) | U-M (2)
2:20 p.m. -- 1V4 | Ohio State (1) | Virginia (2)
2:30 p.m. -- 2V8 | U-M (1) | Duke (2)
2:40 p.m. -- 2V8 | Virginia (1) | Ohio State (2)
2:50 p.m. -- 1V8 | Duke (1) | U-M (2)
3 p.m. -- 1V8 | Ohio State (1) | Virginia (2)
MICHIGAN LINEUP
1V8: Charlotte Powers (coxswain), Jessica Schoonbee, Gabrielle Graves, Grace Collins, Kate Burns, Abigail Dent, Zara Collisson, Ariana Shokoohi, Elena Collier-Hezel
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2V8: Ainslie Evans (coxswain), Carla Russell, Noa Sreden, Emma Luniewicz, Sarah McKay, Kathryn Ward, Jeri Rhodes, Katie Easton, Cecilia Spesia
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1V4: Annaka Draaisma, Victoria Cooke, Brooke Gietzen, Gracie Landefeld, Kayla Ehrlich (coxswain)
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2V4: Lauren Sickmiller, Kate Lucken, Delaney Evans, Olivia McMullen, Kaitlin Nemeh (coxswain)
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3V4: Lauren Benitez, Julia Casey, Lauren Langley, Hadley Camp, Rocky Morabito (coxswain)
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1N8 (morning session): Sophie McSpedon (coxswain), Anna Muench, Abby Hathaway, Erin Benitez, Emily Nelson, Megan Kleiner, Lauren Boydston, Allison Hall, Lauren Lier
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1N8 (afternoon session): Sophie McSpedon (coxswain), Anna Muench, Abby Hathaway, Erin Benitez, Emily Nelson, Megan Kleiner, Lauren Boydston, Madeline Lohse, Lauren Lier
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2N8 (morning session): Gaby Franco-Borges (coxswain), Alana Maffesoli, Madeline Lohse, Emma Pettigrew, Ellen Koselka, Caroline Kevnick, Anna Machak, Matilda Carr, Lauren Lutz
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2N8 (afternoon session): Gaby Franco-Borges (coxswain), Alana Maffesoli, Allison Hall, Emma Pettigrew, Ellen Koselka, Audrey Becker, Jillian Rhoney, Caroline Kevnick, Evyn Johnson
THINGS TO KNOW
• U-M currently sits at No. 4 in the Pocock CRCA Poll and is the top-ranked team from the Big Ten.
• Overall, the conference has four teams presently ranked in the top 20 nationally, including U-M, No. 9 Ohio State, No. 13 Rutgers, and No. 20 Indiana.
• U-M has been the class of the Big Ten in recent years, winning consecutive conference titles (2019, '21) for the third time in program history (2000-01, 2003-04). The Wolverines return 31 of 51 athletes from last year's Big Ten squad including second-team All-Big Ten athlete Grace Collins.
• Collins and fellow upperclassman Kathryn Ward recapped the team's spring training period, and discussed several other topics in a Senior Q&A last week.
• The Wolverines continue to compete for spots in the team's top boats. Lineups are fluid and ever-changing.
• U-M will host two more events at Belleville Lake this spring including one next weekend when the Wolverines welcome No. 1 Texas to town on April 9. The team will compete against Louisville for a Senior Day celebration on May 1.
UP NEXT
Saturday, April 9 -- vs. Texas (Belleville Lake), 9 a.m.
Fri-Sat., April 15-16 -- at B1G Ten Invitational (Sarasota, Fla.), TBA
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