CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - The No. 15 women's heavyweight rowing team competed in the 41st Case Cup against No. 3 Yale with Notre Dame as a guest on Saturday, April 15. The Bulldogs went undefeated, and the Crimson finished second overall.

• The Black and White raced five boats on Saturday. Yale now has a 25 - 14 record in the Case Cup series.
• The Second Varsity Four had the earliest start of the day; in this event, Yale raced their Third Varsity 8 as well. The Yale 2V4+ took first and the 3V4+ second place, with Harvard-Radcliffe and Notre Dame tied for third. 
  1. Yale: 7:22.7
  2. Yale B: 7:32.3
  3. Harvard-Radcliffe & Notre Dame: 7:35.7
• Followed by the Varsity Four where the Bulldogs notched their second victory of the morning, the Fighting Irish had their first second place finish of the day.
  1. Yale: 7:08.8
  2. Notre Dame : 7:26.8
  3. Harvard-Radcliffe: 7:38.4 
• The order of finish was the same in the Varsity Eight and Second Varsity Eight events.
  • 1V8
    1. Yale: 6:24.6
    2. Harvard-Radcliffe: 6:34.5
    3. Notre Dame: 6:36.2
  • 2V8
    1. Yale: 6:30.5
    2. Harvard-Radclife: 6:42.6
    3. Notre Dame: 6:59.4
• Final event of the Case Cup was the Third Varsity Eight race where Yale earned undefeated status and Notre Dame notched their second and last second-place finish.
  1. Yale: 6:43.6
  2. Notre Dame: 7:00.4
  3. Harvard-Radcliffe: 7:09.2

Lineups

Varsity 8+
Coxswain - Alex Cherf 8- Meena Baher 7- Sophie Barr 6- Amanda Caromicoli 5- Lindsey Brail 4- Aurelia Elliott 3- Tessa Haining 2- Caroline Sharis 1- Ella Hudson

Second Varsity 8+
Coxswain - Holly Conlon 8-  Alexia Fayd'herbe de Maudave 7- Jenna Kempster-Taylor 6- Heidi Jacobson 5- Cate Van Stone 4- Francesca Gardella 3- Bridget Galloway 2- Morgan Blind 1- Alex Smits

Third Varsity 8+
Coxswain - Gillian Selig 8- Jania Tumey 7-  Elena Guerra 6-  Audrey Platt 5- Cate MacDonald 4- Eva Harris 3-  Noelle Keto 2- Olivia Sullivan 1- Katrina Geiersbach

Varsity 4+
Coxswain - Sophie Haugen 4-  Monah Javidan-Nejad 3- Alexandria Lange 2- Aidan Wrenn-Walz 1- Sarah Averill 

Second Varsity 4+
Coxswain - Bridget Kondrat 4- Piper Cyterski 3- Nalani Dziama 2-  Meredith Kent 1- Leah Bailey
 

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The Black and White will have a bye weekend to prepare for the Women's Eastern Sprints Invitational on Sunday, April 30.