March 12, 2010
SAN DIEGO - The San Diego State women's crew team will face one its biggest challenges of the season when it travels north to face UCAL on Saturday, March 13, at Bellona Creek in Marina del Rey. The first race, the Novice Eight, gets underway at 9:00 a.m.
The teams will compete in a total of four events including the Varsity Four (at 9:15), the Second Varsity Eight (at 9:30) and the Varsity eight (at 9:45). The Aztecs will have one boat in each event while the Bruins will field two boats in the Novice Eight and Varsity Four races and one in each of the other two.
Spectators planning to attend should park at Dock 52 on Fiji Way as there is no parking at the UCLA boathouse.
The Aztec rowers are coming off a pair of wins in the races conducted for the City championships, which were postponed from their originally schedule date of Feb. 27. Three of the races were held on Monday, March 1, with San Diego State winning the Second Varsity Eight event by just over three seconds over University of San Diego. Included in that winning boat were Vanessa Jones, Julie Moyer, Lauren Bischoff, Jessica Teora, Michelle Boyer, Lily Kurkjian, Leslie Martz, Darian Kimball and Mallory Scarpello. USD captured the Varsity Eight and Varsity Four titles with SDSU finishing second in each of those contests.
On Wednesday, March 3, the Aztecs' Novice Eight boat place first in the four-boat race against USD and UC San Diego. Members of that winning crew included Marissa Caldarella, Angela Strohbeck, Caelie Fish, Katie Sanders, Morgan Gleason, Romaine Desclos, Sara Bresse, Kirsten Atkinson and Natalie Marroquin.
The lineups for San Diego State's four entries against UCLA this weekend are as follows: Varsity Eight: Tanya Ochoa (cox), Casi Boyle (stroke), Carly Schlocker (seven), Anna Ohrstrom (six), Jaime Hinton (five), Paige Funk (four), Kristin Guissanie (three), Lily Kurkjian (two), Lauren Bischoff (bow)
Second Varsity Eight: Emma Peck (cox), Julie Moyer (stroke), Michelle Boyer (seven), Jessica Teora (six), Stefanie Krach (five0, Alyson Boyd (four), Leslie Martz (three), Darian Kimball (two), Mallory Scarpello (bow)
Varsity Four: Vanessa Jones (cox), Christina Mattos (stroke), Ali Schroeder (three), Stacy Story (two), Kayla McKenna (bow)
Novice Eight: Marissa Caldarella (cox), Angela Strohbeck (stroke), Caelie Fish (seven), Katie Sanders (six), Morgan Gleason (five), Romaine Desclos (four), Sara Bresse (three), Kirsten Atkinson (two), Natalie Marroquin (bow)