HADLEY, Mass. -- The varsity 4 paced the Fairfield University men's rowing team as it opened the 2017 Fall season with a strong showing at the Hadley Chase over the weekend. The A crew picked up the victory in a field of nine entries which also included a seventh-place run by the Stags' B boat. 

In that race, James Mulhall, John Imor, Casey Fuller, Will Quentin, and coxswain Matt Marshall comprised Fairfield's A entry which won the event by more than 20 seconds, crossing the finish line with a time of 18:15.3. Amherst A and UMass A rounded out the top three in the varsity 4 with times of 18:36.4 and 18:39.0, respectively. Fairfield's B boat, which consited of Mark Soldatic, Chris Lamberti, Seamus O'Brien, Greg Coppola, and coxswain Alyssa McNally, crossed the line in 19:44 for its seventh place run The novice 4 secured first place with its run of 20:04.8 behind the efforts of Alex Iemus, Patrick Carpinelli, Max Vazquez, Tyler O'Connell, and coxswain Garrett Strauss.

The men's novice 8 was up next and ended ts day in fourth place with a time of 21:04.02, an event which saw UConn A (18:01.8), Coast Guard A (18:22.0), and UConn B (20:59.9 secured the top three spots in this even. The Stags were represented by Anthony Oppedisano, Chris Orefice, Rob Caola, Vincent Caruolo, August Feliciano, Sean Crosby, Tom Cole, Brendan Smith, and coxswain Dan Epstein.

The varsity 8 also saw Fairfield place two boats into the competition with the A entry earning seventh place with a time of 17:05.9 and the B 3ntry earning 13th place in 18:12.6. Tufts A captured the event with a time of 16:21.4, followed by UMass A (18:25.8) and Coast Guard A (18:33.8). Fairfield's first crew included Mark Soldatic, John O'Neil, Lars Ericsson, Will Quentin, Casey Fuller, John Imor, James Mulhall, Greg Coppola, and coxswain Matt Marshall. The B boat included Chris Lamberti, Matt Daza, Brendan McMahon, Charlie Riordan, Liam Creegan, Matt Sutter, Tyler O'Connell, Seamus O'Brien, and coxswain Alyssa McNally.

Fairfield rowing returns to the water on October 21 when it heads to the Head of the Charles in Cambridge.