SHELTON, Conn. -- The Fairfield University women's rowing team split the squad and competed in a pair of events this morning highlighted with the Varsity 8 placing three boats in the top four of the Sacred Heart Scare. The novice 8 and the varsity 4 also competed in Shelton this afternoon in an event hosted by Sacred Heart with a Stags crew coming in first in both events.

Sacred Heart Scare
The Stags placed three 8s in the race and came away with a first, a third, and a fourth place finish. The winning crew crossed the finish line with a time of 6:35.61 behind the efforts of  Natalia Bertolotti, Ana McDonough, Caroline Maroney, Molly Roche, Ana Szymanski, Grace Fallon, Isabella King, Sabrina Rademacher, and coxswain Faith Kenny. The B boat secured third place with its run of 7:35.61 as Victoria Rego, Maggie Ethier, Audrey Sedensky, Flo Caces, Emily Dweck, Morgan Connell, Mariel Staffier, Ali Guido, and coxswain Erin Dobbs. Fourth place was secured by the C crew by completing the course in 7:56.61 with Jess DeMarse, Abby Morrill, Ellie Schmieder, Sara Middlebrook, Katelyn Sweeney, Sam Altomare, Ellen Lavin, Sophia King, and coxswain Julia Neal on the water. Sacred Heart took second place (7:26.61), fifth place (8:15.61), and sixth place (8:25.61).

Sacred Heart Invitational
The novice 8 secured a win with its lone entry as Sacred Heart followed with the second and third-place boats. The Stags were represented by Nicole Manserra, Cassie Reilly, Abigail Dunning, Mary Bevans, Adalia Flores, Alexis Mason, Meghan Megill, Chloe Lennon, and coxswain Katelynn Banville. Fairfield's winning time of 8:16.98 was more than 20 seconds better than the Pioneers B entry (8:37.52) and their C entry (9:14.82).

The Stags placed three boats in the varsity 4 race but those crews were all that were necessary to secure the top three finishes. The C boat secured the top spot with its time of 8:10.89 as Natalia Bertolotti, Ana McDonough, Isabella King, Sabrina Rademacher, and coxswain Faith Kenny rowed to victory. The A crew was next in line by running the course in 8:15.83 behind the efforts of Camryn Colonna, Rebecca Patti, Christina Caruso, Mallory Burlington, and coxswain Brook Sillart. Madi McSherry, Caroline McAndrews, Claire Lavelle, Brenna McDonnall, and coxswain Julia Neal comprised the third-place entry and completed the event in 8:33.33. Sacred Heart's two entries rounded out the race with fourth (8:45.17) and fifth (9:35.18) places.