Columbia University
Northeastern
Women's Rowing Wins Woodbury Cup
4/15/2019 3:52:00 PM | Women's Rowing
Lions retain cup with Saturday victory over Northeastern
NEW YORK – The Columbia women's rowing team claimed the Woodbury Cup for the second straight season with a 10-second victory over Northeastern on Saturday at the Charles River.
Columbia's varsity eight crossed the finish in a time of 7:29.4, easily defeating the Huskies, which clocked in at 7:39.8. The victory improves Columbia to 10-18 in the all-time series against Northeastern, including 7-8 in cup races. The winning crew was steered by coxswain Christy Abraham with rowers Sabina Maurer, Hayley Willner, Liza Ray, Maya Hartleben, Honor Clements, Anna Beshlian, India Colegrave and Astrid Walker-Stewart.
The Woodbury Cup is named in memory of former Columbia rower and team captain Melanie Woodbury, a 1996 graduate of Barnard College, who was tragically killed in an automobile accident in 2002.
Columbia added to its day with a victory in the second varsity eight, besting Northeastern by four seconds with a time of 7:54.2. The third varsity also raced in the heat, completeing the 2,000-meter course in 8:08.1. Northeastern pulled avoided a sweep by winning the varsity four in 8:25.3.
Columbia takes the week off from competition before heading to Lake Carnegie April 27 to race Princeton, Wisconsin and Rutgers. The Lions and Tigers will compete for the Lori Dauphiny and Ed Hewitt Cup.
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