FAIRFAX STATION, Va. — The Marietta College women's varsity 8+ captured the Petite Final of the 2011 Occoquan Sprints Sunday (April 3) afternoon at the Occoquan Reservoir. [Results]

Coxswain Megan Oxley (Clarksburg, N.J./Allentown) guided stroke Kelli Barnette (Parkersburg, W.Va./South), Abigail Klicker (Avalon Borough, Pa./Northgate), Kelly Moses (Lyndhurst/Brush), Natalie Gravelsins (Eastlake/Eastlake North), Anja Curwen (Carlisle Pa./St. Bouaventure), Trisha Wendel (Chagrin Falls/Kenston), Taryn Wilson (Clifton Park, N.Y./Shenendehowa) and bow Alyse McNeill (Pittsburgh, Pa./Shaler Area) to a narrow victory over regional rival Mary Washington University the second-level final. Marietta crossed the line with a winning time of 8:02.3, while Mary Washington followed in 8:03.01 and Duquesne took third by finishing in 8:04.24.

The Pioneers began the day with a third place finish in their opening heat, which was won by St. Joseph's University who covered the course in 8:02.4. Loyola College placed runner-up with a time of 8:20.61, while Marietta followed in third with a time of 8:31.45.

University of Dayton won the Grand Final, which featured all Division I schools, with a time of 7:26.6.

Marietta's varsity 4+, which sat coxswain Oxley, stroke Katherine Tedesco (Upper Arlington/Upper Arlington), Brooke Exley (Phoenixville, Pa./Phoenixville Area), Christina Beltran-Revilla (Pittsburgh, Pa./Fox Chapel Area) and bow Liz Luckenbaugh (Akron/Our Lady of the Elms), also rowed Sunday and placed fifth in its heat-only event with a time of 9:11.31.

The Pioneers are back in action April 9-10 when they compete at the Knecht Cup in Camden, N.J.