WORCESTER, Massachusetts — The Marietta College men's rowing team was back for its second day of racing on Lake Quinsigamond Sunday (April 20) morning. The Pioneers faced off against Np. 4 ranked Tufts, No. 10 Worcester Polytechnic Institute, and Connecticut College.

"There were really challenging conditions today. It was sunny and gorgeous, but with a ripping cross tail wind with white caps building throughout the course,. They canceled racing after the eights" Marietta head coach Greg Myhr said. "I'm proud of our guys for handling the conditions and racing pretty well. Both boats got off the line well and ran in pretty tight fields until Tufts pressed out."

Tufts won the varsity 8+ with a time of 5:57.71, six seconds ahead of Marietta. The Pioneers (6:03.32) took seconds, followed by WPI (6:07.87), and Connecticut College (6:45.88).

In the second varsity 8+ race, Tufts posted a time of 6:02.5 for the win, Marietta (6:10.71) was second, followed by WPI (6:17.2), and Connecticut College (7:06.4).

The Pioneers are back in action at the Mid-Atlantic Rowing Conference Championship on Sunday (May 4) in New Jersey.

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Results
Varsity 8+

1. Tufts (5:57.71), 2. Marietta (6:03.32), 3. WPI (6:07.87), 4. Connecticut College (6:45.88).

Marietta: Coxswain: Declan Garrett (Old Greenwich, Conn./Greenwich), Stroke: Liam Sherman (Chicago, Ill./Lake View), 7: Benjamin Harper (Westerville, Ohio/Westerville South), 6: Nicholas Pachete (Monroeville, Pa./Central Catholic), 5: Nicolas Invernizzi (Lambare, Paraguay/Colegio Cristo Rey), 4: Ryan Campbell (Hopewell Junction, N.Y./John Jat), 3: Jacob Salvo (Pittsburgh, Pa./Mt. Lebanon), 2: Kyle Rucker (Dublin, Ohio/Dublin Coffman), Bow: Nicholas Sarno (Brigantine, N.J./Holy Spirit)

Second Varsity 8+

1. Tufts (6:02.5), 2. Marietta (6:10.71), 3. WPI (6:17.2), 4. Connecticut College (7:06.4).

Marietta: Coxswain: Bryce West (Zanesville, Ohio/West Muskingum), Stroke: Alexander Cathcart (Nyack, N.Y./Nyack), 7: Nikolas Passarella (Leesburg, Va./Riverside), 6: Michael Swale (Vienna, Va./James Madison), 5: Gary Rought (Mason, Ohio/William Mason), 4: Aiden Gatland (Xenia, Ohio/Dayton Regional STEM), 3: Christian Schulitz (Pittsford, N.Y./Pittsford Mendon), 2: Nik Simone (Ocean City, N.J./Ocean City), Bow: Graysen Brady (Washington, D.C./Woodrow Wilson)