FAIRFAX STATION, Va.—Massachusetts claimed the 2014 Atlantic 10 Rowing Championship Sunday, scoring 52 points to edge two-time defending champion Rhode Island on the Occoquan Reservoir at Sandy Run Regional Park. The Minutewomen earn the A-10’s automatic bid to the NCAA Championship.
UMass won both the Varsity 4 (8:23.50) and the Varsity 8 (7:26.00) races and finished second in the Second Varsity 8 race with a time of 7:4793. Rhode Island, which won the championship in 2012 and 2013, won the Second Varsity 8 race with a time of 7:30.30. The Rams, who finished with 50 points, placed second in both the Varsity 4 (8:38.45) and Varsity 8 (7:31.13) races.
Saint Joseph’s placed third in the regatta with 36 points, just ahead of fourth-place George Washington, which tallied 35 points. The Hawks finished fourth in the Second Varsity 8 and third in the Varsity 8. GW was third in the Varsity 4 and fourth in the Varsity 8.
Rhode Island also won the non-scoring Third Varsity 8 with a time of 7:46.80.
2014 Atlantic 10 Rowing Championship
Order of Finish
1. UMass – 52 points
2. Rhode Island – 50 points
3. Saint Joseph’s – 36 points
4. George Washington – 35 points
5. Fordham – 27 points
6. Duquesne – 26 points
7. Dayton – 21 points
8. George Mason – 17 points
9. La Salle – 6 points