Results

All three of Rhode Island's boats advanced to the D Finals of the 2026 NCAA Women's Rowing Championship Friday afternoon after an extensive day of racing at Lake Lanier Olympic Park in Gainsville, Ga. Originally scheduled for tomorrow morning, the Championship Semifinals were moved to Friday afternoon due to expected poor weather tomorrow in Georgia. 

Rhode Island began its morning with a pair of fifth place finishes across both its Varsity 8+ and Second Varsity 8+ boats. The Rams edged out former conference foe Massachusetts in each race. Massachusetts, who left the Atlantic 10 last offseason for the Mid-American Conference, made the NCAA field as the MAC's automatic qualifier. 

The morning races concluded with a fifth place finish in the Varsity 4+. Rhode Island's team of Kate Sullivan (coxswain), Irma Accius, Lucy Lyons, Abigail Galayda, and Anna Smith outpaced Northeastern by just over a second to take fifth in its heat. 

The Varsity 8+ time of 6:28.097, the Second Varsity 8+ time of 6:36.801, and the Varsity 4+ time of 7:14.151 all are program-best finishing times. The Varsity 8+ boat clinched a spot in the C Semifinal, and both the Second Varsity 8+ and Varsity 4+ were slotted in the D Semifinals.

With the schedule change, the Championship Semifinals began at 4:04 p.m. this afternoon. Rhode Island's late afternoon was highlighted by a fourth place finish in the Second Varsity 8+ race. The team of Rachel Bauhaus (coxswain), Danika Rogers, Sage Sabatino, Anna Kann, Sophia Thyer, Amanda Cubit, Payton Klein, Maddy Papik, and Emma Larsh and beat Jacksonville by roughly eight seconds to clinch fourth place. 

Rhode Island Varsity 8+ boat of Lily Stasaitis (coxswain), Bethany Nordstrom, Nora Lake, Liz Mayer, Emma Barnhart, Sasha Hanewald, Sierra Munroe, Charlotte Aeder, and Brigid McShea competed in the C Semifinals and were narrowly defeated by Jacksonville.

All three of the Rhode Island boats will compete in the D Finals on Sunday morning. The expected race schedule for Sunday can be found by here.

Rhode Island Racing Results
Morning Times
Varsity 8+ - Heat 4
1. Princeton - 6:02.851
2. Yale - 6:04.153
3. Rutgers - 6:07.282
4. Miami (FL) - 6:09.933
5. Rhode Island - 6:28.097
6. Massachusetts - 6:33.265

Second Varsity 8+ - Heat 4
1. Princeton - 6:07.367
2. Washington - 6:08.539
3. Michigan - 6:08.831
4. Rutgers - 6:11.429
5. Rhode Island - 6:36.801
6. Massachusetts - 6:46.807

Varsity 4+ - Heat 3
1. Washington - 6:50.965
2. Virginia - 6:53.611
3. Princeton - 6:58.157
4. Ohio State - 7:06.485
5. Rhode Island - 7:14.151
6. Northeastern - 7:15.185
    
Semifinals - Afternoon Times
Varsity 8+ Semifinal C
1. Columbia - 6:16.553
2. Central Florida - 6:17.829
3. Oregon State - 6:24.925
4. Jacksonville - 6:36.167
5. Rhode Island - 6:37.101

Second Varsity 8+ - Semifinal D
1. Central Florida - 6:28.513
2. Columbia - 6:29.881
3. Oregon State - 6:36.539
4. Rhode Island - 6:44.701
5. Jacksonville - 6:52.323

Varsity 4+ - Semifinal D
1. Oregon State - 7:10.269
2. Central Florida - 7:13. 953
3. Boston University - 7:20.507
4. Jacksonville - 7:27.253
5. Rhode Island - 7:29.779