PHILADELPHIA – The Thomas Jefferson University women's rowing team took on top regional competition in the East Region Invitational on the Schuylkill River on Saturday. Among the Rams' opponents was Mercyhurst, currently ranked number one in Division II.
 
VARSITY FOUR
1. Jefferson A – 7:46.45
            - Savannah Orlando (coxswain), Erica Lehman (stroke), Katherine Gortner, Caitlin Lawson, Olivia Liebsch (bow)
2. Franklin Pierce A – 7:54.72
3. Jefferson B – 7:59.51
            - Tori Diaz (coxswain), Vanessa Perez (stroke), Grace Fairbrother, Sara Benedict-Augustine, Shannon Cavanagh (bow)
4. Franklin Pierce B – 8:12.38
 
VARSITY EIGHT
Race One
1. Mercyhurst – 6:36.51
2. Jefferson – 6:37.42
            - Mara Holt (coxswain), Jule Boeckmann (stroke), Nomeda Nazarenkaite, Maxi Schacht, Maggie Sher, Lily Rodgers, Olivia Eichman, Maeve Bieter, Colton Salomon-Lowden (bow)
 
Race Two
1. Mercyhurst – 6:39.73
2. Jefferson – 6:44.77
            - Mara Holt (coxswain), Jule Boeckmann (stroke), Nomeda Nazarenkaite, Maxi Schacht, Maggie Sher, Lily Rodgers, Caitlin Lawson, Maeve Bieter, Colton Salomon-Lowden (bow)
3. Franklin Pierce – 7:36.05
 
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Jefferson races in the Kelly Cup Regatta on the Schuylkill on Saturday, April 30.