MEDFORD, Mass. - The Trinity College women's varsity eight beat the United States Coast Guard Academy by almost eight seconds to win the Emerson Cup in women's rowing action this afternoon on Malden River.  The Bantams faced off against the host Tufts University Jumbos in its other race in today's double dual to open the 2022 spring campaign, but fell jus short by 1.50 seconds with a time of 7:16.22. Trinity was ranked No. 10 nationally entering today's racing, while Coast Guard was No. 9, and Tufts was unranked.  Trinity second varsity opened the spring with losses to Coast Guard and Tufts and the Bantam third-varsity eight came up short against Tufts and Franklin Pierce.  Trinity races again on Saturday, April 9 against Fairfield and Sacred Heart in Southern Connecticut.

Trinity's varsity lineup consisted of: cox- Gaelyn Swyer (cox), stroke- Zoe Tiffin (stroke), 7- Alley Johnson, 6- Summer Dow, 5- Whitney Young, 4- Camille Schubert, 3- Alex Paluszek, 2- Hannah Michelsen, bow- Ava Hill.

"In the first race, the varsity was down to Coast Guard at the halfway point (by nearly seconds.  They battled hard in the last half and managed to not only pass the Bears but pull ahead by six seconds.  I was a fantastic race and they clearly found a little something extra," said Trinity Interim Head Coach Peter Graves.  "Against Tufts, we managed to keep the racing close in the first 1K, and passing through the halfway mark about one length down was a good accomplishment.  We managed to reel Tufts in over the last part of the race and about a third of a length down.  It was a very solid start to the season."

RESULTS
WV8
Tufts - 7:15.22
Trinity - 7:16.72
WV8
Tufts - 7:14.44
Coast Guard - 7:47.1
WV8
Trinity - 7:36.7
USCGA - 7:44.6
W2V8
USCGA - 8:16.26
Trinity - 8:47.12
W2V8
Tufts - 7:47.34
USCGA - 8:16.44
W2V8
Tufts - 7:59.55
Trinity - 8:22.88
W3V8
Tufts - 7:53.67
Trinity - 9:03.74
W3V8
Tufts - 8:11.57
Franklin Pierce - 8:56.17
W3V8
Franklin Pierce - 8:38.85
Trinity - 8:47.7
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