Bates College

The Bates women's and men's rowing teams combined to score 162.75 points to take home the 2019 New England Rowing Championship points title Saturday morning on Lake Quinsigamond.

In the women's first varsity eight grand final, the Bobcats dominated the field, racing to the finish in 6:47.548, well ahead of runner-up WPI (6:54.918). This flipped the script from the two teams' race in April, which saw the Engineers win by 0.34 seconds. 

The No. 2 nationally ranked Bates women tallied 93 points, 12.75 points ahead of runner-up No. 4 Wellesley. Top-ranked WPI finished in fourth place with 70.71 points.

Both the Bates women and men return to Worcester for the National Invitational Rowing Championships on Sunday, May 12. 

Bates WV8 lineup: Bow: Grace Bake; 2: Emma Wheeler; 3: Grace Smith; 4: Catharine Berry-Toon; 5: Hannah Beams; 6: Sally Harris Porter; 7: Hannah Fitts;  Stroke: Lena Rintell; c: Elizabeth Folsom