WORCESTER, Mass. – The Connecticut College women's rowing team placed third at the Donahue Cup on Saturday morning at Lake Quinsigamond.

The finish was one of the strongest in the program's recent history. The crews were le by a talented group of coxswains—Caroline Lee (Danvers, Mass.) in the 1V8, Pilar Young (Swampscott, Mass.) in the 2V8 and Elinor Rasevic (Bethesda, Md.) in the 3V8—who all navigated the races with grit and tenacity.

The Camels finished behind Williams and WPI in both the 1V8 and 2V8 races. Conn's top boat clocked a time of 7:00.21 and finished just over five seconds behind WPI, while the 2V8 crew was four seconds behind WPI and crossed the finish in 7:02.27. The 3V8 boat finished second to Williams in 7:55.43.

Conn returns to action against WPI on Saturday, April 18 at Lake Quinsigamond.

Women's 1V8
Coxswain: Caroline Lee
8 Lexi Downing
7 Julia Finney
6 Ruth Schmidt
5 Clara Haynes
4 Sydney Frank
3 Nina Ellingson
2 Tandin Johnson Ward
1 Eldana Zhakypbaeva

Women's 2V8
Coxswain: Pilar Young
8 Sadie Joseph
7 Anna LoGiudice
6 Catie Baker
5 Maeve Hurley
4 Isabelle Steiner
3 Keaton Arangua-Egbert
2 Lila Toulmin
1 Sophie Costantini 

Women's 3V8
Coxswain: Elinor Rasevic 
8 Elizabeth Madden
7 Jocelyn Kessler
6 Mimi Noe
5 Julia Brubaker
4 Bronwyn Kyle
3 Emma Leary  
2 Jessica Marks
1 Sasha Jansujwicz