PHILADELPHIA, PA – The Monmouth University rowing team had a strong showing across five events while participating in the season-opening Navy Day Regatta on a rainy Sunday.

The Hawks were competing in their first event under new head coach TJ Scarpa. 

"Today represented a great step forward in our development as a team and our goals as a program," said Scarpa. "We came into our first race day hungry to see what we could achieve, and despite the adverse conditions, came away with performances we could learn from and build off of throughout the fall. We are super excited to carry this momentum into our next three weeks of racing."

The day started with the Hawks entering three boats in the Women's Open 2. The top performer in that event for Monmouth was the duo of Rheagan Hamm and Anna Ciardiello, who finished ninth. The pair posted a time of 17:33.34. Just over 27 seconds behind them was the pairing of Liz Coffman and Gibson McCoy (18:00.38). Marissa Trostle and Elizabeth Haragsim also competed for the Hawks and posted a time of 18:12.77.
 

Next up was the Women's Collegiate 4+ event and once again the Hawks put three boats in the water. The Hawks were led in this event by the boat featuring Alaina Ruggiero (coxswain), Ashlyn Fehr, Aine Ridenour, Audréanne Gill and Juliette Freure. That boat grabbed a seventh-place finish with a time of 15:44.97. 

Also securing a top 10 finish was the team of Audrey Copeland (coxswain), Reese Hemberger, Alyssa Taylor, Addison Cohen and Syrah Mills, who had a time of 16:13.72.

Rounding out the Hawk boats in that event was Devon Seltzer (coxswain), Marina Zappone, Ashlyn White, Mollie MacDonald and Jenna Babulic (16:50.37).

Monmouth's Collegiate JV 8+ team of Sibel Alabarda (coxswain), Ava Chavez, Sarah Scheidel, Frankie Santos, Farren Brooks, Anela Asbury, Emma Heim, Evangelina Santos and Athena Constantakos finished sixth (16:31.67).

The day ended with a strong showing in the Collegiate 8+ event. The boat featuring Priscilla Weis (coxswain), Fehr, Hemberger, Taylor, Ridenour, Gill, White, Mills and Freure captured seventh place with a time of 14:35.12. The Hawks beat out CAA opponent Drexel, Georgetown and Fordham among others.

Monmouth's other boat in the event featuring Copeland (coxswain), Zappone, Nadia Nole, Claire Leavens, Babulic, MacDonald, Cohen, Molly Gross and Hamm finished with a time of 15:37.51.

The Hawks will be back in action on Saturday, Oct. 17 when they send two boats to the historic Head of the Charles Regatta in Boston, Massachusetts. 

See the complete results from the Navy Day Regatta.

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