FAIRFAX STATION, Va. – The Loyola University Maryland men's and women's' rowing teams won five races on Sunday as the Greyhounds closed their first weekend of competition this spring at the 2022 Occoquan Sprints.
 
The Greyhounds women won the varsity four – and a second boat was second in that race – the varsity eight and the second varsity eight. On the men's side, Loyola won the second varsity eight and the freshman/novice four.
 
Loyola's women scored a win in the varsity eight as Megan Gallucci, Anna Kelley, Jennifer Barrett, Lindsey Bonavita, Hannah Seyffert, Grace Aberle, Olivia Welch, Danielle Niedermeyer and coxswain Gabrielle Macneil rowed to a time of 9:20.82 for the win, besting George Mason by almost second ticks of the clock.
 
The top varsity four boat – Ashira Thompson, Kristine Jones, Samantha Walsh, Holly Hanscom and coxswain Natalee Arthur – won in 11:09.84, while the Greyhounds' second entry – Kylie Doyle, Lindsey Thompson, Evy Ryan, Erin White and coxswain Sarah Hofstetter – took second in 11:19.12.
 
Emma McCann, Maura Budd, Katelyne Krueger, Grace Prince, Katherine Convery, Juliana Merlino, Claire Volz, Grace Gola and coxswain Delaney Gibbons won the second varsity eight race in 9:36.14.
 
The men's second varsity eight won its race against George Mason as Devon Sangiorgio, David Schechter, Guillermo Diaz, Jack Quinones, Ben Sala, Rob Obermair, Salvri Manalansan, Joshua Rafferty and coxswain Austin Kayanan rowed to a time of 8:29.60.
 
In the freshman/novice four, Matteo Mood, Matt Smith, Perry Schutt, Keaton Teeft and coxswain Joseph Sigmund beat Carnegie Mellon with a time of 10:07.78.
 
The Greyhounds' varsity eight boat – Tibor Francia, Mike Rowse, Eoin McDonough, Frederich Lightner, Max Greer, Michael Patton, Alex Perez, Matthew Houston and coxswain Jo Gosciniak – took second behind George Washington in 8:50.74.