QUAKERTOWN, Pa. – The Loyola men's rowing team's 1V8 posted a victory that included its first win over Lehigh University in several years on Saturday, leading the Greyhounds men's and women's teams in racing on Lake Nockamixon.
 
The 1V8 of Julius Boucke, Samuel Hoerning, Eoin McDonough, Christopher Engelbert, Joseph Arvelo, Logan Lyle, Brendan Shaw, Joshua Rafferty and coxswain Joey Sigmund finished in 6:35.9, just 1.5 seconds in front of Lehigh's entry while it also beat boats from Iona College and Fairfield University.
 
Loyola's men's 2V8 – Nick Carrieri, Jeremiah James, Guillermo Diaz, Gabe Wagner, Miles Steinberg, Patrick Tonna, Jacob Cordes, Ben Sala and coxswain Thomas O'Neill – also downed the Mountain Hawks and finished second to Fairfield with a time of 7:01.6.
 
Devon Sangiorgio, Salvri Manalansan, Langhorne Gibson, Jack Woelper and coxswain Mariam Wade finished fourth to Iona, Fairfield and Lehigh in the V4 race, finishing in 8:47.9.
 
In the women's racing, Loyola had a quartet of second-place finishes to the host Mountain Hawks.
 
Kylie Doyle, Mikayla Smith, Josephine Lightner, Daniella Niedermeyer, Beata Turnquist, Grace Dwan, Mary Cate Burger, Adriana Leszczynski and coxswain Kat An rowed 8:31.5 in the 1V8; Samatha Walsh, Grace Prince, Olivia Welch, Kennedy Courtney, Grace Brandenburg, Juliana Merlino, Cassidy Garcia, Grace Gola and coxswain Bella Schafer crossed the line in 8:52.1 in the 2V8.
 
Loyola's V4 – Valentina Masi, Maura Budd, Eileen Depman, Cassidy Richard and coxswain Katie Blanch ­– finished in 10:01.2, and the 2V4 was restarted just above the 1,000-meter mark to realign with the Loyola group of Ava Oliveira, Grace John, Stella Augustin, Bre Sthith and coxswain Callista Van Syckel finishing in 5:21.1 from that point.