OAK RIDGE, Tenn. – The Wisconsin women's lightweight rowing team finished up their first weekend of competition this morning at the Cardinal Invitational on Melton Hill Lake. Each of their varsity four lineups competed in one more race on the day, both against teams from Yale and Minnesota.

The varsity four A took second place with a time of 6:31.170, coming in behind first-place Yale.

The varsity four B boat finished in third place after posting a time of 6:41.694 in their race. Yale also took first place in that race, followed by Minnesota.

Up next, the lightweight team has a couple weeks off before traveling west for the San Diego Crew Classic on April 6-7.

Straight from the Lake
Head Coach Dusty Mattison
On the morning races:
"Overall, just really proud of the performances that both lightweight fours put out today. They definitely found their best races today. Overall execution they felt was at a different level than it was yesterday, and that was one of the goals heading into the racing, just to see improvement in three races, so that was really fun."

On what this weekend meant for the team:
"It was a good representation of where we are heading into the main racing season. It was nice to have this race to build off of for this next week of training. Knowing what we need to work on and being able to have the time to just really focus on that before we head off to San Diego and the Knecht Cup. Overall, just a really great weekend of racing. We learned a lot and it was a great venue, great competition and set us up really well heading into the spring season."

Cardinal Invitational 
Mar. 17, 2019
Oak Ridge, Tenn.
Melton Hill Lake
2000 Meters

Varsity Four A 
1. Yale, 6:27.348; 2. Wisconsin, 6:31.170, 3. Minnesota, 6:32.105
UW Lineup - Coxswain Mya Lebakken, Grace D'Souza, Marilyn Garberg, Payton James, Brianna Ohm

Varsity Four B 
1. Yale, 6:30.087; 2. Minnesota, 6:37.473; 3. Wisconsin, 6:41.694
UW Lineup - Coxswain Eden Rane, Julia Johnson, Monica Rodriguez, Tori Kost, Kate Concannon