Brigantine, N.J. – Stockton University prepped for Saturday's Battle by Brigantine by rowing in two races on Friday afternoon. In the varsity eight, the Ospreys finished in 6:16.50 but were edged by Catholic University by less than a second (6:15.85). Pacific Lutheran finished third at 6:23.13.

Breanna Blisard (Galloway/Cedar Creek), Maggie Dunn (Haddonfield/Haddon Twp.), Lexi Kripetz (Clinton/Voorhees), Grace Caldwell (Boise, Idaho/Mountain View), Olivia Wagner, Ashley Timm (Egg Harbor Twp./EHT), Megan Baldwin (Brigantine/Holy Spirit) and Sydney Rowand (Barrington/Haddon Hts.) rowed in the varsity eight with Leilani Moreno (Egg Harbor Twp./EHT) as coxswain.
 
Stockton handily defeated Pacific Lutheran in a second varsity eight dual race as the Osprey 2V8 posted a time of 6:35.12 while the Lutes crossed the finish line at 7:21.42.

Natalie Warrick (Niskayuna, N.Y./Niskayuna), Lex Zang (San Carlos, Calif./Carlmont), Reese Weirick (Malvern, Pa./Great Valley), Reilly Deschenes (Cape May CH/Middle Twp.), Giavonna Terruso-Emmons (Mays Landing/Cedar Creek), Hannah Sherwood (Burlington/Doane Academy), Keira Kenney (Egg Harbor Twp./EHT) and Kimberly Canelas (Galloway/ACIT) rowed in the 2V8 with Thalia Gonzalez (Moorestown/Moorestown) as coxswain.
 
Stockton will host the Battle at Brigantine on Saturday at 9:00 a.m.