April 11, 2008

BOSTON - Boston University men's crew will meet Northeastern in the 34th Arlett Cup on Saturday, April 12. The Terriers claimed the cup in 2007 for the first time in six years and will look to defend it against the Huskies.

BU opened the season with a loss at Brown on April 5, while NU competed in the at the 35th San Diego Crew Classic Regatta and placed fifth in the Copley Cup final.

The Huskies hold a 22-11 advantage in the cup's history. In the crews' last meeting on April 14, 2007 the BU and NU battled through rough water over the first 1000m and strong winds all along the course. The two boats were neck-and-neck until the Huskies made a push around 650m to take nearly a length lead over BU. But the Terriers did not relent and countered with a move of their own at 1200m to take a length lead that they extended to open water by the time NU caught a crab and was forced to stop. BU crossed the line in a time of 6:43.41 to NU's 6:56.01.

The Terriers travel to New Jersey on Saturday, April 19 to face Dartmouth and Rutgers in the Bill Cup. BU hopes to retain the trophy for the third straight year.

Lineups

Varsity Eight: bow - Milos Nikolic, 2 - Andy Fisher, 3 - Matt Trevithick, 4 - Rich McGovern, 5 - Graham Leitch, 6 - Josh Novak, 7 - Milos Drljic, stroke Brandon Batey, cox Martin Yates

2nd Varsity Eight: bow - Matt Galica, 2 - Nick Anderson, 3 - Ian Adams, 4 - Ricardo Sinicio-Tessarotto, 5 - Nemanja Bekan, 6 - Matthew Dunn, 7- Travis Clarke, stroke Justin Martin, cox Andrea Rosmann

3rd Varsity Eight: bow Greg Conway, 2 - Jonathan Czerepak, 3 - Alan Satterwhite, 4 - Nicolas Couraud, 5 - Steven Pytlar, 6 - Andre Guzman, 7 - Matthew Seminario, stroke Andreas Brinck, cox Maria Escallon

Freshman Eight: bow James Simoneau, 2 - Anthony Puentes, 3 - Christ Kamberos, 4 - James Potts, 5 - Sjoerd Klem, 6 - Wijnand Schoemakers, 7 - John Seibler, stroke Sebastian Muller, cox Bianca Wieczorek

3rd Varsity/2nd Freshman 4+: bow Mike Cataldo, 2 - Seth McKeen, 3 - John Stansel, stroke Stefan Seitler, cox Chris Myers

2nd Freshman 4+: bow Arty Emma, 2 - Richard Su, 3 - Hideyoshi Watanabe, stroke Mike Schmitt, cox Evan Queenan