Rowing Squad Makes 2026 Spring Debut vs. MIT, Holy Cross on Charles River

Saturday, March 28

Boston, Mass. (Charles River)

9 a.m.

Bucknell University

MIT/Holy Cross

Rowing Squad Makes 2026 Spring Debut vs. MIT, Holy Cross on Charles River

3/27/2026 12:00:00 PM | Women's Rowing

What: Bucknell vs. MIT, Holy Cross at Charles River Racing Series
When: Saturday, March 28, 9 a.m.
Where: Charles River, Cambridge, Mass.
RESULTS

LEWISBURG, Pa. – The Bucknell rowing team makes its 2026 debut on Saturday, taking on Patriot League rivals MIT and Holy Cross as part of the Charles River Racing Series. The Bison will have four boats on the water – two eights and two fours – in the first of at least six race days on the spring schedule.

Bucknell competed twice in the fall in addition to a winter training trip. The Varsity Eight raced at the famed Head of the Charles in October and finished 17th in a field of 43 in the Women's Club Eights category, which was comprised of a combination of collegiate and club crews. By finishing in the top half of the field, the Bison earned a trip back to the Head of the Charles next fall.

Two weeks later, the Bison had 11 boats in action, ranging from singles to eights, at the Princeton Chase on Lake Carnegie.

The team's lone home event of the spring will take place next Saturday at the Bucknell River Complex in Shamokin Dam. Lehigh, Drexel, and George Washington are also slated to compete on the Susquehanna River, as first-year head coach Katy Ruderman's squad continues to build for the Patriot League Championships on May 15 on the Cooper River.

SCHEDULE
9 a.m.: V8+ vs. Holy Cross & MIT
9:24 a.m.: 2V8+ vs. Holy Cross & MIT
10:12 a.m.: V4+ & 2V4+ vs. Holy Cross & MIT

BUCKNELL LINEUPS

Varsity Eight
Cox: Hattie Hopper
Stroke: Evelyn Sherman
7: Logan Moore
6: Sadye Levensten
5: Caroline Cawley
4: Kalena Gatesman
3: Frances Butterfield
2: Callie VonderHaar
Bow: Colby Bernhard

Second Varsity Eight
Cox: Jewell Jacobs
Stroke: Caroline Corbett
7: Bella Guzman
6: Clara Eikeboom
5: Victoria Miller-Tuchon
4: Rosemary Ostrowski
3: Abaigeal Robertson
2: Morgan Brill
1: Kennedy Narine

Varsity Four
Cox: Caly Kuzdzal
Stroke: Smith Bumpers
3: Ryan Cowell
2: Lily Francoeur
Bow: Margaret Greenberg

Second Varsity Four
Cox: Hattie Hopper
Stroke: Kaitlyn Furtney
3: Jess Mauer
2: Eliza Horne
Bow: Grace Pepper