The nationally-ranked RIT varsity eight defeated William Smith and Trinity on Saturday on the Erie Canal in Rome, NY. in the morning's pairing, the varsity eight earned their first win of the day over William Smith. The Tigers stopped the clock at 6:57.3, just shy of three seconds ahead of the Herons (7:00.1). Erin Loughran (Newburgh, NY/Newburgh Free Academy), Amy Guthrie (Essex Junction, VT/Essex), Colleen Albert (Burlington, CT/Lewis S. Mills), Taylor Blackwell (Pittsford, NY/Pittsford Sutherland), Cassandra Killion (New Plymouth, ID/Nampa Christian), Hayley Richardson (Kennebunk, ME/Kennebunk), Clarissa Brown (Fairport, NY/Fairport), Colleen Ryan (Pittsford, NY/Pittsford Sutherland) and Claire Thomas (Pittsford, NY/Pittsford Sutherland) lined up with Trinity in the afternoon and powered down the course to finish in 7:01.7, 16.3 seconds ahead of the Bantams.