In the morning pairing, RIT's varsity eight was matched up with Ithaca, who defeated the Tigers by an 11-second (8:22.25 to 8:33.68) difference. Lining up against Franklin & Marshall for their second race of the day, RIT topped the Diplomats by a margin of 8:37.70 to 9:30.05, as the Tigers hosted a double dual Saturday with the University of Rochester on the Genesee River's city course.
The varsity eight consisted of Erin Loughran (Newburgh, NY/Newburgh Free Academy), Colleen Ryan (Pittsford, NY/Pittsford Sutherland), Colleen Albert (Burlington, CT/Lewis S. Mills), Emma Kate Flanagan (Saratoga Springs, NY/Saratoga Springs), Clarissa Brown (Fairport, NY/Fairport), Alyssa Loukola, Olivia Sanders (Ashburn, VA/Stone Bridge), Hayley Richardson (Kennebunk, ME/Kennebunk) and Helen Siegrist.