DadVail 2011 Round up

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The Purdue Women's Varsity Eight won a pair of thrilling victories, the first in the morning semi-finals, the second in the afternoon finals — to capture the Women's Aberdeen Trophy at the Aberdeen Dad Vail Regatta.

Purdue narrowly beat second-place Old Dominion by .33 seconds to capture the title, while Grand Valley went back to Michigan with bronze.

The Women's Varsity Eight victory propelled Purdue to the Aberdeen Dad Vail overall points trophy with a tally of 41 points over Michigan (33) and Delaware (27), as well as the women's points trophy with 21 points ahead of Saint Joseph's (17) and Grand Valley State (13).

Michigan captured its third Men's Varsity Heavyweight title in program history. Considered the favorite all along, the Wolverines outlasted second-place Florida Tech and third-place Delaware to reclaim the Aberdeen Men's Trophy for the first time since 2009.

The Michigan men also won the men's point trophy with 33 points over Virginia (24) and Delaware (22).

The loaded second finals of the Men's and Women's Varsity Eights were both filled with talent and both impressively won by Drexel. On the women's end, the Dragons edged West Virginia and UConn, while the men's side saw coach Paul Savell's crew topped local rival Temple and defending champion Brock.

In the other grand finals at the 2011 Aberdeen Dad Vail Regatta presented by Coca-Cola:

Purdue's Men's Frosh/Novice Lightweight Eight won gold over rival Michigan and Grand Valley State to win the Brendan Lynch Trophy.

Bucknell won the Dennis Kamrad Trophy for its win in the Women's Varsity Lightweight Eight by more than a length over Georgia Tech and Buffalo.

For the second year, Mercyhurst went home with the Thomas W. Loschiavo Trophy in the Men's Varsity Lightweight Eight after a comfortable victory over Delaware and Michigan.

On the heels of its men's victory, the Mercyhurst women outlasted Seattle Pacific and Nova Southeastern in the Women's Varsity Heavyweight Eight (Div. II).

Marietta won the Women's Varsity Heavyweight Eight (Div III) over Emory and Rochester; while Washington University won gold over Middlebury and Bowdoin in the Women's Varsity Heavyweight Four w/Cox (Div. II & III).

Emory edged Brock and Fairfield in the Women's Frosh/Novice Four with Cox; while the Lindy Cup went to Rollins, which beat out Villanova and Michigan in the Women's Frosh/Novice Four with Cox.

The Sarah Vaughn Trophy was won by Western Ontario in an easy victory over Purdue and Villanova as Men's Frosh/Novice Four w/Cox champs.

Purdue came away with the Lev Brett Bowl in the Men's Frosh/Novice Heavyweight Eight narrowly beating a gutsy second-place effort by Drexel, while Virginia finished third.

Fairfield, Loyola Marymount and Pittsburgh finished in that order in the Women's Pair without Cox as Drexel, Lafayette and Iona did the same in the men's event. The Dragons brought the Bob Negaard Trophy back to Boathouse Row.

Saint Joseph's battled with second-place Bucknell and third-place Buffalo the raise the Coleman D. Boylan Trophy as Women's JV Heavyweight Eight champions.

The Ernie Bayer Trophy went to Virginia for its Men's JV Heavyweight Eight victory over Michigan and Temple.

The Women's Lightweight Four saw UMass win handily over Pittsburgh and Stetson to bring home the Robert Espesth Trophy.

California celebrated a five-second victory over both Temple and Chicago in the Men's Lightweight Four to win the James J. Lynch Trophy.

Villanova shocked top contenders Old Dominion and Saint Joseph's to grab the Margaret McNiff Trophy as Women's Varsity Hvwt Four.

The Men's Varsity Heavyweight Four, meanwhile, went to Georgia Tech, which beat Colgate and MIT for the Thomas A. Curran Trophy.