WASHINGTON - The Georgetown University women's rowing team made its 2015-16 debut on Sunday, racing at the Charlie Butt Sculler's Head of the Potomac. It was also GU's first regatta under first-year head coach Stephen Full.

Sunday started strong as the Hoyas opened the day with a win in the 4+. After holding just a four-second lead at the midway point over the boat from TBC Racing, GU pulled away in the second half for an 11-second victory, crossing the finish line in 18:36.3

In the Open Eight race, three Hoya crews all placed in 10-second intervals of each other. The first Georgetown boat placed fifth in a time of 17:42.2, three seconds behind a crew from the Potomac Boat Club. The second boat for the Blue & Gray crossed the finish line 10 seconds later, in 17:52.3, to place sixth while the final GU squad placed seventh in 18:02.8.

"We put out some interesting combinations for lineups," Full said. "The 4+ did a great job. They were not rowing the prettiest, but were really aggressive. Overall, I was happy with the effort, but we need to continue get better."

Lineups 4+ Beth Weinrich (Willow Grove, Pa./Mount Saint Joseph Academy), Savannah Kochinke (San Francisco, Calif./The Lawrenceville School [N.J.]), Christina Johnson (Redding, Conn./Joel Barlow), Sarah Varney (Hingham, Mass./Notre Dame Academy) and Sophie Kershaw (Sacramento, Calif./St. Francis).

8+ (fifth place) Weinrich, Emily Paciulla (Davis, Calif./Davis Senior), Natalie Clark (Wilton, Conn./Wilton), Jocelyn Hlawaty (Glen Ridge, N.J./Glen Ridge), Monica Firmani (Seattle, Wash./Seattle Prep), Anne Stoessel (Niskayuna, N.Y./Niskayuna), Kayla Giger (Lebanon, Ind./Brebeuf Jesuit Prep), Caroline Thomas (Vienna, Va./James Madison HS) and Adrianna Soto-Wright (Concord, Mass./Concord Carlisle).

8+ (sixth place) Michaela McCool (West Chester, Pa./Villa Maria), Jelena Pesa (Darien, Conn./Phillips Exeter Academy), Natalia Keohane (San Francisco, Calif./St. Ignatious), Joanna Moley (Darien, Conn./Greens Farms Academy), Victoria Carroll (Cranbury, N.J./Princeton HS), Diana Lowitt (Baltimore, Md./Roland Park Country School), Emily Phelps (Lincolnshire, Ill./Loyola Academy), Lindsay Olita (Vineland, N.J./Vineland) and Lily Tyndall (Harrisburg, N.C./Hickory Ridge).

8+ (seventh place) Katarina Stough (Princeton, N.J./Princeton HS), Allie Garceau (Atkinson, N.H./Phillips Exeter Academy), Abigail Reinhold (Reston, Va./South Lakes), Margaret Dunne (Larchmont, N.Y./Convent of the Sacred Heart), Emma Thompson (Claremont, Calif./St. Lucy's Priory), Natalie Soto-Wright (Concord, Mass./Concord Carlisle), Emily Marshall (Toronto, Ontario/Branksome Hall), Sabine Neschke (Harvard, Mass./Kent), Grace Benson (Oakland, Calif./Bishop O'Dowd).