WASHINGTON - Georgetown University's men's lightweight rowing team opened the spring racing season with a pair of home meets against nationally-ranked opponents over the weekend. The 10th-ranked Hoyas raced No. 3 Princeton on Saturday evening on the Potomac River for the Fosburgh Cup before welcoming No. 6 Delaware to the Nation's Capital on Sunday.

"This weekend was a great demonstration of what it means to race versus what it means to put together a good row," Lightweight Varsity Coach Lee Rumpf said. "We did neither of the two against Princeton and only the latter against Delaware. In the Second 8, we have serious work to do. The Third 8 showed a lot of grit and determination this weekend against both opponents. I hope their style of racing filters up over the next two weeks in preparation for our Yale/MIT and Harvard/Columbia races."

Varsity 8+
Coxswain: Ryan Zuccala, 8: Hector Formoso-Murias, 7: Olivier Malle, 6: Tommy Ruggles, 5: Joe Cecil, 4: Kiefer Mueller, 3: Jonah Conlin, 2: Liam Lafferty, 1: Artym Hayda

2nd Varsity 8+
Coxswain: Hannah Elwell, 8: Tyler Little, 7: Deion Payne, 6: Jonathan Menendez, 5: Cass Boehm, 4: Declan Mirabella, 3: Reid Noch, 2: William Mangan, 1: Peter Digiovanni

3rd Varsity 8+
Coxswain: Shanlyn Tse, 8: Thomas Dameris, 7: Thomas Kiely, 6: Jordi Perez, 5: John Matthews, 4: Matthew Jasko, 3: Peter Phelan, 2: Thomas Stubna, 1: Grant Draper

Saturday, March 24
Varsity 8
Princeton: 5:49.7
Georgetown: 5:55.6

2nd Varsity 8
Princeton 3V: 5:56.4
Princeton: 5:56.7
Georgetown: 6:10.3

3rd Varsity 8
Princeton 4V: 6:06.9
Georgetown: 6:12.6
Princeton 5V: 6:22.5

Sunday, March 25
Varsity 8
Delaware: 5:52
Georgetown: 5:55

2nd Varsity 8
Delaware: 6:08.5
Georgetown: 6:22.5

3rd Varsity 8
Delaware: 6:17.7
Georgetown: 6:23.3
Delaware 4V: DNF

Georgetown will take next weekend off for the Easter holiday before returning to the water in early April. The Hoyas head to Cambridge, Massachusetts for races against Yale and MIT on Saturday, April 7 and against Harvard and Columbia on Sunday, April 8.