Sacramento State hosted the women’s rowing season-opener Saturday morning on Lake Natoma where the Hornets placed first in five of the seven races.

Varsity eight, second varsity eight, novice eight, varsity four and varsity four B raced to a first place finish while cox 4 came in third and novice four came in second behind Saint Mary’s by .9 seconds.

Captain Sarah Pivonka rowed in the varsity eight and varsity four winning boats and acted as a coxswain in the cox 4 race in which they came in behind Humboldt State A and Cal Lightweights.

The second varsity eight made up of Socheata Guimond, Alexandra Santella, Erika Busch, Alexus Higa, Hannah Silberberg, Tess Heidig, Rosie Kloh, Ana Fletcher and Pam Kline beat second place Humboldt State by 20 seconds with a time of 6:59.9 and UC San Diego by 50.4 seconds who recorded a time of 7:50.5.

Novice eight beat out six other teams and had over a one-minute lead from last place.

The novice eight lineup consisted of freshmen Maggie Liss, Kim Gross, Desiree Drab Munoz, Katie Koeher, Kim Gollmyer and juniors Kloey Glass, Yesenia Miranda, Andrea Mueller and Tawnya Curfman.

Humboldt State was a big contender for Sac State in this regatta. The Jacks placed first in the cox 4 and within the top three in all seven races.

There were 15 other rowers who helped at least two boats throughout this regatta.

Sac State women’s rowing will be out on Lake Natoma hosting San Diego State and rival UC Davis Saturday at 8 a.m.

SACRAMENTO STATE RESULTS

VARSITY EIGHT

1. Sacramento State  6:55.4

2. Saint Mary’s  6:57.6

3. Humboldt State  7:03.9

4. UC San Diego  7:17.6

5. Mills College  7:28.0

SECOND VARSITY EIGHT

1. Sacramento State  6:59.9

2. Humboldt State  7:21.9

3. UC San Diego  7:50.5

NOVICE EIGHT

1. Sacramento State  7:25.8

2. Humboldt State  7:36.1

3. Sonoma State  7:50.1

4. Saint Mary’s  7:51.3

5. Mills College  7:52.5

6. UC San Diego  8:24.0

7. Cal Lightweights  8:24.4

VARSITY FOUR

1. Sacramento State  7:43.5

2. Humboldt State A  7:52.2

3. Saint Mary’s  8:08.1

4. Humboldt State B  8:16.1

5. Sonoma State  8:20.2

6. Mills College  8:25.6

7. UC San Diego  8:28.8

VARSITY FOUR B

1. Sacramento State A  NTT

2. Humboldt State A  +5.8

3. UC San Diego A  +15.8

4. Sacramento State B  +19.8

5. Sonoma State  +54.7

6. UC San Diego B  +58.9

7. Pacific  +1:45.6

NOVICE FOUR

1. Saint Mary’s  8:19.1

2. Sacramento State A  8:20.0

3. Humboldt State  8:36.7

4. UC San Diego  8:39.2

5. Sacramento State B  9:06.3

6. Mills College  9:46.4

7. Saint Mary’s B  9:52.2

COX 4 (Four coxswains row, and a rower serves as the coxswain) – 500 meters

1. Humboldt State A  2:27.8

2. Cal Lightweights  2:34.3

3. Sacramento State  2:47.6

4. Santa Clara  2:49.8

5. Humboldt State B 2:55.7

6. UC San Diego  3:16.22

VARSITY EIGHT

Cox – Shelley Zakskorn, stroke – Sarah Pivonka, 7 – Michelle Evers, 6 – Nneka Anyanwu, 5 – Caitlin Brennan, 4 – Jessica Smith, 3 – Karoline Sly, 2 – Sadeeka Dosu, bow – Antonia Dendrinos

SECOND VARSITY EIGHT

Cox –  J Socheata Guimond, stroke – F Alexandra Santella, 7 – S Erika Busch, 6 – S Alexus Higa, 5 – F Hannah Silberberg, 4 – Sr Tess Heidig, 3 – F Rosie Kloh, 2 – J Ana Fletcher, bow – Pam Kline SR

NOVICE EIGHT

Cox – f  Maggie Liss, stroke – r Kim Gross, 7 – jr Kloey Glass, 6 – jr Yesenia Miranda, 5 – jr Andrea Mueller, 4 – f Desiree Drab Munoz, 3 – f Katie Koehler, 2 – f Kim Gollmyer, bow – jrTawnya Curfman

VARSITY FOUR

Cox – Alyssa Reyna, stroke – Sarah Pivonka, 3 – Caitlin Brennan, 2 – Jessica Smith, bow – Antonia Dendrinos

VARSITY FOUR B

Cox – Socheata Guimond, stroke – Erika Busch, 3 – Alexus Higa, 2 – Hannah Silberberg, bow – Ana Fletcher

VARSITY FOUR C

Cox – Shelley Zakskorn, stroke – Ashley Ferko, 3 – Kloey Glass, 2 – Kim Gross, bow – Charity Oberg

NOVICE FOUR

Cox – Maggie Liss, stroke – Tawnya Curfman, 3 – Yesenia Miranda, 2 – Whitney Dellafosse, bow – Desiree Drab Munoz

NOVICE FOUR B

Cox – Elizabeth Schneider, stroke – Emilie Williams, 3 – Kaitlyn Covello, 2 – Kaileigh Ruiz, bow – Alexis Clarke-Steele

COX 4 (Four coxswains row, and a rower serves as coxswain)

Cox – Sarah Pivonka, stroke – Elizabeth Schneider, 3 – Socheata Guimond, 2 – Alyssa Reyna, bow – Maggie Liss