Women’s Rowing 2017 Regular Season Overview

After a strong showing over the 2017 regular season, Syracuse Women’s Rowing is headed to the upcoming ACC Championships ranked #13 in the country with the first varsity eight boat earning top seed at the championships. Below is an overview of the racing from this season:

Doc Hosea Invite, April 2nd

 The Orange women competed for the Orange Challenge Cup and the Kittel Cup as well as the inaugural Doc Hosea Trophy. The invite consisted of 10 teams: Northeastern, Syracuse, UPenn, Boston University, Dartmouth, The Naval Academy, Rutgers, University of Massachusetts, University of Minnesota, and the University of Rhode Island. Syracuse swept the trophies, bringing all three back home after winning the 1V8+, 2V8+, 3V8+ and B4+ grand finals.

O’Leary Cup, April 15th

 In Saratoga, NY the team competed against Harvard-Radcliffe and Dartmouth for the 19th Elizabeth H O’Leary Cup. Going into this race Radcliffe was ranked above Syracuse (1V – Radcliffe #14, Syracuse #17; 2V – Radcliffe #12, Syracuse #15; V4+ - Radcliffe #14, Syracuse Unranked). However, after the racing in Saratoga the Orange proved it was time to reconsider the established rankings. The Syracuse 1V bested Radcliffe by 5.1 seconds and Dartmouth by 18 seconds to win the O’Leary Cup for the second year in a row. The team as a whole had a great day on the water with the 2V, V4+ and 3V8+ all winning their races as well. 

Clemson Invite, April 22nd

Syracuse Women’s Rowing showed up to Clemson, SC ready for some tough competition on Lake Hartwell. The Orange were up against a pack that included 9 of the top 20 teams in the country. The first varsity eight crew finished fourth in the grand final in a time of 6:23.803, defeating No. 10 Virginia, No. 11 Wisconsin, and No. 20 Indiana. The team placed 6th overall defeating Duke and Indiana among others.

Finished off the weekend strong at the Clemson Invite! Our v8 lead the team with a time of 6:23 beating some teams in the top ten! #GOCUSE 🍊🍊🍊🍊💪💪💪 📷: Steve Humphrey

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Ready to race the Clemson Invitational tomorrow! Proudly wearing Orange and 261 in honor and thanks to Syracuse Alum Kathrine Switzer for showing the strength 50yrs ago to push equality for women in sport as the first numbered female runner in he Boston Marathon #strongwomen #cuse #orange #261 #equality #race #row #letsgoorange

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Princeton, April 29th

To finish off the regular season the Orange traveled to Princeton, NJ to face off against No. 7 Princeton, No. 11 Iowa and UPenn. Once again, the 1V showed off their strength by defeating No. 11 Iowa and finishing less than 3 seconds behind No. 7 Princeton. Additionally, the 3V8 recorded a first-place finish coming in ahead of Princeton.

Other season highlights include the 1V8 being named ACC Crew of the Week three times over the course of the season.