Princeton University Athletics
Three Top-5 Programs To Meet In Women's Lightweight Crew Regatta
April 23, 2010 | Women's Rowing - Lightweight
| Saturday's Racing Schedule | |
| Second/Third Varsity 4+ | 9 a.m. |
| First Novice | 9:20 a.m. |
| First Varsity | 9:40 a.m. |
This regatta, which will also include the Bucknell women's lightweights, will lead off a full morning of racing on Lake Carnegie. The second-ranked Princeton open crew will host Penn, Dartmouth and Bucknell in The Class of 1984 Plaque regatta, and the top-ranked Princeton men's lightweights will host Penn and Georgetown in The Wood-Hammond Trophy regatta to close the morning.
The Princeton women's lightweights are currently ranked third in the nation, and will look to defend that spot against the next two ranked programs in the latest national poll. Radcliffe is currently ranked fourth, while Bucknell is fifth. The Tigers are coming off a home victory over sixth-ranked Georgetown last weekend.
Princeton will look to regain the trophy from Radcliffe, which knocked off the Tigers by more than four seconds on the Charles River last season. This will be the final race for both programs before the 2010 EAWRC Championships, which will be held May 16 on Cooper River in Cherry Hill, N.J.
Radcliffe is coming off a home loss to Stanford last weekend; the Cardinal is currently ranked second and defeated Princeton in Redwood Shores, Calif., on April 10.