Princeton University Athletics
Friday, May 26
Pennsauken, N.J.
Princeton University
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NCAA Championships
Second Varsity - Seeded No. 2 for the NCAA Rowing Championships
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Women's Crew Set For NCAA Rowing Championships
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PRINCETON – The No. 1 Princeton's Women's Rowing Team preps for the NCAA Rowing Championships this weekend on the Cooper River.
Princeton won the Ivy League's bid after the 1V won the Ivy Grand Final. The Orange and Black needed every one of the 32 team points awarded to the winner of the Varsity Eight as they entered the final race seven points behind Yale in the team standings. Princeton's win coupled with Yale's third-place finish in the 1V resulted in an eight-point difference in points accumulated in the race which was just enough for the Princeton win.
The Tigers tallied 85 total team points over the course of the regatta, besting Yale by one point for the team championship. Penn was third with 66 points while Brown was fourth with 64.
Camille VanderMeer, Lydia Rosen, Lucy Koven and Hannah Diaz were named First-Team All-Ivy. VanderMeer was also Academic All-Ivy. Natasha Neitzell and Katherine George were second-team honorees. VanderMeer, Rosen, Koven, Diaz and George were on the 1V that collected gold while Neitzell was on the 4A that earned bronze.
Princeton's 1V was seeded No. 1 in the NCAA Rowing Championships while the 2V was seeded No. 2 and the A4V was slotted at No. 5. The Tigers' 1V became the first boat to beat Texas in 23 races.
On Friday, the Varsity Eight will row in the first heat at 9:00 a.m. featuring Rutgers, Virginia, Washington, and USC. The 2V8 gets started at 10 a.m. in a heat with Northeastern, SMU, California, and Rutgers. The Varsity Four rows at 11:12 a.m. against Northeastern, Ohio State, Stanford, Syracuse, and Jacksonville.
The top three boats in each heat advance to the AB Semifinals on Saturday. The Varsity Eight A-B Semifinals will be at 8:36/8:48 a.m. with the 2V8 A/B Semifinals going off at 9:24/9:36 a.m. The Varsity Four A/B Semifinals are at 10:12/10:24 a.m.
Championship Sunday will see the Varsity Four Grand Final at 9:36 a.m., the second varsity eight Grand Final at 10 a.m., the varsity eight Grand Final at 10:24 a.m.
Since 2010, Princeton has finished inside the top 10 in the NCAA team standings 10 times, earning three bronze medals. The Tigers have won four NCAA gold medals in the 1997 2V, 2006 1V, 2011 1V and last year's 4A.
In 2022, Princeton had its 1V collect a bronze and its 4A pick up a gold, marking the first time since 1997 that the team had corralled two medals at the NCAAs. The squad's third place finish overall was the best mark since 1997.
Princeton won the Ivy League's bid after the 1V won the Ivy Grand Final. The Orange and Black needed every one of the 32 team points awarded to the winner of the Varsity Eight as they entered the final race seven points behind Yale in the team standings. Princeton's win coupled with Yale's third-place finish in the 1V resulted in an eight-point difference in points accumulated in the race which was just enough for the Princeton win.
The Tigers tallied 85 total team points over the course of the regatta, besting Yale by one point for the team championship. Penn was third with 66 points while Brown was fourth with 64.
Camille VanderMeer, Lydia Rosen, Lucy Koven and Hannah Diaz were named First-Team All-Ivy. VanderMeer was also Academic All-Ivy. Natasha Neitzell and Katherine George were second-team honorees. VanderMeer, Rosen, Koven, Diaz and George were on the 1V that collected gold while Neitzell was on the 4A that earned bronze.
Princeton's 1V was seeded No. 1 in the NCAA Rowing Championships while the 2V was seeded No. 2 and the A4V was slotted at No. 5. The Tigers' 1V became the first boat to beat Texas in 23 races.
On Friday, the Varsity Eight will row in the first heat at 9:00 a.m. featuring Rutgers, Virginia, Washington, and USC. The 2V8 gets started at 10 a.m. in a heat with Northeastern, SMU, California, and Rutgers. The Varsity Four rows at 11:12 a.m. against Northeastern, Ohio State, Stanford, Syracuse, and Jacksonville.
The top three boats in each heat advance to the AB Semifinals on Saturday. The Varsity Eight A-B Semifinals will be at 8:36/8:48 a.m. with the 2V8 A/B Semifinals going off at 9:24/9:36 a.m. The Varsity Four A/B Semifinals are at 10:12/10:24 a.m.
Championship Sunday will see the Varsity Four Grand Final at 9:36 a.m., the second varsity eight Grand Final at 10 a.m., the varsity eight Grand Final at 10:24 a.m.
Since 2010, Princeton has finished inside the top 10 in the NCAA team standings 10 times, earning three bronze medals. The Tigers have won four NCAA gold medals in the 1997 2V, 2006 1V, 2011 1V and last year's 4A.
In 2022, Princeton had its 1V collect a bronze and its 4A pick up a gold, marking the first time since 1997 that the team had corralled two medals at the NCAAs. The squad's third place finish overall was the best mark since 1997.
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