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Women’s Rowing Caps Successful Season
5/23/2012 4:07:37 PM | Women's Rowing
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SYRACUSE - In its second season under head coach Justin Moore, the Syracuse women's rowing team continued to show strong improvement in the 2012 season as it became a major threat in the BIG EAST Conference and garnered national recognition.
Beginning with its season-opening scrimmage at Clemson in mid-March through the BIG EAST Championship on May 13, the Orange steadily found more speed and became a stronger crew, culminating with an impressive showing at the conference championship, finishing second overall and claiming SU's first BIG EAST varsity boat title in seven years with the varsity four.
“One of the characteristics of the crews I have coached is that they have gained speed throughout the course of the season,” Moore said. “Over the course of the season, we saw the speed emerging and we saw the crew's ability to race emerging.”
The biggest proof of the progress the program made in 2012 and the respect it has earned came with the release of the season's final CRCA/USRowing Coaches Poll on May 16 that had the Orange ranked No. 20, its first national ranking since in seven years.
Despite Notre Dame winning its ninth-straight BIG EAST Championship, Syracuse proved itself as the Fighting Irish's biggest threat this season and moving forward. The V4 was the only boat to defeat a Notre Dame boat at the regatta and the Orange finished second in every other point-scoring race, including the varsity eight.
It was the Orange's highest overall finish since coming in second in 2009. SU was fourth last season and third in 2010.
“It was very good racing across the board,” Moore said. “We rowed to or exceeded our seeding throughout the day. The women showed great poise in tight racing.”
Syracuse had four student-athletes recognized with All-BIG EAST honors. Senior V8 coxswain Allison Todd and sophomore V8 stroke Maggie McCrudden took home first team honors while senior V8 rowers Emma Karpowicz and Tiffany Macon were named second team.
Karpowicz was recognized as the women's crew individual team award winner at the Sixth Annual 'Cuse Awards on May 1.
The Orange's improvements in the 2012 season can be quantified in the time gains it made against its conference opponents. After finishing 8.3 seconds behind Notre Dame in the V8 final last season, SU finished 2.4 behind the Irish in this year's final and just .6 behind at the BIG EAST Double Dual on April 28. The 2011 BIG EAST V8 champ, Louisville, finished 11.1 seconds in front of the Orange last season, but this year SU beat the Cardinals by 10.4 seconds, 21.5-second gain.
The best news for Moore is that he returns six of his eight rowers in the V8 for 2013. The young boat featured two freshmen (Emma Basher, Anna Kaszycki), three sophomores McCrudden, Rebecca Soja, Miranda Williams) and a redshirt-junior (Carmen Failla).
All four of the BIG EAST gold medalist V4 return for 2013 as it was comprised of a freshman (Amy Ludovici), a sophomore (Ashley Marsh) and three juniors (Laura Adams, Gina Biascochea, Kristina Herb).
“I really want to thank the last two senior class,” Moore said. “They stuck with the team during this rebuilding phase and really bought into the changes we were trying to make.”
SYRACUSE - In its second season under head coach Justin Moore, the Syracuse women's rowing team continued to show strong improvement in the 2012 season as it became a major threat in the BIG EAST Conference and garnered national recognition.
Beginning with its season-opening scrimmage at Clemson in mid-March through the BIG EAST Championship on May 13, the Orange steadily found more speed and became a stronger crew, culminating with an impressive showing at the conference championship, finishing second overall and claiming SU's first BIG EAST varsity boat title in seven years with the varsity four.
“One of the characteristics of the crews I have coached is that they have gained speed throughout the course of the season,” Moore said. “Over the course of the season, we saw the speed emerging and we saw the crew's ability to race emerging.”
The biggest proof of the progress the program made in 2012 and the respect it has earned came with the release of the season's final CRCA/USRowing Coaches Poll on May 16 that had the Orange ranked No. 20, its first national ranking since in seven years.
Despite Notre Dame winning its ninth-straight BIG EAST Championship, Syracuse proved itself as the Fighting Irish's biggest threat this season and moving forward. The V4 was the only boat to defeat a Notre Dame boat at the regatta and the Orange finished second in every other point-scoring race, including the varsity eight.
It was the Orange's highest overall finish since coming in second in 2009. SU was fourth last season and third in 2010.
“It was very good racing across the board,” Moore said. “We rowed to or exceeded our seeding throughout the day. The women showed great poise in tight racing.”
Syracuse had four student-athletes recognized with All-BIG EAST honors. Senior V8 coxswain Allison Todd and sophomore V8 stroke Maggie McCrudden took home first team honors while senior V8 rowers Emma Karpowicz and Tiffany Macon were named second team.
Karpowicz was recognized as the women's crew individual team award winner at the Sixth Annual 'Cuse Awards on May 1.
The Orange's improvements in the 2012 season can be quantified in the time gains it made against its conference opponents. After finishing 8.3 seconds behind Notre Dame in the V8 final last season, SU finished 2.4 behind the Irish in this year's final and just .6 behind at the BIG EAST Double Dual on April 28. The 2011 BIG EAST V8 champ, Louisville, finished 11.1 seconds in front of the Orange last season, but this year SU beat the Cardinals by 10.4 seconds, 21.5-second gain.
The best news for Moore is that he returns six of his eight rowers in the V8 for 2013. The young boat featured two freshmen (Emma Basher, Anna Kaszycki), three sophomores McCrudden, Rebecca Soja, Miranda Williams) and a redshirt-junior (Carmen Failla).
All four of the BIG EAST gold medalist V4 return for 2013 as it was comprised of a freshman (Amy Ludovici), a sophomore (Ashley Marsh) and three juniors (Laura Adams, Gina Biascochea, Kristina Herb).
“I really want to thank the last two senior class,” Moore said. “They stuck with the team during this rebuilding phase and really bought into the changes we were trying to make.”
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