Three Orange Boats Advance to NCAA A/B Semifinals
5/28/2021 9:37:00 PM | Women's Rowing
Syracuse University will have three boats in the 2021 NCAA A/B semifinals on Saturday, May 29. The Orange varsity four won its repechage while the varsity eight and second varsity eight both finished second at Nathan Benderson Park in Sarasota, Fla. The top two times from each repechage advanced to the A/B semifinals.
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"The priority for us as a team was to finish match our team ranking in the coaches poll at nine which we are in a really good position to do," said head coach Luke McGee. "One of the big team goals was to finish above our seeding, which the varsity eight has already done and the other two boats are certainly on target to do. I thought everybody raced really well today."
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The 14th-seeded varsity eight took second in the repechage, finishing the race in 6:25.122, behind ninth-seeded Princeton (6:24.797), and ahead of 10th-seeded SMU (6:25.285). The Orange will race in the first heat of the A/B semifinals against Alabama, Rutgers, Michigan, Texas and Ohio State at 8:36 am.
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"The varsity eight race was amazing," McGee said. "They really stepped up and had a great race, great performance. The 2V continued to move along. They are having a great season and had another strong performance today. The four really capped off the day with a big win."
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The 11th-seeded second varsity eight finished second in its repechage, crossing the finish line in 6:36.930. Ninth-seeded SMU won the repechage in 6:34.367. Syracuse will race Virginia, Stanford, Texas, Brown and Rutgers in the second head of the A/B semifinals at 9:36 am.
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Syracuse's 11th-seeded varsity four won its repechage, beating the Duke boat that it lost to two weeks ago at the ACC Championship. The Orange recorded a time of 7:23.988, ahead of eighth-seeded Duke (7:26.348). The 'Cuse varsity four will compete against Michigan, Washington, Stanford, Brown and California in the first head of the A/B semifinals at 10:12 am.
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"This team has done a really phenomenal job this season adapting and rolling with the punches with respect to COVID and the late start in the fall and winter by continuing to train hard and staying focused on what they want to do," McGee said. "Today was just another piece of it. They have kept their focus and belief and here they are."
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The 2021 NCAA Championship features 22 teams and will conclude with the finals on Sunday, May 30. Fans are invited to watch the 2021 NCAA Championship live on NCAA.com.
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SCORING
The NCAA Rowing champion is determined by total points with points assigned based on the finish in each race. The first-place finisher in the First Varsity 8 will receive 66 points with each subsequent finisher collecting three fewer points – 63 for second, 60 for third, etc. The second varsity 8 winner will earn 44 points with each successive finisher collecting two fewer points (42 points for second, 40 points for third, etc.) and the varsity fours winner will receive 22 points, with the runner-up earning 21 points, third receiving 20 points, etc. Ties will be broken based on the teams' result in the varsity 8.
SEMIFINALS FORMAT
The results of Saturday's A/B Semifinals will determine the field competing in the Grand and Petite Finals. The top three of each A/B Semifinal will advance to the Grand Final (places 1-6) and the other six boats will move to the Petite Final (places 7-12) on Sunday.
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Syracuse Race Schedule
Saturday, May 29 – Semifinals
8:36 am– V8 vs. Alabama, Rutgers, Michigan, Texas and Ohio State
9:36 am – 2V8 vs. Virginia, Stanford, Texas, Brown and Rutgers
10:12 am– V4 vs. Michigan, Washington, Stanford, Brown and California
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Varsity 8
C Hannah Murphy
8 Eleanor Alexopoulos
7 Lucy Pearce
6 Meg Varcoe
5 Maddy Horridge
4 Lea Dahn
3 Alena Criss
2 Emma Braun
1 Josie Kiesel
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Second Varsity 8
C Louise Rath
8 Eliza Yager
7 Katharine Ryan
6 Junior Ognovich
5 Kamile Kralikaite
4 Emma Gossman
3 India Aikens
2 Madeleine Holzman-Klima
1 Christie Castorino
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Varsity 4
C Skyler Rivera
4 Heather Stafford
3 Grace Asch
2 Haley Uliasz
1 Luisa Gathmann
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"The priority for us as a team was to finish match our team ranking in the coaches poll at nine which we are in a really good position to do," said head coach Luke McGee. "One of the big team goals was to finish above our seeding, which the varsity eight has already done and the other two boats are certainly on target to do. I thought everybody raced really well today."
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The 14th-seeded varsity eight took second in the repechage, finishing the race in 6:25.122, behind ninth-seeded Princeton (6:24.797), and ahead of 10th-seeded SMU (6:25.285). The Orange will race in the first heat of the A/B semifinals against Alabama, Rutgers, Michigan, Texas and Ohio State at 8:36 am.
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"The varsity eight race was amazing," McGee said. "They really stepped up and had a great race, great performance. The 2V continued to move along. They are having a great season and had another strong performance today. The four really capped off the day with a big win."
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The 11th-seeded second varsity eight finished second in its repechage, crossing the finish line in 6:36.930. Ninth-seeded SMU won the repechage in 6:34.367. Syracuse will race Virginia, Stanford, Texas, Brown and Rutgers in the second head of the A/B semifinals at 9:36 am.
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Syracuse's 11th-seeded varsity four won its repechage, beating the Duke boat that it lost to two weeks ago at the ACC Championship. The Orange recorded a time of 7:23.988, ahead of eighth-seeded Duke (7:26.348). The 'Cuse varsity four will compete against Michigan, Washington, Stanford, Brown and California in the first head of the A/B semifinals at 10:12 am.
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"This team has done a really phenomenal job this season adapting and rolling with the punches with respect to COVID and the late start in the fall and winter by continuing to train hard and staying focused on what they want to do," McGee said. "Today was just another piece of it. They have kept their focus and belief and here they are."
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The 2021 NCAA Championship features 22 teams and will conclude with the finals on Sunday, May 30. Fans are invited to watch the 2021 NCAA Championship live on NCAA.com.
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SCORING
The NCAA Rowing champion is determined by total points with points assigned based on the finish in each race. The first-place finisher in the First Varsity 8 will receive 66 points with each subsequent finisher collecting three fewer points – 63 for second, 60 for third, etc. The second varsity 8 winner will earn 44 points with each successive finisher collecting two fewer points (42 points for second, 40 points for third, etc.) and the varsity fours winner will receive 22 points, with the runner-up earning 21 points, third receiving 20 points, etc. Ties will be broken based on the teams' result in the varsity 8.
SEMIFINALS FORMAT
The results of Saturday's A/B Semifinals will determine the field competing in the Grand and Petite Finals. The top three of each A/B Semifinal will advance to the Grand Final (places 1-6) and the other six boats will move to the Petite Final (places 7-12) on Sunday.
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Syracuse Race Schedule
Saturday, May 29 – Semifinals
8:36 am– V8 vs. Alabama, Rutgers, Michigan, Texas and Ohio State
9:36 am – 2V8 vs. Virginia, Stanford, Texas, Brown and Rutgers
10:12 am– V4 vs. Michigan, Washington, Stanford, Brown and California
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Varsity 8
C Hannah Murphy
8 Eleanor Alexopoulos
7 Lucy Pearce
6 Meg Varcoe
5 Maddy Horridge
4 Lea Dahn
3 Alena Criss
2 Emma Braun
1 Josie Kiesel
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Second Varsity 8
C Louise Rath
8 Eliza Yager
7 Katharine Ryan
6 Junior Ognovich
5 Kamile Kralikaite
4 Emma Gossman
3 India Aikens
2 Madeleine Holzman-Klima
1 Christie Castorino
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Varsity 4
C Skyler Rivera
4 Heather Stafford
3 Grace Asch
2 Haley Uliasz
1 Luisa Gathmann
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