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Orange Are NCAA-Bound!
5/16/2023 8:25:00 PM | Women's Rowing
The Orange women's rowing team will race at the NCAA Championship for the third year in a row. Syracuse earned an at-large invitation to the national championship event for the sixth time in the last seven championships. The 10th-ranked Orange finished second at the Atlantic Coast Conference Championship, including the varsity eight winning an ACC title for the first time in program history. Syracuse is one of three ACC teams in the 22-team field at the 2023 NCAA Championship scheduled for May 26 to 28 on the Cooper River Park in Pennsauken, N.J.
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"Our team has really come together through the year. We have a lot of new faces on this team," said head coach Luke McGee. "Winter training in Florida was a great camp for us and to see them develop through the racing season, a lot of confidence being built and trust in themselves and their teammates on the water from the first races through that ACC Championship race for us. There has been a lot of development in boat speed, but more importantly in confidence in themselves."
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The NCAA championship opens with the heats on May 26 with Division I racing starting at 9 am. The Orange varsity eight is the seventh seed and will race 2nd-seed Texas, 10th-seed Michigan, 15th-seed Duke, 18th-seed Northeastern in the second heat at 9:12 am. Syracuse's second varsity eight is the 14th seed and will race 3rd-seed Texas, 6th-seed Penn, 11th-seed Virginia, 19th-seed George Washington and 22nd-seed Jacksonville in the third heat at 10:12 am. The Orange varsity four is the 13th seed and will compete against 4th-seed Stanford, 5th-seed Princeton, 12th-seed Ohio State, 20th-seed Northeastern and 21st-seed Jacksonville.
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"It has been an exciting season, and it's not done yet. Obviously, we still have to finish the job here at NCAAs," McGee said. "The varsity eight has been a really exciting boat for us and to capture the ACC championship in that race, that has always been a program goal. We are still looking to gain some speed in the other boats heading into the final race of the season. There has been a ton of growth this year."
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At the ACC Championship last week, the Orange varsity eight won the ACC championship, marking the first time in program history a varsity eight boat has won an ACC title, and the Syracuse team finished second. The Orange varsity eight won 2023 ACC Crew of the Year, while head coach Luke McGee earned ACC Coach of the Year honors and freshman Ellie-Kate Hutchinson garnered ACC Newcomer of the Year accolades. For the second time in three years, every Syracuse boat earned positions on the podium, including gold for the varsity eight, silver for the third varsity eight, and bronze for the second varsity eight, varsity four and second varsity four.
Virginia won the team conference title.
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Syracuse has competed in 10 NCAA Championships, including 2022 when the Orange finished 17th as a team. The Orange have competed in five of the last six NCAA Championships (2016, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022; no championship in 2020 due to COVID-19).
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"We have gone from a team that is fighting for that bubble position in the NCAA field to being a solid contender and a team that is a solid addition to the regatta," McGee said. "It is exciting to know that we have taken that step forward as a program to become that. I am looking forward to seeing what we can do this year."
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SYRACUSE NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY
1997 Â Â Â Â Â Varsity 8 invited (did not place)
2000Â Â Â Â Â Â Varsity 8 invited (9th place finish)
2001Â Â Â Â Â Â Varsity 8 invited (6th place finish)
2002Â Â Â Â Â Â Team invited (12th place overall)
2005Â Â Â Â Â Â Varsity 8 invited (16th place)
2016Â Â Â Â Â Â Team invited (13th place overall)
2017Â Â Â Â Â Â Team invited (13th place overall
2018Â Â Â Â Â Â Team invited (16th place overall)
2020 Â Â Â Â Â No Championship due to COVID-19
2021      Team invited (10th place overall – best team finish in program history)
2022Â Â Â Â Â Â Team invitation (17th place overall)
For all of the latest information on Syracuse rowing, follow us on Twitter and Instagram (@cusewrowing) and Facebook (Syracuse Women's Rowing).
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"Our team has really come together through the year. We have a lot of new faces on this team," said head coach Luke McGee. "Winter training in Florida was a great camp for us and to see them develop through the racing season, a lot of confidence being built and trust in themselves and their teammates on the water from the first races through that ACC Championship race for us. There has been a lot of development in boat speed, but more importantly in confidence in themselves."
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The NCAA championship opens with the heats on May 26 with Division I racing starting at 9 am. The Orange varsity eight is the seventh seed and will race 2nd-seed Texas, 10th-seed Michigan, 15th-seed Duke, 18th-seed Northeastern in the second heat at 9:12 am. Syracuse's second varsity eight is the 14th seed and will race 3rd-seed Texas, 6th-seed Penn, 11th-seed Virginia, 19th-seed George Washington and 22nd-seed Jacksonville in the third heat at 10:12 am. The Orange varsity four is the 13th seed and will compete against 4th-seed Stanford, 5th-seed Princeton, 12th-seed Ohio State, 20th-seed Northeastern and 21st-seed Jacksonville.
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"It has been an exciting season, and it's not done yet. Obviously, we still have to finish the job here at NCAAs," McGee said. "The varsity eight has been a really exciting boat for us and to capture the ACC championship in that race, that has always been a program goal. We are still looking to gain some speed in the other boats heading into the final race of the season. There has been a ton of growth this year."
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At the ACC Championship last week, the Orange varsity eight won the ACC championship, marking the first time in program history a varsity eight boat has won an ACC title, and the Syracuse team finished second. The Orange varsity eight won 2023 ACC Crew of the Year, while head coach Luke McGee earned ACC Coach of the Year honors and freshman Ellie-Kate Hutchinson garnered ACC Newcomer of the Year accolades. For the second time in three years, every Syracuse boat earned positions on the podium, including gold for the varsity eight, silver for the third varsity eight, and bronze for the second varsity eight, varsity four and second varsity four.
Virginia won the team conference title.
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Syracuse has competed in 10 NCAA Championships, including 2022 when the Orange finished 17th as a team. The Orange have competed in five of the last six NCAA Championships (2016, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022; no championship in 2020 due to COVID-19).
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"We have gone from a team that is fighting for that bubble position in the NCAA field to being a solid contender and a team that is a solid addition to the regatta," McGee said. "It is exciting to know that we have taken that step forward as a program to become that. I am looking forward to seeing what we can do this year."
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SYRACUSE NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY
1997 Â Â Â Â Â Varsity 8 invited (did not place)
2000Â Â Â Â Â Â Varsity 8 invited (9th place finish)
2001Â Â Â Â Â Â Varsity 8 invited (6th place finish)
2002Â Â Â Â Â Â Team invited (12th place overall)
2005Â Â Â Â Â Â Varsity 8 invited (16th place)
2016Â Â Â Â Â Â Team invited (13th place overall)
2017Â Â Â Â Â Â Team invited (13th place overall
2018Â Â Â Â Â Â Team invited (16th place overall)
2020 Â Â Â Â Â No Championship due to COVID-19
2021      Team invited (10th place overall – best team finish in program history)
2022Â Â Â Â Â Â Team invitation (17th place overall)
For all of the latest information on Syracuse rowing, follow us on Twitter and Instagram (@cusewrowing) and Facebook (Syracuse Women's Rowing).
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