Syracuse women’s rowing earns at-large bid to NCAA Championships
After finishing third at the Atlantic Coast Conference Championships, Syracuse women's rowing earned an at-large bid to its fifth straight NCAA Championships. Daily Orange File Photo
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No. 11 Syracuse has earned an at-large bid to the 2025 NCAA Division I Women’s rowing Championships, which will take place in West Windsor, New Jersey, from May 30 to June 1.
The Orange received an at-large selection for the fourth time in the last five years. Last year, SU automatically qualified after winning its first-ever Atlantic Coast Conference title.
This season, No. 1 Stanford claimed the ACC’s automatic bid following its conference title Saturday, so Syracuse settled for an at-large bid again. SU will be joined by two other ACC members — No. 10 Virginia and No. 12 California. The Orange, Cardinal, Cavaliers and Golden Bears were consistently the top performers at the conference championship and also have been the top four ACC teams in the Pocock Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association recently.
SU has already faced No. 4 Tennessee, No. 5 Yale, No. 6 Princeton, No. 9 Michigan, No. 17 Penn and No. 20 Ohio State this season — many of which were among the 22 teams that qualified for the national championship.
The Orange’s varsity 4 was handed the No. 3 seed for its race behind only Stanford and No. 3 Washington. It’ll square off in the third heat with Cal, Boston University, No. 7 Rutgers, No. 14 Central Florida and Fairfield.
Meanwhile, Syracuse’s varsity 8 slots in at 17th. It’ll clash with Stanford, No. 8 Brown, Michigan and No. 13 Harvard in the first heat. Its 2V8 sits at 12th and will take on No. 2 Texas, Yale, BU, No. 15 Dartmouth and Rhode Island in the fourth heat.
Last season, SU finished 11th at the NCAA Championships, one point from tying its program-best finish. This year, it’ll once again try to win its first national title in program history.
