PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania women's rowing team is scheduled to start its spring season this Saturday when the Quakers compete in the Murphy Cup Regatta for the second year in a row. Saturday will be the 37th running of this event, which is hosted by Temple.
 
Please note Saturday's races have been moved from Philadelphia's Schuylkill River to the Cooper River in nearby Cherry Hill, N.J. This is due to the high winds predicted for the day in the city.
 
Penn is slated to row three eights and two fours on Saturday with one boat each in the Collegiate Varsity 8+ DI, the Collegiate JV 8+, the Collegiate 3V 8+, the Collegiate Varsity 4+, and the Second Varsity 4+ divisions.
 
Schedule
  Collegiate Second Varsity 4+ - TBA
  Collegiate Varsity 4+ - TBA
  Collegiate 3V 8+ - TBA
  Collegiate JV 8+ - TBA
  Collegiate Varsity 8+ DI - TBA
 
Rankings
Penn was 19th in the preseason College Rowing Coaches Association (CRCA) national poll but dropped to 22nd in the most recent poll which came out on Wednesday. The Quakers are fifth among Ivy teams with Yale t-5th, Princeton eighth, Brown 10th, and Harvard 19th.
 
Coach Ng says…
"I'm really excited that our team gets to open at the Murphy Cup this Saturday. Rowers love to race and we've been preparing with this spring in mind for a long time. It's also a chance for us to honor our seniors; the Class of 2019 has been instrumental to the progression of the program and I know they're highly focused on maximizing this spring."
 
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