CHERRY HILL, N.J. – The University of Pennsylvania women's rowing team went second across the board at the Doc Hosea Invitational, which took place Saturday on the Cooper River.
 
All three NCAA boats followed the same script, winning their heats but falling to Rutgers in the grand final late Saturday morning. Penn's 3V8 also won its heat before taking second to the Scarlet Knights in its grand final, while the V4B was second to a Rutgers boat in the heats and third behind a pair of Knights fours in the grand final.
 
In the morning heats, Penn's Varsity Eight defeated Northeastern which—coupled with its win over Syracuse last Saturday, also on the Cooper River—kept the Orange Challenge Cup on Boathouse Row. The 1V8 consisted of Cami Edwards, cox; Caroline Schuldt, stroke; Silvia Harrop-Lopez, 7 seat; Brooke Caragher, 6; Georgia Sackrey, 5; Hannah Lemanowicz, 4; Marren Burgess, 3; Makeda Harrison, 2; Christina Kamenev, bow.
 
Final Results (HereNow.com) | Penn Boatings (PDF)

"Today's victory over Northeastern at the Doc Hosea Regatta coupled with last weekend's win over Syracuse kept the Orange Challenge Cup at Penn's Burk-Bergman Boathouse," said Penn's head coach, Bill Manning. "We are extremely pleased the 1V8 raced so well with both Northeastern and Syracuse. The Orange Challenge Cup is one of the original cups for Women's Rowing and has been contested by Penn, Northeastern, and Syracuse since 1977.
 
"The full squad enjoyed great success at the Doc Hosea Regatta today, sweeping ten other Division 1 teams, including regular NCAA Championship competitors Navy, Northeastern, and Rhode Island," he continued. "We raced Rutgers closer than last weekend, especially in the 2V8, but still fell to them. Our 1V8 has now defeated twelve other boats this spring, with only Rutgers placing ahead of them."
 
VARSITY EIGHT
Heat
  Penn 6:31.786
  Northeastern 6:37.301
  EMU 6:41.212
  Temple 6:43.611
  Drexel 6:46.782
  Georgetown 6:50.750
Grand Final
  Rutgers 6:30.577
  Penn 6:34.351
  Northeastern 6:47.117
  Bucknell 6:51.563
  Navy 6:52.523
  Drexel 6:58.662

SECOND VARSITY EIGHT
Heat
  Penn 6:39.627
  Northeastern 6:47.57
  Drexel 6:52.359
  Georgetown 6:53.452
  Temple 7:11.553
  Villanova 7:17.377
Grand Final
  Rutgers 6:16.072
  Penn 6:23.645
  Northeastern 6:36.560
  Navy 6:36.742
  URI 6:49.413
  EMU 6:53.224

VARSITY FOUR
Heat
  Penn 7:30.504
  Northeastern 7:36.270
  Georgetown 7:37.946
  Villanova 8:14.232
  Saint Joseph's 8:35.097
  Temple 8:38.213
Grand Final
  Rutgers 7:16.070
  Penn 7:24.395
  Georgetown 7:29.906
  Drexel 7:40.386
  Navy 7:50.265
  Northeastern 7:55.597
 
SECOND VARSITY FOUR
Heat
  Rutgers 'B' 7:22.879
  Penn 7:38.284
  Northeastern 7:54.288
  Bucknell 8:06.422
  URI 8:34.571
Grand Final
  Rutgers 'A' 7:17.848
  Rutgers 'B' 7:19.034
  Penn 7:28.907
  Rutgers 'C' 7:36.892
  Northeastern 7:40.820
  Navy 'B' 8:02.226
 
THIRD VARSITY EIGHT
Heat
  Penn 7:02.484
  Northeastern 7:09.504
  Drexel 7:24.674
  Rutgers 'B' 7:26.242
  Villanova 7:56.522
Grand Final
  Rutgers 6:48.051
  Penn 6:55.475
  Northeastern 7:03.359
  Northeastern 'B' 7:05.701
  Georgetown 7:06.798
  Drexel 7:20.823
 
Up Next
The 12th-ranked Quakers will face No. 7 Brown next Saturday in racing that will take place on Lake Carnegie in Princeton, N.J.
 
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