RESULTS

CAMDEN, NJ - Highlighted by two silver-medal victories, the Boston University women's rowing team finished as runner-up to Navy at the Patriot League Championships in Camden, N.J. on Friday. BU advanced all of its boats to the grand finals, finished second in the varsity eight competition and second in the  second varsity eight competition..
 
BU finished with 46 points on the day, runner-up to Navy who won the PL Championship with 50 points.
 
THE RUNDOWN
Event: Patriot League Women's Rowing Championship
Location: Cooper River - Camden County, N.J.
Results: HereNow

 MORNING HEATS

• In morning heat races, all three BU boats advanced to the grand finals. Needing to finish in the top three, the varsity eight boat got things started by finishing first in its heat race with a time of 6:42.04, well ahead of second-place Lehigh (6:48.18), third-place Bucknell (6:49.25) and fourth-place Colgate (6:51.76).
• The second varsity eight boat finished second in its heat with a time of 7:05.05, behind heat-winner Navy (6:54.05) and ahead of MIT (7:30.91), Colgate (7:43.54) and Loyola (7:47.21).
• The varsity four boat finished second its heat to advance to the grand finals, finishing with a time of 8:05.29, behind Navy (7:45.51) and ahead of Loyola (8:48.16) and Colgate (8:58.26) with Holy Cross a scratch.

GRAND FINALS

• In the final race of the day, the varsity eight grand final, the Terriers trailed Navy by one point in the standings. The BU's varsity eight boat, coxed by Erin Gannon and stroked by Shannon McGurty, chased Navy for most of the race but could not catch the Mids who pulled ahead by a length down the stretch. BU finished second with a time of 6:21.06, behind race-winner Navy (6:16.67) and ahead of Bucknell (6:26.71), Georgetown (6:27.54) and MIT (6:32.56).
• The second varsity eight boat, coxed by Jessica Grossman and stroked by Sydney Blasetti, also finished second in the grand final to win silver. BU finished behind Navy (6:42.32) and ahead of Lehigh (6:51.13), Bucknell (6:51.13), MIT (7:06.88) and Holy Cross (7:11.94).
• The varsity four boat, coxed by Caitlyn Federico and stroked by Samantha Morton, competed in BU's first grand final and finished fourth to give the Terriers six points. BU finished behind Georgetown (7:43.34), Bucknell (7:49.02), Lehigh (7:53.42) and ahead of Navy (8:19.09) and Loyola (9:07.96).  

FINAL PL CHAMPIONSHIP POINT STANDINGS

1. Navy – 50
2. BU – 46
3. Bucknell – 41
4. Georgetwon – 33
5. Lehigh – 33
6. MIT – 28
7. Colgate – 15
8. Holy Cross – 14
9. Loyola - 9