Lightweight Rowing Starts Spring Against Boston College on Saturday

Saturday, March 22

Boston, MA

7:45 AM

Boston University

Boston College

Photo of the BU Lightweight Rowing 8+ at the Head of the Charles.

Photo by: Boston University Athletics

Lightweight Rowing Starts Spring Against Boston College on Saturday

March 21, 2025 | Women's Lightweight Rowing

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BOSTON – The 13th spring varsity season for the Boston University lightweight rowing program is set to begin on Saturday, March 22 against Boston College's openweight crew on the Charles River. The first race is set to begin at 7:48 a.m.

BU, fresh off a team bronze medal at the IRA National Championship Regatta last spring, will compete in eight total events on its 2025 spring schedule. The Terriers ignited the 2024-25 campaign with the 59th Head of the Charles last October. There, BU's Lightweight 8+ and top Doubles crew were the top finishers among collegiate crews while the two Lightweight 4+ entries were top five.

Boston College also participates in its first spring race of the spring and will compete in seven total events, culminating with the ACC Championship in May. All five of the Eagles' crews reached the Petite Finals in last year's ACC Championship, with the Varsity 8 placing second in the event.

Saturday's races will air on ESPN+ using the link above, capturing the races for both the lightweight rowing and BU men's rowing races as that crew takes on Brown. Results can be found on HereNow.com using the link at the top of the article.

RACE SCHEDULE – MARCH 22

7:48 a.m. – Varsity 8
8:12 a.m. – Second Varsity 8
8:48 a.m. – Varsity 4

BU VS. BOSTON COLLEGE

BU and Boston College compete annually in the Gummy Bear Bowl.
The teams have met each spring since 2021.
Boston College's Varsity 8 won that year, but the Terriers have triumphed in the past three seasons.
Last year, BU built on an early five-seat lead to cross the finish in a time of 6:50.9, nearly half a length of open water on the Eagles.

THE ROSTER

BU's roster boasts 28 letterwinners returning from a season ago, with four newcomers joining the fold.
Head coach Mary Foster is set for her second season in Terrier Town, while assistant coach Elizabeth Hughes is in her fourth year with the lightweights. The duo was selected as the CRCA Lightweight National Coach and Staff of the Year, the second consecutive year the program swept both accolades.
Among the returnees are juniors Kylie Lough and Caroline Burchette, who guided the Lightweight Double to an IRA national title in 2024.
Seniors Heather Shinn and Lulu Smith are back after garnering CRCA Scholar-Athlete recognition last June.
Competing at the 2024 Henley Women's Regatta last summer on the River Thames in the United Kingdom, BU has 12 of its 17 Terriers that participated in the event on the roster this spring.
Overall, the roster consists of six seniors, eight juniors, 14 sophomores and four freshmen.

PRESEASON OUTLOOK

Senior Zoey Goodness and junior Ela Ersan were tabbed on the CRCA's Athletes to Watch list for 2025.

THE SCHEDULE

The Terriers will square off against five different colleges and six different crews in addition to its three regattas.
BU will face the openweight teams at Boston College and MIT, Bates, Harvard-Radcliffe, MIT's lightweight crew and Stanford. The latter will take place at Redwood Shores in California for the second season in a row.
The Terriers will return to the Knecht Cup on April 12 at the Cooper River.
Lake Quinsigamond once again hosts the Eastern Sprints. BU will look to defend its team title on May 4.
The 122nd running of the IRA National Championship Regatta will be from May 30 to June 1 on the Cooper River in Cherry Hill, N.J.

LOOKING AHEAD