No. 4 Radcliffe Lightweight Crew Takes on No. 3 Princeton, No. 5 Bucknell
photo courtesy Jacquie Labatt
The No. 4 Radcliffe lightweight crew visits rival Princeton to race the third-ranked Tigers and No. 5 Bucknell in the Class of 1999 Cup regatta Saturday morning on Lake Carnegie.
Racing Schedule
9 a.m. – Novice Eight
9:20 a.m. – Four
9:40 a.m. – Varsity/Second Varsity Eights
Radcliffe Lineups
Varsity Eight
Cox: Jana
Douglas, 8: Marissa
Reichel, 7: Natalie Wong, 6:
Lizzy
Bates, 5: Kelly
McCarthy, 4: Emma
Lukasiewicz, 3: Elizabeth
Hamilton, 2: Erika
McCormick, 1: Amanda Pfabe
Second Varsity Eight
Cox: Maryana
Vrubel, 8: Grace
Hollowell, 7: Charlotte
Lane, 6: Lauren Brown, 5:
Veronique
Irwin, 4: Wynne Evans, 3:
Medha
Khandelwal, 2: Emily Boyd
Walker, 1: Laurel
Gabard-Durnam
Four
Cox: Kyla
Adler-McDonald, 4: Erin Flynn, 3: Juliana
Stone, 2: Danielle
Guillette, 1: Anna Mapes
Novice Eight
Cox: Jorie
Sullivan, 8: Lillian
Alexander, 7: Julia Mason, 6:
Corinne
Wee, 5: Andrea
Henricks, 4: Kathryn
Stephens, 3: Emiko Zumbro, 2:
Kathleen
Goodwin, 1: Rina
Perrault
Last Weekend
Radcliffe (2-1) split a pair of races with No. 2 Stanford on the
Charles River, as the Cardinal won the varsity eight race and the
Black and White took the second varsity. Stanford's varsity eight
pulled away from Radcliffe to finish in 6:42.7, while the Black and
White crossed the line in 6:54.4. The Radcliffe second varsity took
a two-seat lead off the start and eventually won by 7.5
seconds.
Survey Says
With its win earlier this season against Georgetown, currently
ranked sixth nationally, Radcliffe will have raced the Nos. 2, 3,
5, 6 and 9 teams after Saturday's regatta. The Black and White
meets No. 1 Wisconsin and No. 7 MIT next weekend to take race
experience against seven of the nation's top eight other teams into
the championship season.
Last Season
Radcliffe posted a 4.3-second win against Princeton last season to
claim the Class of 1999 Cup for the first time in five years. The
Black and White led by six seats after 1,000 meters and built the
margin to open water about 400 meters before the finish. The Tigers
won the varsity four race.
History Lesson
Radcliffe and Princeton have combined for 18 Eastern titles
(Radcliffe 12, Princeton 6) and six national championships
(Princeton 5, Radcliffe 1), and on three of nine occasions this
race has been between the No. 1 and No. 2 crews in the country. The
Tigers hold an 8-2 advantage in races for the Class of 1999 Cup.
Both varsity eights have been ranked among the nation's top five in
each of the last eight meetings, with one crew coming in as No. 1
in five of those eight years.
Scouting the Tigers
Princeton (3-2) has alternated wins and losses in its five regattas
this season. The Tigers defeated MIT, Sonoma State and Georgetown
by wide margins, while losing to Wisconsin by 2.8 seconds and to
Stanford by 4.1 seconds in between. Princeton and Georgetown split
four races last weekend on Lake Carnegie, with the Hoyas winning
the second varsity.
Scouting the Bison
Bucknell, which placed second at last season's IRA National
Championships, beat MIT by nearly four seconds in the lightweight
eight final of the Murphy Cup. The Bison four placed second at that
regatta, less than a second behind Pittsburgh.
