Indiana Advances to Sunday Finals

Saturday, May 31

Mercer County, N.J.

8 a.m.

Indiana University

NCAA Rowing Championships

5/31/2025 7:21:00 PM | Women's Rowing

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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – No. 16-ranked Indiana rowing set itself up for the final day of the 2025 NCAA Rowing Championships, reaching one petite final and two 'C' finals from Saturday (May 31) racing on Mercer Lake in West Windsor, New Jersey.

The Hoosiers fought through adverse weather conditions Saturday as inclement weather rolled through the area, pushing back its Second Varsity Eight and Varsity Four C/D semifinals to the evening. Both boats gave themselves great opportunities going into Sunday, each finishing top three in their semifinals to advance to C finals. This guarantees both crews will finish between Nos. 13-18 nationally depending on Sunday's results.

Those two races all featured tight three-crew battles as, in both contests, the top three boats all finished within four seconds of each other.

After reaching the A/B semifinal Friday, Indiana's Varsity Eight advanced to the B final with a sixth-place finish in Saturday's race. IU's top boat can place between seventh and twelfth nationally on Sunday – an IU boat has never placed better than ninth at an NCAA Championships.

RESULTS

Heats

V8
1. Yale - 6:04.490
2. Tennessee - 6:07.532
3. Brown - 6:09.822
4. Virginia - 6:12.258
5. Cal - 6:15.062
6. Indiana - 6:27.172

2V8
1. UCF - 6:30.536
2. Penn - 6:32.818
3. Indiana - 6:34.212
4. Boston - 6:40.716
5. Fairfield - 7:12.150

V4
1. UCF - 7:11.995
2. Oregon State - 7:13.757
3. Indiana - 7:14.753
4. Northeastern - 7:21.813
5. Fairfield - 8:01.825

SCHEDULE
Sunday
8:24 a.m. ET – V4 C Final (vs. Penn, UCF, Virginia, Oregon State, Boston)
8:48 a.m. ET – 2V8 C Final (vs. Dartmouth, UCF, Rutgers, Penn, Northeastern)
10:12 a.m. ET – V8 Petite Final (vs. Princeton, Virginia, Rutgers, Cal, Michigan)

LINEUPS
V8: Lilly Gintert (coxswain), Annabel Oertel (stroke), Nico Daly, Maddison Shanks, Phoebe Inall, Abbey Armstrong, Lilly Murphy, Laura McCabe, Grace Sappington (bow)
2V8: Rebecca Baker (coxswain), Lily Haupt (stroke), Rea Kearns, Grace Langridge, Clare Hunsberger, Caroline Schrieber, Cat Madden, Bridgette Sutton, Mikayla Messinger (bow)
V4: Alison Nieder (stroke), Lucy Tait, Elena Knecht, Yael Kiser, Olivia Mencias (coxswain)

UP NEXT
Finals of the 2025 NCAA Rowing Championships will kick off at 8:12 a.m. ET Sunday (June 1), with Indiana racing at 8:24 a.m. (V4 C Final), 8:48 (2V8 C Final) and 10:12 a.m. (V8).

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