CHERRY HILL, New Jersey – The MSOE Rowing teams competed at the MARC Championship on Saturday, as the Raiders returned to the east coast for their second straight race.  The women would make the podium for the Carol Bower Cup, taking third place at the conclusion of the races, with the men stacking up in sixth place after all the team points were tallied for the Red and White across their four races.

RESULTS

Women's 2^nd Varsity 8 Final
1^st – Bryn Mawr 7:47.485
2^nd – Stockton 7:50.915
3^rd – St. Mary's 7:57.405
5^th - MSOE RAIDERS 8:23.481

Women's Varsity 8 Final
1^st - Catholic 7:10.408
2^nd – MSOE RAIDERS 7:13.188
3^rd – St. Mary's 7:14.884

Men's 2^nd Varsity 8 Final
1^st – Marietta 6:09.406
2^nd – Bucknell 6:11.862
3^rd – Delaware 6:13.104
6^th - MSOE RAIDERS 7:02.428

Men's Varsity 8 Final
1^st - Bucknell 5:53.388
2^nd – Marietta 5:53.900
3^rd - Delaware 6:00.666
6^th - MSOE RAIDERS 6:27.570

HOW IT HAPPENED

• In the Women's Varsity 8 Final, the Raiders' crew were led by coxswain Lexy Mayo as Ava Pike, Isabella Blair, Grace Ivey, Allison Bauer, Duaa Aljalous, Johanna Glinz, Paige Phillips and Jen Miller beat out four of the five teams in the final, finishing just 2.780 seconds behind the winners from Catholic University as the Raiders would go on to finish 3^rd in the Carol Bower Cup standings.
• On the men's side, the Raiders would post a sixth place finish in the Men's Varsity 8 Final as coxswain Siena Carli led MSOE's crew of Liam Otten, Asuka Suzuki, Andre DeWet-Daniels, Garin Schilling, Drew Witte, David Frenkel, Ryan LeMay and Jacob Borowczak posted an official time of 6:27.570 as they rounded out the field in the final race of the afternoon.

COACH'S REMARKS
" What a historic season. After placing last in the Varsity 8+ at MARCs last season, I knew we had a lot of work ahead of us. This group did an amazing job of trusting the process since day 1 in the fall. There were a lot of ups and downs throughout the year but they kept showing up and it all the hard work paid off today," said Women's Rowing Head Coach Sydney Large. "The 2V8+ has a lot of youth and seeing them place 5th was very exciting and creates a strong foundation for the future. The 1V8+ was hungry coming off Knecht Cup, and it was exciting to see them edge out St. Mary's and Stockton. It's a game of progress over perfection. I'll be counting down the days until we get back on the water in fall."
 
WHO'S ON DECK
The Raiders await postseason bids but have wrapped for the 2025-26 regular season.  The Raiders seasons were highlighted by both programs setting new records in Marietta, Ohio to close out spring break and no boat finishing in lower than 4^th place at the Knecht Cup with every Red and White boat advancing to their respective grand final.

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