Though Virginia has been the dominant force among ACC teams competing in rowing it’s not a cakewalk. Even though the Cavaliers won four of five Grand Finals on their way to winning the 12th consecutive title, Syracuse and Duke were pushing hard to claim the championship. It all came down to the Varsity Eight where a first-place finish would net 36 points. It was all Virginia who finished with a total of 98 points.
The fifteen-point difference in the end was all the Cavaliers needed to lock in their 21st title out of 22 years. Syracuse came in second and just nudged out Duke with 83 points to the Blue Devils’ 82. Clemson, the host team came in fourth and Miami finished in fifth position.
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Kevin Sauer was named the ACC Coach of the Year. It’s his 14th such honor. North Carolina’s Kristen Siermachesky, a former women’s hockey player at Syracuse who now competes on the Tar Heels rowing team was named ACC Newcomer of the Year.
The ACC Crew of the Year is the Virginia Varsity Eight consisting of –
- Coxswain – Vivi Van Ingen
- Kate Kelly
- Leia Till
- Lauren Benedict
- Sonja Schlosser
- Nicola Lawless
- Alli Terblanche
- Kelsey Gems
- Eva Fronhoffer
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This year’s All-ACC Rowing First Team –
- Sonja Schlosser, Virginia
- Nicola Lawless, Virginia
- Alli Terblanche, Virginia
- Vivi Van Ingen, Virginia
- Aphrodite Gioulekas, Syracuse
- Kami Kralikaite, Syracuse
- Megan Lee, Duke
- Rachel Twitty, Clemson
- Alyssa Bacchus, Miami
The Cavaliers picked up an automatic bid to the NCAA Championship. Will additional teams from the ACC make it? The selections will be announced on Tuesday, May 17. This year’s event will be held at Nathan Benderson Park in Sarasota, Florida, May 27-29.
