Sunday, March 29
Cherry Hill, N.J.
8:00 AM
Rutgers University
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Doc Hosea Invitational
Photo by: Colin Noftsier
#8 Women's Rowing Opens Season With Doc Hosea Invitational
Mar 27 | Women's Rowing
PISCATAWAY, N.J. – Rutgers women's rowing officially kicks off the spring season on Sunday, March 29 as the eighth-ranked Scarlet Knights take to the Cooper River in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, for the Doc Hosea Invitational.
Rutgers will be in competition with #3 Yale and #16 Penn in the morning session. The #8 Scarlet Knights will meet up #12 Syracuse, with the Fourth Varsity 8 also taking on #9 Virginia and Northeastern.
Morning (#3 Yale & #16 Penn)
8 a.m. – Varsity 4
8:20 a.m. – Second Varsity 8
8:40 a.m. – Varsity 8
9 a.m. – Second Varsity 4
9:20 a.m. – Third Varsity 8
9:40 a.m. – Third Varsity 4
9:50 a.m. – Fourth Varsity 8
Afternoon (#12 Syracuse/ *#9 Virginia & Northeastern)
12:10 p.m. – Varsity 4
12:40 p.m. - Second Varsity 8
1:10 p.m. – First Varsity 8
2:10 p.m. – Third Varsity 8
2:30 – Third Varsity 4
2:40 p.m. – Fourth Varsity 8 *
At last year's Doc Hosea, #9 Rutgers won five grand finals to claim the invite title with all five victories coming against No. 12 Penn, among others in the 12-team field. The Varsity 8, 2nd Varsity 8, Varsity 4, 2nd Varsity 4, and 3rd Varsity 8 all won their morning heats and outraced No. 12 Penn in the grand finals. Notable open water time differences in the grand finals came from the V8 (+7.6), the V4 (+8.3), the 2V4 (+11.1), and the 3V8 (+7.4).
For their performance, the Varsity 8, Second Varsity 8, and Varsity 4 were all named Big Ten Boats of the Week. Returning Scarlet Knights honored, including Lily Wood, Chiara Saccomando and Louise Dinard in the Varsity 8, Emily Szopa, Beatrice Colclough, Jazmine Ingall, Mary Ciardiello, Femke de Witt and Sofia Ulinski in the Second Varsity 8 and Abigail Franks, Ciara Butler, Olivia Elliott, Olivia Cook and coxswain Meghan Mangan in the Varsity 4.
Rutgers rowing is coming off a historic 2025 season that saw the Scarlet Knights place eighth in their sixth-straight NCAA Championship appearance, win a program-record six medals with a program-best runner-up finish at the Big Ten Championships and capture the Island Challenge Cup at the prestigious Henley Royal Regatta.
The returning roster includes CRCA Second Team All-American and CRCA Athlete to Watch list member Lily Wood, Big Ten Freshman of the Year Beatrice Colclough, Second Team All-Big Ten honoree and Honorable Mention CRCA Watch list member Chiara Saccomando and Big Ten All-Freshman Team member Femke de Witt. Saccomando (Germany), de Witt (The Netherlands), and Wood (Great Britain) also competed for their respective countries at the 2025 Under-23 World Championship last July.
The Scarlet Knights captured their second-highest national finish at the 2025 NCAA Championships, which included a program-best fifth-place finish from the Varsity 4. The boat was 2.3 seconds away from the program's first national medal and three-hundredths of a second behind fourth place. The fifth-place performance also matched Rutgers' best boat finish at NCAAs, joining the Varsity 8's fifth-place finish in 2021.
Last season's Big Ten Championships saw the Scarlet Knights earn a medal in all seven races, led by six silver medals by the Varsity 8, 2nd Varsity 8, Varsity 4, 2nd Varsity 4, 3rd Varsity 4, and 3rd Varsity 8.
At the conclusion of last season, four Scarlet Knights were named CRCA All-Americans, five earned All-Big Ten honors and two landed on the Big Ten All-Freshman squad.
Additionally, RU earned seven Big Ten Boat of the Week honors during the season.
The 2026 schedule will continue with the Ivy League Invitational on April 11 in Princeton, New Jersey.
Follow Rutgers women's rowing on Facebook, X and Instagram.
| ABOUT THE INVITE |
Rutgers will be in competition with #3 Yale and #16 Penn in the morning session. The #8 Scarlet Knights will meet up #12 Syracuse, with the Fourth Varsity 8 also taking on #9 Virginia and Northeastern.
Morning (#3 Yale & #16 Penn)
8 a.m. – Varsity 4
8:20 a.m. – Second Varsity 8
8:40 a.m. – Varsity 8
9 a.m. – Second Varsity 4
9:20 a.m. – Third Varsity 8
9:40 a.m. – Third Varsity 4
9:50 a.m. – Fourth Varsity 8
Afternoon (#12 Syracuse/ *#9 Virginia & Northeastern)
12:10 p.m. – Varsity 4
12:40 p.m. - Second Varsity 8
1:10 p.m. – First Varsity 8
2:10 p.m. – Third Varsity 8
2:30 – Third Varsity 4
2:40 p.m. – Fourth Varsity 8 *
| CRCA TOP 25 POLL |
| 1 | Stanford University (23) |
| 2 | University of Texas (1) |
| 3 | Yale University (1) |
| 4 | University of Tennessee |
| 5 | University of Washington |
| 6 | Princeton University |
| 7 | Brown University |
| 8 | Rutgers University |
| 9 | University of Virginia |
| 10 | University of California, Berkeley |
| 11 | University of Michigan |
| 12 | Syracuse University |
| 13 | Harvard University |
| 14 | University of Central Florida |
| 15 | Dartmouth College |
| 16 | University of Pennsylvania |
| 17 | Duke University |
| 18 | University of Miami |
| 19 | Oregon State University |
| 20 | University of North Carolina |
| 21 | Ohio State University |
| 22 | University of Southern California |
| 23 | University of Alabama |
| 24 | University of Oklahoma |
| 25 | Clemson University |
| RUTGERS IN THE POLLS |
- Week Three (Mar. 24) - #8
- Week Two (Mar. 17) - #8
- Week One (Mar. 10) - #8
- Preseason (Mar. 3) - #9
| LAST YEAR AT DOC HOSEA |
At last year's Doc Hosea, #9 Rutgers won five grand finals to claim the invite title with all five victories coming against No. 12 Penn, among others in the 12-team field. The Varsity 8, 2nd Varsity 8, Varsity 4, 2nd Varsity 4, and 3rd Varsity 8 all won their morning heats and outraced No. 12 Penn in the grand finals. Notable open water time differences in the grand finals came from the V8 (+7.6), the V4 (+8.3), the 2V4 (+11.1), and the 3V8 (+7.4).
For their performance, the Varsity 8, Second Varsity 8, and Varsity 4 were all named Big Ten Boats of the Week. Returning Scarlet Knights honored, including Lily Wood, Chiara Saccomando and Louise Dinard in the Varsity 8, Emily Szopa, Beatrice Colclough, Jazmine Ingall, Mary Ciardiello, Femke de Witt and Sofia Ulinski in the Second Varsity 8 and Abigail Franks, Ciara Butler, Olivia Elliott, Olivia Cook and coxswain Meghan Mangan in the Varsity 4.
| RUTGERS IN THE POLLS |
- Week Three (Mar. 24) - #8
- Week Two (Mar. 17) - #8
- Week One (Mar. 10) - #8
- Preseason (Mar. 3) - #9
| ABOUT THE SCARLET KNIGHTS |
Rutgers rowing is coming off a historic 2025 season that saw the Scarlet Knights place eighth in their sixth-straight NCAA Championship appearance, win a program-record six medals with a program-best runner-up finish at the Big Ten Championships and capture the Island Challenge Cup at the prestigious Henley Royal Regatta.
The returning roster includes CRCA Second Team All-American and CRCA Athlete to Watch list member Lily Wood, Big Ten Freshman of the Year Beatrice Colclough, Second Team All-Big Ten honoree and Honorable Mention CRCA Watch list member Chiara Saccomando and Big Ten All-Freshman Team member Femke de Witt. Saccomando (Germany), de Witt (The Netherlands), and Wood (Great Britain) also competed for their respective countries at the 2025 Under-23 World Championship last July.
The Scarlet Knights captured their second-highest national finish at the 2025 NCAA Championships, which included a program-best fifth-place finish from the Varsity 4. The boat was 2.3 seconds away from the program's first national medal and three-hundredths of a second behind fourth place. The fifth-place performance also matched Rutgers' best boat finish at NCAAs, joining the Varsity 8's fifth-place finish in 2021.
Last season's Big Ten Championships saw the Scarlet Knights earn a medal in all seven races, led by six silver medals by the Varsity 8, 2nd Varsity 8, Varsity 4, 2nd Varsity 4, 3rd Varsity 4, and 3rd Varsity 8.
At the conclusion of last season, four Scarlet Knights were named CRCA All-Americans, five earned All-Big Ten honors and two landed on the Big Ten All-Freshman squad.
Additionally, RU earned seven Big Ten Boat of the Week honors during the season.
| UP NEXT |
The 2026 schedule will continue with the Ivy League Invitational on April 11 in Princeton, New Jersey.
Follow Rutgers women's rowing on Facebook, X and Instagram.
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