Syracuse's Varsity eight finds itself in a spot that seemed likely all season long - having to finish in the top three among six very tough crews to make a repeat trip to the IRA Grand Final.
After hanging onto the third spot in this afternoon's 2:15 repechage, the Orange is scheduled for semi-final number one at 12:15 Friday. The SU crew is set for the outside - lane six - and up against its Goes Cups foes, Cornell in lane five and Navy in lane one, plus two seed California, four-seed Princeton and six-seed Brown.
After two earlier losses to SU, the Big Red beat the Orange twice on Thursday - by seven seconds in the morning and by less than a second-and-a half in the afternoon. Brown was well ahead of SU in the morning heat and went right through the semis. Cal is...well...Cal and SU has not caught Princeton yet this season. So - as Coach Dave Reischman noted a week or so ago, SU needs to find more speed. And the clock is ticking.
JV Gets Goes Cup Opponents Again, Plus
The Orange second eight goes up against Cornell and Navy in its heat as well, along with Washington and California and Boston University.
SU was second in the morning heat Thursday and moved straight to the semifinal. It's scheduled at 11:45.
V4+ Leads Off: Frosh Will Wait
The Orange Varsity four is in the first heavyweight semi of the day at ten o'clock, and takes on Wisconsin, Washington, Drexel, Temple and Georgetown. The frosh fell to the third level and will race again Saturday against Wisconsin, Penn, Yale and Gonzaga.
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