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Northeastern Women's Crew Wins Second Straight Orange Cup

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Women's Crew Wins Second Straight Orange Cup
April 7, 2007
Schuykill River (Philadelphia, PA)

The women's crew varsity eight narrowly defeated Penn and Syracuse in the 28th annual Orange Cup on the Schuykill River in Philadelphia, Penn., with a time of 6:32.4.

The Huskies built an early half-length lead in the first 500 meters, which held through the first half. Penn closed the gap to about 2 seats in the final sprint before being defeated by only 0.8 seconds. Syracuse finished third with a time of 6:39.9.

NU also won the varsity four race, while Penn took the novice eight, novice four, and 2nd varsity races.

The victory for the Huskies is their second in a row, and third in the last six seasons. NU won last year's race by over 14 seconds.

Women's crew will now prepare for next Saturday, when they face Massachusetts, Columbia and Texas in the Charles River Challenge.

Varsity: NU 6:32.4, Penn 6:33.2, Syracuse 6:39.9
2nd Varsity: Penn 6:38.3, Syracuse 6:44.0, NU 6:45.1
Novice: Penn 6:44.4, Syracuse 6:45.2, NU 7:09.1
Varsity Four: NU 7:36.0, Penn 7:41.0, Syracuse 7:46.0
Novice Four: Penn 7:46.2, Syracuse 8:06.6, NU 8:34.5



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