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PENNSAUKEN, N.J. – Princeton won its third straight Ivy League Women’s Rowing Championship in impressive fashion on a wet, challenging day on the Cooper River.

Princeton won the first varsity eight race, which decides the conference title and the league's automatic berth into the NCAA Championships. The Tigers claimed the Sally P. Shoemaker Trophy with the victory for a league-best 17th title and a fifth time in the last six years.
 
The 2018 All-Ivy teams were named at the conclusion of the Championship. Coaches nominated five places prior to the event and team’s earn All-Ivy recognition based on their team’s finish in the Varsity Eight.
 
In the Varsity Eight Grand Final, Princeton raced out to first place and never looked back. A half-second lead at the 500 mark turned into a near tow-second edge by the 1,000, and the final half of the race was simple about keeping the hard-charging field behind them.
 
Princeton won gold in 6:37.18, nearly three seconds faster than runner-up Yale. The drama at the wire actually surrounded the bronze finish, as Penn used a strong sprint to upset Brown for the final spot on the medal stand. The Quakers finished in 6:43.970.
 
The Tigers clinched its first Ivy League Championship since 2012 when the second varsity eight finished first. The Tigers used an explosive final sprint to rally past Yale and grab the gold.
 
All five Yale crews finished either first or second as the Bulldogs captured the overall team points trophy, amassing 78, eight more than second-place Princeton. Yale's varsity four, second varsity four and third varsity eight all won Ivy titles, while the varsity eight and second varsity eight each finished second. It is the first time Yale has won the overall points title at the Ivy League Championship. The Bulldogs, though, did win the Charles Willing Team Trophy for overall supremacy at Eastern Sprints three times under Porter, with the last coming in 2010. The inaugural Ivy League Championship was in 2013.
 
The Bears captured the CV4 for the third straight year while the 3V8 has now finished either first or second in six of the seven Ivy League championships. Brown has now won a medal in the 2V8 in all seven Ivy championships and claimed a medal in both the AV4 and BV4 in each of the last six championships.
 
Cornell sent one boat to the Grand Finals, with the varsity four B taking fourth overall for the team's top finish of the day. The second varsity eight placed first in the Petite Final, beating Columbia to the line, while the varsity eight finished second in the Petite Final.
 
Dartmouth’s third varsity placed third in the Grand Final (7:20.43), out-racing Princeton by almost 13 seconds (7:33.29). Yale placed first (7:09.77) and was followed by Brown (7:14.27).
 
Princeton will represent the Ivy League in the NCAA Championships, which will be held in Sarasota, Florida. The Tigers earns the Ivy League automatic bid to the NCAA Championship, while Brown and Yale will learn their fate on Tuesday, May 15 at 5 p.m. when the NCAA selection show airs on NCAA.com. The Bears are one of three schools, along with Princeton and Washington, to appear in all previous 21 NCAA Championships.
 
The 2018 NCAA Championship will be held at Nathan Benderson Park in Sarasota, Fla., from May 25-27 
 
TEAM POINTS STANDING
1. Yale: 78
2. Princeton: 70
3. Brown: 64
4. Radcliffe: 50
5. Penn: 46
6. Dartmouth: 37
7. Columbia: 17
8. Cornell: 15
 
FIRST TEAM ALL-IVY
Claire Collins, Princeton
Emily Kallfelz, Princeton
Melissa Curtis, Princeton
Daisy Mazzio-Manson, Yale
Lily Lindsay, Yale
Regina Salmons, Penn
Cicely Maddex, Brown
Sofia Donnecke, Harvard
Sabrina Bohrer, Dartmouth
Charlotte Buck, Columbia
Jackie Shroyer, Cornell
Kate Elfers, Princeton
 
SECOND TEAM ALL-IVY
Izzy Nappa, Princeton
Ellie Sawyer, Princeton
Marybeth Swords, Yale
Amy Warner, Yale
Natasha Wood, Penn
Frances Kane, Penn
Jen Mundelius, Brown
Kathleen Malloch, Harvard
Zoe Dinneen, Dartmouth
Hannah Juge, Columbia         
Alice Rudolph-Shabinsky, Cornell
Hannah Malzahn, Yale