Yale Athletics

The Yale women’s crew team completed a near-perfect regular season this spring, sweeping almost every race across six major matchups.

The Bulldogs opened their campaign during spring break with commanding performances over Ohio State, Michigan and Rutgers, winning 14 of 15 races. They went on to sweep all six events against Cornell and Syracuse at Fish Creek, retain the Cayuga Cup, and defend the Class of ’85 Cup against Dartmouth on their home course. They then took down the Princeton Tigers at Lake Carnegie, where Yale avenged last year’s loss with a clean six-race sweep to reclaim the Eisenberg Cup. The regular season concluded with five wins over Harvard-Radcliffe on the Charles River and two victories against Boston University.

Over the past four seasons, Yale has been a model of consistency. The team has swept nearly every regular-season meet and advanced multiple crews to the NCAA Grand Finals. The Bulldogs also earned podium finishes at the Ivy League Championships in each of the past three years, winning the title in 2022 and placing second in both 2023 and 2024. At the NCAA Championships, Yale placed fifth in both 2022 and 2023, and eighth in 2024.

The 2025 Ivy League Championships are being held on May 17 and 18 in Pennsauken, New Jersey.