EDISON, NJ (Feb. 19, 2025) – Jacksonville University has been voted as the preseason favorite in the 2024 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) Women’s Rowing Preseason Coaches’ Poll, as voted on by the league's head coaches.
The three-time defending champions, Jacksonville University earned 77 points and garnered six first place votes to lead the poll. The Dolphins are coming off back-to-back-to-back titles, sweeping all three grand final races the past three seasons in a row from 2022 through 2024. Jacksonville finished the 2024 Championship with a perfect 42-point total, earning victories in the Varsity Eight, Second Varsity Eight, and Varsity Four, clinching the program’s eighth overall conference title dating back to 2014.
Sacred Heart University was voted a close second in the poll behind Jacksonville, collecting 75 points and the final three first place votes. 2024 runner-up, the Pioneers were just eight points behind Jacksonville last year, with second place finishes in the Varsity Eight, and Varsity Four, while taking third in the Second Varsity Eight. Fairfield University was tabbed third, receiving 60 points, while Marist University (57) and Stetson University (45) rounded out the top five.
The full Preseason Coaches’ Polls can be found below.
| 2025 Women’s Rowing Preseason Coaches’ Poll |
| 1 |
Jacksonville |
77 (6) |
| 2 |
Sacred Heart |
75 (3) |
| 3 |
Fairfield |
60 |
| 4 |
Marist |
57 |
| 5 |
Stetson |
45 |
| 6 |
Drake |
31 |
| 7 |
Canisius |
30 |
| T8 |
Iona |
15 |
| T8 |
Robert Morris |
15 |
The 2025 MAAC Women's Rowing Championship will take place at Cooper River Park in Pennsauken Township, NJ on May 18, 2025. The championship returns to Cooper River for the sixth time over the past seven championships. For all information regarding the 2025 MAAC Women's Rowing Championship please visit
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About the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference:
With 13 institutions strongly bound by the sound principles of quality and integrity in academics and excellence in athletics, the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) is in its 44th year of competition during the 2024-25 academic year. Current conference members include: Canisius University, Fairfield University, Iona University, Manhattan University, Marist University, Merrimack College, Mount St. Mary’s University, Niagara University, Quinnipiac University, Rider University, Sacred Heart University, Saint Peter’s University, and Siena College.
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