GOLD RIVER, Calif. - The perfect season continues for the Cal women's rowing varsity eight, which captured gold at the 2019 Pac-12 Rowing Championships on Sunday at Lake Natoma. Battling through stormy conditions, the Bears medaled in every race and finished third overall in the team standings, just one point behind first-place Washington and 0.5 points back of second-place Stanford.  

"The team did great," said Cal head coach Al Acosta. "The varsity obviously did great and the second varsity had an outstanding race. They were down early, but showed a lot of heart and came through in the end and made up a lot of time versus Stanford. The varsity four fought out a tough one, and our third varsity and novice eights had their best races of the year. That's what you want from your last race."

With heavy thunderstorms forecast for Lake Natoma in the early afternoon, Sunday's racing order was flipped, with the varsity eights opening the program. 

Cal started the day off a strong note, winning the varsity eight race with a speedy 6:11.901 finish. The Golden Bears jumped out to a quick lead in the first 500 meters and maintained their position, finishing first ahead of Stanford and Washington. The victory extended the varsity eight's undefeated season and marked the Bears' first Pac-12 title in the varsity eight since 2016.

It would be the only victory for the Bears, however, as the Huskies took the second varsity eight race. Cal finished third, less than a second behind Stanford.

The Bears also came in third in the varsity four, behind Washington and Stanford. This set up the all decisive third varsity eight grand final, with the Bears, Huskies, and Cardinal all tied in team points entering the final scoring race of the day. The third varsity race belonged to Washington, as the Huskies took a lead at the 500 meters which they did not relinquish and finished with open-water ahead of second-place Stanford and third-place Cal. 

Cal finished the day with a second place finish in the novice eight, the only non-scoring women's race of the day. 

The Bears will now focus on preparing for the 2019 NCAA Women's Rowing Championship, held May 31- June 2 at the Indianapolis Rowing Center. Cal will be looking to defend its title after winning the 2018 National Championship, and also claiming gold in the varsity eight and varsity four.

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Overall Team Standings 

School		Points
1.	Washington	39.5
2.	Stanford	39
3.	California	38.5
4.	UCLA	21
5.	Oregon State	16
6.	USC	15
7.	Washington State	12.5

Varsity Eight

1.	California	6:11.901
2.	Stanford	6:12.824
3.	Washington	6:13.214
4.	USC	6:24.901
5.	UCLA	6:27.151
6.	Oregon State	6:32.211
7.	Washington	6:34.644

Cal Varsity Eight Lineup 
Riley Brown (cox)
Charlotte Wesselmann
Kailani Marchak
Juliane Faralisch
Dana Moffat
Sydney Payne
Samantha Lamos
Zoe Feist
Alex Floyd (bow)

Second Varsity Eight

1.	Washington	7:10.967
2.	Stanford	7:18.303
3.	California	7:18.873
4.	UCLA	7:24.183
5.	Washington State	7:27.930
6.	Oregon State	7:31.383
7.	USC	7:34.110

Cal Second Varsity Eight Lineup 
Elisa Forbes (cox)
Lindsay Noah
Maddison Brown
Kendall Fearnley
Jane Perrignon
Sophie Kuehler
Nadia Negm
Isabella Marshall
Lottie Orr (bow)


Varsity Four

1.	Washington	7:26.553
2.	Stanford	7:34.887
3.	California	7:49.360
4.	Oregon State	7:51.673
5.	UCLA	7:55.465
6.	Washington	8:00.627
7.	USC	8:00.838

Cal Varsity Four Lineup 
Lydia Hancock (cox)
Carlie Stipe
Issy Cassidy
Jackie Hendriks
Jillian Behrens (bow)

Third Varsity Eight

1.	Washington	6:39.054
2.	Stanford	6:49.984
3.	California	6:54.937
4.	Oregon State	6:57.934
5.	Washington State	6:59.951
6.	UCLA	7:08.307

Cal Third Varsity Eight Lineup
Mika Allen (cox)
Nicole Guzhavin
McKenna Bonkowski
Mariana Vazquez
Lucine Ahyi
Sophie Balson
Sydney Kend
Elyse McNamara-Pittler
Raina Walencewicz (bow)

Novice Eight(*Result not counted towards team score)

1.	Washington	6:28.972
2.	California	6:40.416
3.	UCLA	6:46.072
4.	Washington State	6:55.646

Cal Novice Eight Lineup
Alexis Gorlick (cox)
Amanda Goldman
Kathy Larsen
Anna Elmgren
Kate McCurdy
Katie Reis
Madison Necochea
Eva Sabine
Sydney Ranker (bow)