BERKELEY – The No. 9 California women's rowing team will compete in its first-ever ACC Championship this weekend at Lake Hartwell in Clemson, South Carolina. The Golden Bears enter as the No. 2 seed in each of the five races that will be held at the event.
 
The championship starts Friday at 8:05 a.m. ET with the third varsity eight heats, followed by the varsity eight, second varsity eight, varsity four and second varsity four. There will be two heats of each event.
 
On Saturday, the Petite Final will be held prior to the Grand Final of each event with action set to begin at 8:05 a.m. ET. The order of events is the third varsity eight, second varsity four, varsity four, second varsity eight and varsity eight.
 
The championship will feature seven teams ranked in the latest Pocock/CRCA Poll: Stanford (No. 1), Cal (No. 9), Syracuse (No. 12), Virginia (No. 13), Duke (No. 18), Clemson (No. 23) and North Carolina (No. 25).
 
Both days of races will be streamed on ACC Network Extra. Friday's races can be viewed HERE and Saturday's races can be viewed HERE. Live results for both days will be posted HERE.
 
The winner of the ACC Rowing Championship will be the school with the most points as determined by the point structure below.
 

Place	V8+	2V8	V4+	3V8+	2V4+
First	48	36	24	12	12
Second	44	33	22	11	11
Third	40	30	20	10	10
Fourth	36	27	18	9	9
Fifth	32	24	16	8	8
Sixth	28	21	14	7	7
Seventh	24	18	12	6	6
Eighth	20	15	10	5	5
Ninth	16	12	8	4	4
Tenth	12	9	6	3	3
Eleventh	8	6	4	2	2
Twelfth	4	3	2	1	1

 
Schedule of Races (All times ET)
 
Friday, May 16 – Prelims
 
8:15 am – 3V8+ (Heat 2): Boston College, Miami, Duke, North Carolina, Syracuse, Cal
 
8:40 am – V8+ (Heat 2): Louisville, Notre Dame, Clemson, SMU, Syracuse, Cal
 
9:05 am – 2V8+ (Heat 2): Miami, Louisville, Clemson, SMU, Syracuse, Cal
 
9:30 am – V4+ (Heat 2): Louisville, Miami, SMU, North Carolina, Syracuse, Cal
 
9:55 am – 2V4+ (Heat 2): SMU, Boston College, Clemson, Virginia, Syracuse, Cal
 
Saturday, May 17 – Finals
 
8:05 am - III Varsity Eight (Petite Final)
 
8:15 am - III Varsity Eight (Grand Final)
 
8:30 am - II Varsity Four (Petite Final)
 
8:40 am - II Varsity Four (Grand Final)
 
8:55 am - Varsity Four (Petite Final)
 
9:05 am - Varsity Four (Grand Final)
 
9:20 am - II Varsity Eight (Petite Final)
 
9:30 am - II Varsity Eight (Grand Final)
 
9:45 am - Varsity Eight (Petite Final)
 
9:55 am - Varsity Eight (Grand Final)
 
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