April 12, 2001

Tulsa, Oklahoma - The University of Tulsa women's rowing team garnered seven points in the USRowing/Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association NCAA Division I Varsity Eight Coaches Poll to rank 27th nationally.

Brown University, which was ranked first nationally in the preseason poll a week ago, remains first among the Varsity-8 teams. Brown garnered 17 first-place votes to claim the top spot, while Southern Cal is second with six first-place votes. Tulsa was also ranked 27th a week ago in the preseason poll.

Last week, the Hurricane Varsity-8 team captured first-place at the Cal Cup Grand Final in a field of 21 boats at the San Diego Crew Classic

USRowing, in conjunction with the Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association (CRCA) will conduct weekly polls for Women's NCAA Division I Collegiate Varsity Eights and Women's NCAA Division II/III Collegiate Varsity Eights throughout the season.

Tulsa is in action next on April 21-22 at the Southern Intercollegiate Championships in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.

Women's NCAA Division I Varsity Eights Poll
Rk Team (1st-Place Votes)/Points
1. Brown University (17) 450
2. Southern California (6) 434
3. Washington 405
4. Princeton 404
5. Michigan 350
6. Harvard 347
7. Syracuse 313
8. Virginia 280
9. Ohio State 277
10. California@Berkeley 257
11. Iowa 209
12. Yale 195
13. Boston 175
14. Rutgers 168
15. Clemson 135
16. Notre Dame 100
17. Wisconsin 93
18. Texas 58
19. Michigan State 51
20t. Washington State 26
20t. Pennsylvania 26

Others receiving votes: Northeastern 19, Massachusetts 15, Columbia 10, Cornell 9, Stanford 8, Tulsa 7, Dartmouth College 5, San Diego State 3, and Oregon State 1.