April 19, 2001

Indianapolis, Indiana - The University of Tulsa women's rowing team broke into the top-25 in the USRowing/Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association NCAA Division I Varsity Eight Coaches Poll. The Hurricane is ranked 25th nationally with eight points.

Brown University remains the nation's number-one ranked team with 478 points and 22 first-place votes, followed by Michigan, Princeton, Southern Cal and Washington to round out the top-five teams.

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 this weekend, April 21-22,at the Southern Intercollegiate Championships in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.

Women's NCAA Division I Varsity Eights
Team (1st-Place Votes), Points
1. Brown (22), 478
2. Michigan (2), 443
3. Princeton, 420
4. Southern California, 410
5. Washington, 404
6. Syracuse, 336
7. Harvard, 330
8. Ohio State, 272
9. Virginia, 264
10. Yale, 246
11. California, 244
12. Michigan State, 222
13. Iowa, 203
14. Boston, 170
15. Rutgers, 137
16. Notre Dame, 103
17. Clemson, 80
18. Wisconsin, 69
19. Columbia, 53
20. Texas, 45

Others receiving votes: Pennsylvania 38, Washington State 20, Northeastern 18, Cornell 17, Tulsa 8, Stanford 5, Dartmouth 3, and San Diego State 2.