Clemson Team Ranked 24th

April 18, 2002

CLEMSON, SC – The Clemson rowing team is ranked 24th according to the 2002 US Rowing/CRCA NCAA Women’s Rowing Poll released yesterday. This is the third consecutive week that Clemson has been ranked 24th. The University of Washington tallied 20 first-place votes to claim the top spot while Brown University ranks second and the University of Michigan is third.

Clemson is one of three ACC teams ranked in this week’s poll. The University of Virginia is ranked 11th, while Duke is tied for 18th. The complete poll is listed below.

Women's NCAADivision I Varsity Eights Team (1st-Place Votes)  Points1.  University of Washington(20)                                  4952.  Brown University  (5)                                            4803.  University of Michigan                                           4094.  The Ohio State University                                       3915.  Princeton University                                             3896.  Stanford University                                              3857.  Yale University                                                  3768.  University of California at Berkeley                             3359.  University of Notre Dame                                        26810. Harvard University                                            24011. University of Virginia                                              23712. Syracuse University                                             23413. Michigan State University                                        21314. Washington State University                                         15615. University of Southern California                                   13816. Northeastern University                                          11017. Cornell University                                           8218t. Boston University                                           7118t. Duke University                                                  7120. Oregon State University                                           58

Others receiving votes: Columbia University 52, University of Texas 29, University of Iowa 14, Clemson University 8, Boston College 5, University of Minnesota 2, and University of Wisconsin 2.