Clemson Rowing Team Ranked 15th

April 12, 2001

CLEMSON, S.C. – The Clemson rowing team is ranked 15th according to the second 2001 US Rowing/CRCA NCAA Women’s Rowing Poll released yesterday. Brown University remained in the top spot with 17 first-place votes while the University of Southern California ranks second and the University of Washington is third.

Clemson is one of two ACC teams ranked in this week’s poll. The University of Virginia moved up from 12th to eighth in the poll. The complete poll is listed below.

Women’s NCAA Division I Varsity Eights Team (1st-Place Votes) Points Previous Rank 1. Brown University (17) 450 1 2. University of Southern California (6) 434 9 3. University of Washington 405 2 4. Princeton University 404 3 5. University of Michigan 350 4 6. Harvard University 347 5 7. Syracuse University 313 6 8. University of Virginia 280 12 9. The Ohio State University 277 7t 10. University of California at Berkeley 257 7t 11. University of Iowa 209 15 12. Yale University 195 10 13. Boston University 175 11 14. Rutgers University 168 13 15. Clemson University 135 NR 16. University of Notre Dame 100 14 17. University of Wisconsin 93 17 18. University of Texas 58 18 19. Michigan State University 51 16 20t. Washington State University 26 NR 20t. University of Pennsylvania 26 NR Others receiving votes: Northeastern University 19, University of Massachusetts 15, Columbia University10, Cornell University 9, Stanford University 8, University of Tulsa 7, Dartmouth College 5, San Diego State University 3, and Oregon State University 1.