University of North Carolina Athletics
UNC Rowing Ranked 26th In Preseason Poll
February 17, 2000 | Women's Rowing
Feb. 17, 2000
The University of North Carolina Women's Rowing team, in its third season as a varsity sport, ranks 26th in the nation in a preseason coaches' poll. The poll of varsity eights is sponsored by USRowing and the Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association and will be conducted weekly beginning on April 5.
The Tar Heels open the spring season on March 4 when they host Duke at University Lake for the Carolina Dash. UNC then heads for California, where it will compete five times between March 11-18, spring break week at UNC.
CRCA/USRowing National Collegiate Coaches Poll
Women's Varsity Eights
Team (1st-Place Votes) Points: 1. Brown (16) 528, 2. Virginia (1) 497, 3. California (8) 492, 4t. Washington (1) 465, 4t. USC (2) 465, 6. Michigan 427, 7. Princeton 411, 8. Michigan State 307, 9. Wisconsin 293, 10. Boston U. 285, 11. Radcliffe 264, 12. Northeastern 227, 13. Ohio State 190, 14. Penn 176, 15. Cornell 131, 16. Iowa 120, 17. Oregon State 88, 18. Dartmouth 82, 19. Miami (Fla.) 81, 20. Syracuse 75
Others receiving votes: Washington State 54, UMass 43, Kansas 39, San Diego State 31, Yale 27, North Carolina 23, Navy 18, Sacramento State 12, UCSD 8, Clemson 6, George Washington 5, Duke 4, Texas 3, Rutgers 1, Tulsa 1.
