May 2, 2002

CLEMSON, SC - The Clemson rowing team is ranked 23rd according to the 2002 US Rowing/CRCA NCAA Women's Rowing Poll released yesterday. This is the fifth consecutive week that Clemson has been nationally ranked. The University of Washington tallied 21 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 12th, while Duke is 20th. The complete poll is listed below.

Women's NCAA Division I Varsity Eights Team (1st-Place Votes)        Points
1.  University of Washington(21)                                  496
2.  Brown University  (4)                                            479
3.  University of Michigan                                           432
4.  Princeton University                                             412
5.  Ohio State University                                               393
6.  Yale University                                                     377
7.  University of California at Berkeley                             312
8.  Harvard University                                               301
9.  University of Southern California                               300
10. Syracuse University                                              249
11. Stanford University                                              244
12. University of Virginia                                           232
13. University of Notre Dame                                         195
14. Michigan State University                                        185
15. Northeastern University                                          162
16. Oregon State University                                          134
17. Washington State University                                      102
18. Cornell University                                               87
19. Boston University                                                 78
20. Duke University                                                   40
Others receiving votes:
Columbia University 17,
University of Texas 13, 
Clemson University 5,
University of Minnesota 2,
Boston College 1,
Dartmouth College 1 and University of Iowa 1.