May 10, 2001

CLEMSON, S.C. - The Clemson rowing team moved up one spot to 17th in the sixth US Rowing/CRCA NCAA Women's Rowing Poll released yesterday. The Tigers were ranked 18th in last week's poll following their second place finish at the ACC Championships. Brown University continues to hold the top spot with 22 of 25 possible first-place votes while the University of Michigan ranks second and Princeton University is third.

Clemson is one of two ACC teams ranked in this week's poll. The University of Virginia remained at 14th in the poll. The Tigers will compete in the South/Central Region regatta this weekend in Oak Ridge, TN.

Women's NCAA Division I Varsity Eights
Team (1st-Place Votes) Points Previous Rank
1. Brown University (22) 478 1
2. University of Michigan (1) 445 2
3. Princeton University 419 3
4. University of Washington (1) 405 5
5. University of Southern California 397 4
6. Syracuse University 359 6
7. Yale University 330 7
8. The Ohio State University 311 8
9. Boston University 278 12
10. Harvard University 240 9
11. University of California at Berkeley 239 10
12. Michigan State University 224 11
13. University of Iowa 176 13
14. University of Virginia 175 14
15. Rutgers University 161 15
16. University of Notre Dame 94 16
17. Clemson University 79 18
18. Cornell University 68 19
19. University of Wisconsin 62 17
20. Washington State University 42 20

Others receiving votes: University of Texas 23, University of Pennsylvania 17, Stanford University 7, Columbia University 4, Oregon State University 3, and George Washington University 2.