May 12, 2009

NCAA Release

INDIANAPOLIS - The NCAA Division III Women’s Rowing Committee has selected the teams that will compete in the 2009 NCAA Division III Women’s Rowing Championships.

The championships will be held May 29-30 at Cooper River Park in Cherry Hill, New Jersey.  Villanova University will serve as host.

The championships are comprised of seven teams and each team is required to field two boats of eight rowers and a coxswain.  Two at-large Eights also are selected.  The following are the berths that are allocated:  Pool A – one (Pool A consists of the conference that have been awarded automatic qualification); Pool B/C – six (Pools B and C include independents, institutions from conferences that do not meet automatic-qualification standards and Pool A institutions that did not receive their conference’s automatic qualification.  Due to the fact that Pool A only has one automatic-qualifying conference, Pools B and C have been collapsed). 

TEAMS:

Pool A

*Williams

*Automatic qualifier

Pool B/C

Bates
Ithaca
Puget Sound
St. Lawrence
Smith
Trinity (Connecticut)

At-Large I Eights

Washington (Maryland)
Willamette

In 2008, Williams captured its fourth Division III Women's Rowing Championships team title at the Sacramento State Aquatic Center in Gold River, California.

For championship information and results, go to the NCAA Web site at www.ncaa.com.

The 2009 CBS Sports Presents Championships of the NCAA (spring seasonal show) will air at 2 p.m. Eastern time, Saturday, July 4, on CBS.