INDIANAPOLIS -- The NCAA Division I Women’s Rowing Committee has selected the teams that will compete in the 2015 NCAA Division I Women’s Rowing Championships.
The championships will be held May 29 – 31 at the Sacramento State Aquatic Center in Gold River, Calif. with the Pac-12 Conference serving as host.
The team championship is composed of 22 teams. Eleven conferences were awarded automatic qualification and the remaining 11 slots were filled with at-large selections to complete the championship field. Teams qualifying for the championship as an automatic qualifier or as an at-large are required to field two boats of eight rowers and one boat of four rowers. For the I Eights, II Eights and Fours, all 22 boats will be seeded into four heats.
In 2014, Ohio State claimed its second consecutive rowing national title at the NCAA Division I Women’s Rowing Championships at Eagle Creek Park in Indianapolis.
The following teams were selected:
Automatic Qualifiers:
Brown (The Ivy League)
California (Pac-12 Conference)
UCF (American Athletic Conference)
Gonzaga (West Coast Conference)
Jacksonville (Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference)
Massachusetts (Atlantic 10 Conference)
Navy (Patriot League)
Northeastern (Colonial Athletic Conference)
Ohio State (Big Ten Conference)
Texas (Big 12 Conference)
Virginia (Atlantic Coast Conference)
At-Large Selections:
Harvard
Indiana
Michigan
Notre Dame
Princeton
Southern California
Stanford
Washington
Washington State
Wisconsin
Yale
The seeding for each boat classification is as follows:
| I EIGHTS | II EIGHTS | FOURS | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | California | 1 | Washington | 1 | Washington |
| 2 | Ohio State | 2 | Virginia | 2 | Brown |
| 3 | Stanford | 3 | Brown | 3 | Virginia |
| 4 | Brown | 4 | California | 4 | Ohio State |
| 5 | Washington | 5 | Michigan | 5 | Washington State |
| 6 | Virginia | 6 | Ohio State | 6 | Yale |
| 7 | Michigan | 7 | Washington State | 7 | California |
| 8 | Yale | 8 | Harvard | 8 | Michigan |
| 9 | Princeton | 9 | Stanford | 9 | Princeton |
| 10 | Indiana | 10 | Texas | 10 | Texas |
| 11 | Washington State | 11 | Wisconsin | 11 | Southern California |
| 12 | Texas | 12 | Yale | 12 | Wisconsin |
| 13 | Harvard | 13 | Southern California | 13 | Stanford |
| 14 | Notre Dame | 14 | Princeton | 14 | Notre Dame |
| 15 | Wisconsin | 15 | Notre Dame | 15 | Harvard |
| 16 | Southern California | 16 | Indiana | 16 | Indiana |
| 17 | Gonzaga | 17 | Gonzaga | 17 | Gonzaga |
| 18 | UCF | 18 | UCF | 18 | Massachusetts |
| 19 | Northeastern | 19 | Northeastern | 19 | Navy |
| 20 | Massachusetts | 20 | Massachusetts | 20 | Northeastern |
| 21 | Navy | 21 | Navy | 21 | Jacksonville |
| 22 | Jacksonville | 22 | Jacksonville | 22 | UCF |
