Feb. 22, 2000

NOTRE DAME, Ind. - The University of Notre Dame women's rowing lightweight-eight boat is ranked 14th nationally in the Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association/USRowing Collegiate Coaches Preseason Poll. Notre Dame, who finished 12th in the 1999 lightweight-eight poll, received 46 points. Princeton and Villanova both received five first-place votes and 195 points to share the top spot. Wisconsin was third with 176 points, followed by Radcliffe and Brown.

Brown University received the preseason nod in the women's open-eight boat. Brown received 16 first-place votes and 528 points. Virginia is second with one first-place vote and 497 points, followed by California (492) and a tie for fourth between Washington and USC (465).

The next poll will be released April 5, 2000.

2000 Preseason Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association/US Rowing Collegiate Coaches Preseason Poll

Women's Lightweight Eight		Women's Open Eight
1t. Princeton (5)	195	1. Brown (16)	528
1t. Villanova (5)	195	2. Virginia (1)	497
3. Wisconsin	176	3. California (8)	492
4. Radcliffe	150	4t. Washington (1)	465
5. Brown	89	4t. USC	465
6. UMass	87	6. Michigan	427
7t. Humboldt State	73	7. Princeton	411
7t. St. Joseph's	73	8. Michigan State	307
9. St. Mary's	72	9. Wisconsin	293
10. UC-Davis	68	10. Boston University	285
11. Delaware	61	11. Radcliffe	264
12. Mercyhurst	55	12. Northeastern	227
13. San Diego State	48	13. Ohio State	190
14. Notre Dame	46	14. Penn	176
15. Seattle Pacific	38	15. Cornell	131
16. Georgetown	37	16. Iowa	120
17. Sacramento State	34	17. Oregon State	88
18. San Diego	33	18. Dartmouth	82
19. Creighton	32	19. Miami (Fla.)	81
20. George Washington	28	20. Syracuse	75