DI and DII NCAA Championship Fields Set
On the May 21st NCAA selection shows, the field and seedings for both the Division I and Division II NCAA Championships were set. On the DI side, the 22-team field was finalized and seedings released two days after the conclusion of the conference championships which determined the 11 automatic qualifiers.
Automatic Qualifiers:
American Athletic Conference: SMU
Atlantic 10 Conference: Rhode Island
Atlantic Coast Conference: Syracuse
Big 12 Conference: Texas
Big Ten Conference: Michigan
Coastal Athletic Association: Northeastern
The Ivy League: Princeton
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference: Jacksonville
Pac-12 Conference: Stanford
Patriot League: Boston University
West Coast Conference: Gonzaga
An additional 11 teams received at-large bids, as selected by the NCAA Division I Women’s Rowing Committee. The committee members are Wesley Ng Head (Women’s Rowing Coach University of Pennsylvania), Kerri Brace (Head Women’s Rowing Coach, Canisius University), Tim Wise (Senior Associate Athletics Director, University of Notre Dame), Jessica Reo (Executive Senior Associate Athletics Director/SWA, Temple University), Justin Price (Head Women’s Rowing Coach, Rutgers University), Jamie Breslin (Senior Associate Athletics Director, Stanford University), and Thad Satre (Senior Associate Athletics Director – Compliance, Loyola Marymount University).
At-Large Selections
Brown
California
Duke
Indiana
Ohio State
Pennsylvania
Rutgers
Tennessee
Virginia
Washington
Yale
The seedings by event are as follows:
| Seed | First Eight | Second Eight | Four |
| 1 | Texas | Texas | Stanford |
| 2 | Stanford | Tennessee | Texas |
| 3 | Princeton | Stanford | Princeton |
| 4 | Tennessee | Brown | Yale |
| 5 | California | Yale | Brown |
| 6 | Pennsylvania | Princeton | Michigan |
| 7 | Yale | Washington | Tennessee |
| 8 | Syracuse | California | Washington |
| 9 | Brown | Syracuse | Ohio State |
| 10 | Washington | Michigan | Duke |
| 11 | Michigan | Rutgers | California |
| 12 | Indiana | Indiana | Virginia |
| 13 | Ohio State | Ohio State | Rutgers |
| 14 | Rutgers | Virginia | Indiana |
| 15 | Virginia | Duke | Pennsylvania |
| 16 | Duke | Pennsylvania | Gonzaga |
| 17 | Gonzaga | Gonzaga | Syracuse |
| 18 | Northeastern | Boston U | Boston U |
| 19 | Boston U | Northeastern | Northeastern |
| 20 | Rhode Island | Rhode Island | SMU |
| 21 | SMU | SMU | Rhode Island |
| 22 | Jacksonville | Jacksonville | Jacksonville |
In DII, a field of six teams was selected to compete in two events, the varsity eight and four. One team was selected from each of the three regions – east, south, and west – and three teams were selected at-large by the NCAA Division II Women’s Rowing Committee, comprised of Jeanette McKillop (Associate Director of Athletics/SWA, Franklin Pierce University), Frank Gonzalez (Associate Director of Athletics, Barry University), and Matt Weise (Head Women’s Rowing Coach, Humboldt State University).
DII Selections
Cal Poly Humboldt
Central Oklahoma
Embry-Riddle
Mercyhurst
Seattle Pacific
Western Washington
The DIII field was finalized on May 14th. Racing takes place on May 31-June 1 at East Fork and Harsha Lake in Bethel, Ohio.
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