INDIANAPOLIS -- The NCAA Division III Women's Rowing Committee has selected the institutions that will compete in the 2016 NCAA Division III Women's Rowing Championships.
The championships will be held May 27-28 at the Sacramento State Aquatic Center in Gold River, California, with the Pac-12 Conference serving as host.
The championships are comprised of six 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 - four (Pool A consists of conferences that have been awarded automatic qualification); Pool B/C - two (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.).
POOL A:
CONFERENCE | SCHOOL |
Liberty | William Smith |
MARC | Washington College |
NESCAC | Williams |
NEWMAC | Wellesley |
POOL B/C:
-Bates
-Pacific Lutheran
AT-LARGE I EIGHTS:
-Ithaca
-Wesleyan (CT)
In 2015, Bates College captured its first NCAA Division III Women's Rowing Championships team title at Sacramento State Aquatic Center in Gold River, California.