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No. 8 Women’s Crew Set for 23rd Consecutive Appearance in NCAA Championships
5/27/2019 1:12:00 PM | Women's Crew
2019 Brown Women's Crew Postseason Guide
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – No. 8 Brown University women's crew will make its 23rd straight appearance in the NCAA Championships and will aim for its eighth national title when the Bears compete in the 2019 NCAA Division I Women's Rowing Championships at the Indianapolis Rowing Center at Eagle Creek Park in Indianapolis, Ind., from May 31 to June 2.
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THE PATH TO A NATIONAL TITLE
The NCAA Division I Women's Rowing Championships feature 22 teams, which compete for a national title based on a points system that weighs the finish of each boat in its respective race.
The championship begins with four heats for each of the three boats – the first varsity eight, second varsity eight, and varsity four – on Friday. The top two boats from each heat advance to the A/B semifinals while the remaining crews proceed to the repechage races on Friday afternoon. The top two crews from the repechages also advance to the A/B semifinals while the remainders are placed in the C/D semifinals.
From there, the top three boats in each of the A/B semifinals move onto the grand final with the remainder proceeding to the petite final. The top three crews in the C/D semifinals advance to the C final while the rest compete in the D final.
In the finals, each boat earns points based off its finish in its race, and the program with the most points between its three crews at the conclusion of all the races earns the title of NCAA Champion.
BROWN'S HEATS
Brown's first varsity eight gained the No. 7 seed and will race in heat two on Friday, May 31 at 9:12 a.m., facing second-seeded Princeton, 10th-seeded Iowa, 15th-seeded Navy, and 18th-seeded UCF.
The Bears' second varsity eight earned the No. 9 seed and will race in heat one on Friday, May 31 at 9:48 a.m., competing against top-seeded Washington, eighth-seeded Princeton, 16th-seeded UCF, and 17th-seeded Navy.
Brown's A varsity four garnered the No. 8 seed and will race in heat one on Friday, May 31 at 10:36 a.m., meeting top-seeded Washington, ninth-seeded California, 16th-seeded Iowa, and 17th-seeded Radcliffe.
BRUNO AT THE NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS
Brown has won seven NCAA titles all-time and qualified for all 23 NCAA Championships since the event began in 1997. The Bears claimed national championships in 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2008, and 2011.
Head coach John Murphy has directed the Bears to all of those titles, and under his watch, Brown has finished in the top five of the championship in 17 of its previous 22 appearances and in the top 10 in 21 of those 22 appearances.
RETURNING TO THE HOOSIER STATE
Eagle Creek Park in Indianapolis, Ind., has hosted the NCAA Championships on four previous occasions – 2002, 2003, 2013, and 2014. The Bears won the national title in 2002, came in second in 2003, finished third in 2014, and placed seventh in 2013. In 2002, Brown won the A varsity four race while in 2003 Brown claimed gold in the second varsity eight and A varsity four races.
AT THE IVY LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP
Brown came in second place in the team standings in both the team points trophy standings and the NCAA automatic qualifier standings. The Bears came in second with 75 points trailing only Princeton (87) and eclipsing Yale (64), No. 16 Radcliffe (48), Penn (41), Dartmouth (28), Columbia (17), and Cornell (17).
All six of Brown's boats earned medals on the day with the first varsity eight, second varsity eight, and A varsity four all taking silver. The Bears' C varsity four took gold while the B varsity four and third varsity eight both claimed bronze.
As a team Brown has finished in the top three of the Ivy standings in each of the last seven years. The Bears' 1V8 has come in first or second in five of the last six seasons, the 2V8 has medaled in all eight Ivy championships since it began in 2012, and the AV4 has medaled in each of the last seven seasons.
The Bears' BV4 earned a medal at Ivies for the sixth time in the last seven years, and the 3V8 garnered a medal for the seventh time in the last eight years. Brown's CV4 won an Ivy title for the fourth straight season and gained a medal for the fifth time in the last seven years.
IN THE POLLS
Brown checks in at No. 8 nationally in the USRowing/CRCA Coaches Poll from May 23. No. 6 Princeton, No. 9 Yale, and No. 16 Radcliffe represent the other Ivy League schools in the poll. No. 1 Washington, No. 2 Stanford, and No. 3 California hold the top three spots in the rankings while No. 4 Texas, No. 5 Michigan, No. 7 Ohio State, and No. 10 Virginia round out the top 10. The top 16 teams in the rankings are all included in the NCAA field.
ALL-IVY ACCOLADES
Based off its second-place finish in the first varsity eight, Brown earned five All-Ivy honorees. Senior Sophie Paine (Freeport, Bahamas) and junior Louise Sommer (Evanston, Illinois) gained First Team All-Ivy honors while seniors Keenae Tiersma (Woodinville, Wash.) and Amy Tarczynski (Oakland, Calif.) as well as junior coxswain Anna Odell (Austin, Texas) garnered Second Team All-Ivy accolades. Sommer earned All-Ivy for the second time after collecting Second Team All-Ivy laurels in 2017.
MIDWEST REPRESENTATION
Brown does not carry any student-athletes on its roster from the state of Indiana, but junior Louise Sommer hails from neighboring Illinois and the city of Evanston. Moving just over the Illinois border to the west, sophomore Larissa Dorn came to the Bears from Missouri and the city of St. Louis.
GEOGRAPHY 101
With the NCAA Championships taking place in the Midwest in Indianapolis this season, Brown's seniors will have competed in four distinct areas of the country at NCAAs during their four years. In 2016, NCAAs took place on the West Coast in Gold River, Calif., in 2017 the championship moved to the Northeast in West Windsor, N.J., and in 2018 the event took place in the Southeast in Sarasota, Fla. Brown has not competed in the Midwest this season but did race at the Lake Natoma Invitational in Gold River, Calif., from Apr. 13-14.
THE BEARS' RECORDS
Entering the NCAA Championships, Brown's first varsity eight carries a 16-4 overall record, including a 9-3 regular season mark, 7-1 record at the Ivy League Championship, and 7-4 mark against ranked opponents. The second varsity eight brings a 15-5 overall mark with an 8-4 regular season record, 7-1 mark at the Ivy championship, and 6-5 record against ranked foes. The A varsity four holds an 18-2 overall record behind an 11-1 regular season mark, 7-1 record at the Ivy championship, and 8-2 mark against ranked teams.
FAMILIAR FOES
Brown has raced against six of the schools represented in the NCAA field thus far this season, including California, Ohio State, Princeton, Radcliffe, Stanford, and Yale. Against the field, the Bears' first varsity eight brings a 6-4 record into the weekend, the second varsity eight carries a 5-5 mark, and the A varsity four holds a 7-2 record.
DIVISION I SCHEDULE
Friday, May 31 – Heats
9:00 a.m. – I Eights – Heat 1
9:12 a.m. – I Eights – Heat 2 (Brown)
9:24 a.m. – I Eights – Heat 3
9:36 a.m. – I Eights – Heat 4
9:48 a.m. – II Eights – Heat 1 (Brown)
10:00 a.m. – II Eights – Heat 2
10:12 a.m. – II Eights – Heat 3
10:24 a.m. – II Eights – Heat 4
10:36 a.m. – Fours – Heat 1 (Brown)
10:48 a.m. – Fours – Heat 2
11:00 a.m. – Fours – Heat 3
11:12 a.m. – Fours – Heat 4
Friday, May 31 – Repechages
4:12 p.m. – I Eights – Repechage 1
4:24 p.m. – I Eights – Repechage 2
4:36 p.m. – II Eights – Repechage 1
4:48 p.m. – II Eights – Repechage 2
5:00 p.m. – Fours – Repechage 1
5:12 p.m. – Fours – Repechage 2
Saturday, June 1 – Semifinals
8:12 a.m. – I Eights – C/D Semifinals 1
8:24 a.m. – I Eights – C/D Semifinals 2
8:36 a.m. – I Eights – A/B Semifinals 1
8:48 a.m. – I Eights – A/B Semifinals 2
9:00 a.m. – II Eights – C/D Semifinals 1
9:12 a.m. – II Eights – C/D Semifinals 2
9:24 a.m. – II Eights – A/B Semifinals 1
9:36 a.m. – II Eights – A/B Semifinals 2
9:48 a.m. – Fours – C/D Semifinals 1
10:00 a.m. – Fours – C/D Semifinals 2
10:12 a.m. – Fours – A/B Semifinals 1
10:24 a.m. – Fours – A/B Semifinals 2
Sunday, June 2 – C/D Finals
8:12 a.m. – Fours – D Final (Places 19-22)
8:24 a.m. – Fours – C Final (Places 13-18)
8:36 a.m. – II Eights – D Final (Places 19-22)
8:48 a.m. – II Eights – C Final (Places 13-18)
9:00 a.m. – I Eights – D Final (Places 19-22)
9:12 a.m. – I Eights – C Final (Places 13-18)
Sunday, June 2 – Petite/Grand Finals
10:12 a.m. – Fours – Petite Final (Places 7-12)
10:24 a.m. – Fours – Grand Final (Places 1-6)
10:36 a.m. – II Eights – Petite Final (Places 7-12)
10:48 a.m. – II Eights – Grand Final (Places 1-6)
11:00 a.m. – I Eights – Petite Final (Places 7-12)
11:12 a.m. – I Eights – Grand Final (Places 1-6)
Noon – Awards Ceremony
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – No. 8 Brown University women's crew will make its 23rd straight appearance in the NCAA Championships and will aim for its eighth national title when the Bears compete in the 2019 NCAA Division I Women's Rowing Championships at the Indianapolis Rowing Center at Eagle Creek Park in Indianapolis, Ind., from May 31 to June 2.
FOLLOW THE BEARS
Live Results: Regatta Timing
Live Video: NCAA.com/liveschedule
NCAA: Friday Morning Heat Sheet | Rowing Page | Championship Central
On Twitter: @BrownWRowing | @BrownAthletics
On Instagram: brownwrowing | brownathletics
On Facebook: Brown Athletics
Via Hashtag: #GoBruno | #NCAArow
THE PATH TO A NATIONAL TITLE
The NCAA Division I Women's Rowing Championships feature 22 teams, which compete for a national title based on a points system that weighs the finish of each boat in its respective race.
The championship begins with four heats for each of the three boats – the first varsity eight, second varsity eight, and varsity four – on Friday. The top two boats from each heat advance to the A/B semifinals while the remaining crews proceed to the repechage races on Friday afternoon. The top two crews from the repechages also advance to the A/B semifinals while the remainders are placed in the C/D semifinals.
From there, the top three boats in each of the A/B semifinals move onto the grand final with the remainder proceeding to the petite final. The top three crews in the C/D semifinals advance to the C final while the rest compete in the D final.
In the finals, each boat earns points based off its finish in its race, and the program with the most points between its three crews at the conclusion of all the races earns the title of NCAA Champion.
BROWN'S HEATS
Brown's first varsity eight gained the No. 7 seed and will race in heat two on Friday, May 31 at 9:12 a.m., facing second-seeded Princeton, 10th-seeded Iowa, 15th-seeded Navy, and 18th-seeded UCF.
The Bears' second varsity eight earned the No. 9 seed and will race in heat one on Friday, May 31 at 9:48 a.m., competing against top-seeded Washington, eighth-seeded Princeton, 16th-seeded UCF, and 17th-seeded Navy.
Brown's A varsity four garnered the No. 8 seed and will race in heat one on Friday, May 31 at 10:36 a.m., meeting top-seeded Washington, ninth-seeded California, 16th-seeded Iowa, and 17th-seeded Radcliffe.
BRUNO AT THE NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS
Brown has won seven NCAA titles all-time and qualified for all 23 NCAA Championships since the event began in 1997. The Bears claimed national championships in 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2008, and 2011.
Head coach John Murphy has directed the Bears to all of those titles, and under his watch, Brown has finished in the top five of the championship in 17 of its previous 22 appearances and in the top 10 in 21 of those 22 appearances.
RETURNING TO THE HOOSIER STATE
Eagle Creek Park in Indianapolis, Ind., has hosted the NCAA Championships on four previous occasions – 2002, 2003, 2013, and 2014. The Bears won the national title in 2002, came in second in 2003, finished third in 2014, and placed seventh in 2013. In 2002, Brown won the A varsity four race while in 2003 Brown claimed gold in the second varsity eight and A varsity four races.
AT THE IVY LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP
Brown came in second place in the team standings in both the team points trophy standings and the NCAA automatic qualifier standings. The Bears came in second with 75 points trailing only Princeton (87) and eclipsing Yale (64), No. 16 Radcliffe (48), Penn (41), Dartmouth (28), Columbia (17), and Cornell (17).
All six of Brown's boats earned medals on the day with the first varsity eight, second varsity eight, and A varsity four all taking silver. The Bears' C varsity four took gold while the B varsity four and third varsity eight both claimed bronze.
As a team Brown has finished in the top three of the Ivy standings in each of the last seven years. The Bears' 1V8 has come in first or second in five of the last six seasons, the 2V8 has medaled in all eight Ivy championships since it began in 2012, and the AV4 has medaled in each of the last seven seasons.
The Bears' BV4 earned a medal at Ivies for the sixth time in the last seven years, and the 3V8 garnered a medal for the seventh time in the last eight years. Brown's CV4 won an Ivy title for the fourth straight season and gained a medal for the fifth time in the last seven years.
IN THE POLLS
Brown checks in at No. 8 nationally in the USRowing/CRCA Coaches Poll from May 23. No. 6 Princeton, No. 9 Yale, and No. 16 Radcliffe represent the other Ivy League schools in the poll. No. 1 Washington, No. 2 Stanford, and No. 3 California hold the top three spots in the rankings while No. 4 Texas, No. 5 Michigan, No. 7 Ohio State, and No. 10 Virginia round out the top 10. The top 16 teams in the rankings are all included in the NCAA field.
ALL-IVY ACCOLADES
Based off its second-place finish in the first varsity eight, Brown earned five All-Ivy honorees. Senior Sophie Paine (Freeport, Bahamas) and junior Louise Sommer (Evanston, Illinois) gained First Team All-Ivy honors while seniors Keenae Tiersma (Woodinville, Wash.) and Amy Tarczynski (Oakland, Calif.) as well as junior coxswain Anna Odell (Austin, Texas) garnered Second Team All-Ivy accolades. Sommer earned All-Ivy for the second time after collecting Second Team All-Ivy laurels in 2017.
MIDWEST REPRESENTATION
Brown does not carry any student-athletes on its roster from the state of Indiana, but junior Louise Sommer hails from neighboring Illinois and the city of Evanston. Moving just over the Illinois border to the west, sophomore Larissa Dorn came to the Bears from Missouri and the city of St. Louis.
GEOGRAPHY 101
With the NCAA Championships taking place in the Midwest in Indianapolis this season, Brown's seniors will have competed in four distinct areas of the country at NCAAs during their four years. In 2016, NCAAs took place on the West Coast in Gold River, Calif., in 2017 the championship moved to the Northeast in West Windsor, N.J., and in 2018 the event took place in the Southeast in Sarasota, Fla. Brown has not competed in the Midwest this season but did race at the Lake Natoma Invitational in Gold River, Calif., from Apr. 13-14.
THE BEARS' RECORDS
Entering the NCAA Championships, Brown's first varsity eight carries a 16-4 overall record, including a 9-3 regular season mark, 7-1 record at the Ivy League Championship, and 7-4 mark against ranked opponents. The second varsity eight brings a 15-5 overall mark with an 8-4 regular season record, 7-1 mark at the Ivy championship, and 6-5 record against ranked foes. The A varsity four holds an 18-2 overall record behind an 11-1 regular season mark, 7-1 record at the Ivy championship, and 8-2 mark against ranked teams.
FAMILIAR FOES
Brown has raced against six of the schools represented in the NCAA field thus far this season, including California, Ohio State, Princeton, Radcliffe, Stanford, and Yale. Against the field, the Bears' first varsity eight brings a 6-4 record into the weekend, the second varsity eight carries a 5-5 mark, and the A varsity four holds a 7-2 record.
DIVISION I SCHEDULE
Friday, May 31 – Heats
9:00 a.m. – I Eights – Heat 1
9:12 a.m. – I Eights – Heat 2 (Brown)
9:24 a.m. – I Eights – Heat 3
9:36 a.m. – I Eights – Heat 4
9:48 a.m. – II Eights – Heat 1 (Brown)
10:00 a.m. – II Eights – Heat 2
10:12 a.m. – II Eights – Heat 3
10:24 a.m. – II Eights – Heat 4
10:36 a.m. – Fours – Heat 1 (Brown)
10:48 a.m. – Fours – Heat 2
11:00 a.m. – Fours – Heat 3
11:12 a.m. – Fours – Heat 4
Friday, May 31 – Repechages
4:12 p.m. – I Eights – Repechage 1
4:24 p.m. – I Eights – Repechage 2
4:36 p.m. – II Eights – Repechage 1
4:48 p.m. – II Eights – Repechage 2
5:00 p.m. – Fours – Repechage 1
5:12 p.m. – Fours – Repechage 2
Saturday, June 1 – Semifinals
8:12 a.m. – I Eights – C/D Semifinals 1
8:24 a.m. – I Eights – C/D Semifinals 2
8:36 a.m. – I Eights – A/B Semifinals 1
8:48 a.m. – I Eights – A/B Semifinals 2
9:00 a.m. – II Eights – C/D Semifinals 1
9:12 a.m. – II Eights – C/D Semifinals 2
9:24 a.m. – II Eights – A/B Semifinals 1
9:36 a.m. – II Eights – A/B Semifinals 2
9:48 a.m. – Fours – C/D Semifinals 1
10:00 a.m. – Fours – C/D Semifinals 2
10:12 a.m. – Fours – A/B Semifinals 1
10:24 a.m. – Fours – A/B Semifinals 2
Sunday, June 2 – C/D Finals
8:12 a.m. – Fours – D Final (Places 19-22)
8:24 a.m. – Fours – C Final (Places 13-18)
8:36 a.m. – II Eights – D Final (Places 19-22)
8:48 a.m. – II Eights – C Final (Places 13-18)
9:00 a.m. – I Eights – D Final (Places 19-22)
9:12 a.m. – I Eights – C Final (Places 13-18)
Sunday, June 2 – Petite/Grand Finals
10:12 a.m. – Fours – Petite Final (Places 7-12)
10:24 a.m. – Fours – Grand Final (Places 1-6)
10:36 a.m. – II Eights – Petite Final (Places 7-12)
10:48 a.m. – II Eights – Grand Final (Places 1-6)
11:00 a.m. – I Eights – Petite Final (Places 7-12)
11:12 a.m. – I Eights – Grand Final (Places 1-6)
Noon – Awards Ceremony
| POINT BREAKDOWN | |||
| 2019 NCAA Division I Women's Rowing Championships Points System | |||
| Place | 1V8 | 2V8 | V4 |
| 1 | 66 | 44 | 22 |
| 2 | 63 | 42 | 21 |
| 3 | 60 | 40 | 20 |
| 4 | 57 | 38 | 19 |
| 5 | 54 | 36 | 18 |
| 6 | 51 | 34 | 17 |
| 7 | 48 | 32 | 16 |
| 8 | 45 | 30 | 15 |
| 9 | 42 | 28 | 14 |
| 10 | 39 | 26 | 13 |
| 11 | 36 | 24 | 12 |
| 12 | 33 | 22 | 11 |
| 13 | 30 | 20 | 10 |
| 14 | 27 | 18 | 9 |
| 15 | 24 | 16 | 8 |
| 16 | 21 | 14 | 7 |
| 17 | 18 | 12 | 6 |
| 18 | 15 | 10 | 5 |
| 19 | 12 | 8 | 4 |
| 20 | 9 | 6 | 3 |
| 21 | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| 22 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| SEEDING | |||
| 2019 NCAA Division I Women's Rowing Championships Seeding | |||
| Seed | I Eights | II Eights | Fours |
| 1 | California | Washington | Washington |
| 2 | Princeton | Michigan | Stanford |
| 3 | Stanford | Stanford | Texas |
| 4 | Washington | California | Ohio State |
| 5 | Texas | Virginia | Michigan |
| 6 | Michigan | Texas | Princeton |
| 7 | Brown | Ohio State | Duke |
| 8 | Ohio State | Princeton | Brown |
| 9 | Yale | Brown | California |
| 10 | Iowa | Yale | Yale |
| 11 | Rutgers | Duke | Virginia |
| 12 | Virginia | Indiana | Indiana |
| 13 | Wisconsin | Radcliffe | Wisconsin |
| 14 | Radcliffe | Wisconsin | Rutgers |
| 15 | Navy | Rutgers | UCF |
| 16 | Duke | UCF | Iowa |
| 17 | Indiana | Navy | Radcliffe |
| 18 | UCF | Northeastern | Navy |
| 19 | Rhode Island | Iowa | Rhode Island |
| 20 | Gonzaga | Rhode Island | Northeastern |
| 21 | Northeastern | Gonzaga | Gonzaga |
| 22 | Marist | Marist | Marist |
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