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Princeton University Tops Years First Lightweight Womens Eight Poll
By Brett Johnson // USRowing // April 3, 2008
Princeton University claimed the top spot in this season’s first USRowing Women’s Varsity Lightweight Eight Collegiate Coaches Poll.
Princeton earned eight of 10 first-place votes to take the top spot in the poll. Georgetown University ranked second, followed by Stanford University, University of Wisconsin and Radcliffe. Wisconsin and Bucknell University each received one first-place vote.
USRowing’s men’s varsity eight and men’s lightweight varsity eight polls will begin next week.
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Women’s Lightweight Varsity Eights
Team (1st-Place Votes) Points
1. Princeton University (8) 197
2. Georgetown University 173
3. Stanford University 172
4. University of Wisconsin (1) 168
5. Radcliffe 163
6. University of Central Florida 140
7. Loyola Marymount University 130
8. Bucknell University (1) 119
9. Massachusetts Institute of Technology 100
10. Lehigh University 91
11. University of Buffalo 89
12. Duquesne University 77
13. Temple University 55
14. University of California 51
15. Santa Clara University 45
Not Ranked But Receiving Votes: Penn State University 40, University of Dayton 27, The Ohio State University 25, Long Beach State University 18, University of California at Irvine 15, Pacific Lutheran University 8, Stetson University 7 and University of Massachusetts 6.
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