Women's Rowing Ranked #11 In Final CRCA Poll
Jun 02 | Women's Rowing
PISCATAWAY, N.J. - Rutgers women's rowing finished the 2026 campaign at #11 in the final CRCA Poll of the season.
The Scarlet Knights closed out the season with an 11th-place finish at the 2026 NCAA Championships, which included the Varsity 4 tying for the highest finish by a Rutgers boat at the championships with a fourth-place performance in the grand final. Additionally, the Second Varsity 8 won the C final to place 13th overall and the Varsity 8 crossed in fifth in petite final to take 11th overall.
Rutgers' Third Varsity 8 claimed a Big Ten title as the Scarlet Knights finished second in the team standings for the second straight year at the 2026 Big Ten Championships at Eagle Creek Reservoir in end of May.
Rutgers took gold in the final race of the morning in the Third Varsity 8, keeping Big Ten Champion Washington from sweeping. Natalie Hammond, Satiana Alvarez, Krissy Xavier, Holly Stoker, Isabel Corbett. Anna Eizhvertin, Nina Rozek, Kelsey Lavelle and coxswain Charlotte Weaver took the lead early and stayed in front with a 3.403-second margin of victory.
The Third Varsity 8's title marked RU's first Big Ten Championship in the event and fourth boat to win gold at the championships, joining the Fourth Varsity 8 in 2022 and the Third Varsity 4 in 2023 and 2024.
RU's Varsity 8, Second Varsity 8, Fourth Varsity 8, Varsity 4, Second Varsity 4 and Third Varsity 4 all captured silver.
Five Scarlet Knights earned All-Big Ten Honors. First Team All-Big Ten went to Chiara Saccomando, Lily Wood and Elena Moran. Wood picked up third-team honors for the third-straight year, while Saccomando landed on her second all-conference team after earning second team last season. All-Big Ten Second Team honors went to Fallon DeWitt and Beatrice Colclough.
All-America honors will be released on Friday, June 5.
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The Scarlet Knights closed out the season with an 11th-place finish at the 2026 NCAA Championships, which included the Varsity 4 tying for the highest finish by a Rutgers boat at the championships with a fourth-place performance in the grand final. Additionally, the Second Varsity 8 won the C final to place 13th overall and the Varsity 8 crossed in fifth in petite final to take 11th overall.
| RUTGERS IN THE POLLS |
- Week Twelve (Jun. 1) - #11
- Week Eleven (May 19) - #10
- Week Ten (May 12) - #12
- Week Nine (May 5) - #12
- Week Eight (Apr. 28) - #12
- Week Seven (Apr. 21) - #12
- Week Six (Apr. 14) - #12
- Week Five (Apr. 7) - #11
- Week Four (Mar. 31) - #11
- Week Three (Mar. 24) - #8
- Week Two (Mar. 17) - #8
- Week One (Mar. 10) - #8
- Preseason (Mar. 3) - #9
| ABOUT THE SCARLET KNIGHTS |
Rutgers' Third Varsity 8 claimed a Big Ten title as the Scarlet Knights finished second in the team standings for the second straight year at the 2026 Big Ten Championships at Eagle Creek Reservoir in end of May.
Rutgers took gold in the final race of the morning in the Third Varsity 8, keeping Big Ten Champion Washington from sweeping. Natalie Hammond, Satiana Alvarez, Krissy Xavier, Holly Stoker, Isabel Corbett. Anna Eizhvertin, Nina Rozek, Kelsey Lavelle and coxswain Charlotte Weaver took the lead early and stayed in front with a 3.403-second margin of victory.
The Third Varsity 8's title marked RU's first Big Ten Championship in the event and fourth boat to win gold at the championships, joining the Fourth Varsity 8 in 2022 and the Third Varsity 4 in 2023 and 2024.
RU's Varsity 8, Second Varsity 8, Fourth Varsity 8, Varsity 4, Second Varsity 4 and Third Varsity 4 all captured silver.
Five Scarlet Knights earned All-Big Ten Honors. First Team All-Big Ten went to Chiara Saccomando, Lily Wood and Elena Moran. Wood picked up third-team honors for the third-straight year, while Saccomando landed on her second all-conference team after earning second team last season. All-Big Ten Second Team honors went to Fallon DeWitt and Beatrice Colclough.
All-America honors will be released on Friday, June 5.
Follow Rutgers women's rowing on Facebook, X and Instagram.
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