Saturday is shaping up as quite the day for the UCLA rowing team.
It will be the No. 18 Bruins’ Senior Day, and they will face their toughest opponent of the year.
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Saturday is shaping up as quite the day for the UCLA rowing team.
It will be the No. 18 Bruins’ Senior Day, and they will face their toughest opponent of the year.
Coming off a year in which it earned a team spot at NCAA Championships for the very first time, the UCLA rowing team kicked off its 2011 season with four victories in four races.
The Bruins swept three races against Loyola Marymount and one against Long Beach Rowing Association on Saturday morning in Marina Del Rey.
Last season, the Bruins finished fifth in the Pac-10 and earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Championships, where they finished 12th overall as a team.
Saturday’s tune-up meet for UCLA comes in advance of a head-to-head matchup against San Diego State on Sunday in Marina Del Rey.
Compiled by Ryan Menezes, Bruin Sports senior staff.
The UCLA women’s rowing program made another significant stride over the weekend.
The UCLA rowing team is not used to racing so late in the postseason.
After a solid fifth-place finish at the Pac-10 Championships, UCLA was selected by the NCAA Division I Women’s Rowing Committee as one of 16 teams to compete in the national championships from May 28 to 30 at the Sacramento State Aquatic Center.
A much desired spot in the NCAA Championships is at stake this weekend for the UCLA rowing team, which will be competing to make its first appearance at nationals since 2007.
Drake Stadium was not the only place where UCLA and USC went head-to-head this weekend. The two teams had to travel all the way down to San Pedro. The respective rowing teams of the Los Angeles rivals met on Saturday, with the No. 10 Trojans pulling out a 4-3 victory.