SAN MATEO, Calif. – Fresh off its seventh straight WCC Championship last Saturday, Gonzaga Rowing heard its name called when the NCAA Division I Women's Rowing Committee announced the field of 21 teams that will compete in the 2022 NCAA Division I Women's Rowing Championship.
 
The national regatta will be held from May 27-29 at Nathan Benderson Park in Sarasota, Fla., with University of Central Florida and Suncoast Aquatic Nature Center Associates serving as hosts.
 
Gonzaga's varsity eight and second varsity eight boats are both seeded No. 18 while the varsity four is seeded 20th. More information regarding heats and lane assignments will follow later.
 
The Zags are one of 21 teams in the field. Ten conferences were awarded automatic qualification and the remaining 11 slots were filled with at-large selections to complete the championship field. Gonzaga automatically qualified for the seventh-straight season and eighth time in program history after winning its 20th West Coast Conference Championship in program history last Saturday on Lake Natoma.
 
At the last season’s NCAA Rowing Championship in 2021, the 18th-seeded Zags’ varsity eight won the D final, finishing 5.5 seconds ahead of the second-place boat. The second varsity eight finished 20th overall.
 
Teams qualifying for the NCAA Championship are required to field two boats of eight rowers and one boat of four rowers.
 
The following teams were selected:
 
Automatic Qualifiers
Boston
Gonzaga
Jacksonville
Northeastern
Ohio State
Princeton
Rhode Island
SMU
Stanford
Texas
Virginia
 
At-Large Selections
Brown
California
Duke
Michigan
Oregon State
Penn
Rutgers
USC
Syracuse
Washington
Yale