April 4, 2008

CREW: Lutes Enter 10 Boats in NCRC Invitational

THIS WEEKEND: Pacific Lutheran has a total of 10 boats entered at the NCRC Invitational this Saturday on Vancouver Lake in Vancouver, Wash. The event gets underway at 8 a.m.

WOMEN’S VARSITY 8 KICKS IT OFF: PLU’s women’s Varsity 8 boat will get things going for Pacific Lutheran at the NCRC Invitational this Saturday. The Lutes will compete against six other schools in the Division III Varsity 8 race, the first one on the course at 8 a.m. Other women’s boats competing this weekend include second Varsity 8, Novice 8, two women’s Lightweight Varsity 4, and Novice 4. The women’s Varsity 8 boat comes back for a seven-boat final featuring Division III and Division II boats, that race scheduled for 1:40 p.m.

MEN’S BOATS ON THE WATER: Pacific Lutheran will have a small handful of men’s boats on the water this Saturday, including the men’s Lightweight Varsity 4, Varsity 2 without coxswain and Novice 4.

LAST WEEK: The Lute rowers took third place in three races at the Daffodil Cup held Saturday, March 29 at American Lake. The Lutes were third in the women's second novice 8, the women's novice 8 and the men's second varsity 4. The University of Puget Sound won five events, while Washington State University and Western Washington University won three events each and Lewis & Clark College won one event.

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