5/4/08 Bucknell Women's Rowing Captures ECAC Metro Championship for Second Straight Year For the second consecutive Sunday, the Bucknell women's rowing team won a championship on the Cooper River. Just one week after capturing its third consecutive Patriot League title, the Bison captured the ECAC Metro Championship for the second straight year. Bucknell won both the overall points trophy as well as the NCAA points trophy by sweeping the three events in which it entered boats.
Bucknell won grand finals in the varsity eight, second varsity eight and varsity four. It won the NCAA points trophy based on the points it earned from those three events. The Bison also claimed the overall points trophy, which awarded points on novice finishes in addition to the varsity showings. [more]