Weekly Release #2

3/20/2001 12:00:00 AM | Rowing

Upcoming Schedule
Saturday, March 24 -- at ACC/Big Ten Double Dual (Charlottesville, Va.)
Saturday, April 7 -- at Michigan State (East Lansing, Mich.)

Michigan This Week
The University of Michigan women's rowing team opens the spring season at the Big Ten/ACC Double Dual at Lake Monticello in Charlottesville, Va. At 10 a.m., Michigan rows against Virginia, while Ohio State battles North Carolina. At 2 p.m., the teams switch opponents with Michigan taking on North Carolina and Ohio State facing Virginia. Michigan will not race head-to-head with Ohio State.

The Forecast
The forecast calls for partly cloudy skies and a high of 58 degrees for the races on Saturday.

The Last Time at the Big Ten/ACC Double Dual
Last season, then-No. 6-ranked Michigan's upset then-No. 2 Virginia and defeated North Carolina and Central Florida on March 25 in the first meet of the 2000 season. The first varsity eight and second varsity eight each won both of their races as the Wolverines captured first in five of eight events in the Big Ten/ACC Double Dual.

Head Coach Mark Rothstein
Mark Rothstein is in his fifth year as the head coach of the Michigan rowing team. Rothstein was instrumental in helping the club team become a varsity program in 1996 and has been the only head coach in the program's history. Rothstein has led the program to three consecutive fifth-place finishes at the NCAA Rowing Championship the last three seasons. In the summer of 1999, he was chosen to coach the U.S. Under-23 team at the Nations Cup in Hamburg, Germany. After guiding the team to the inaugural Big Ten championship and an automatic bid to the NCAA Championship last spring, Rothstein was selected as the Big Ten Co-Coach of the Year and the Midwest Region Coach of the Year.

Probable Lineups

VARSITY EIGHT Coxswain Helen Dalis Stroke Kate Johnson Seat 7 Laurel Donnell-Fink Seat 6 Alison Hickey Seat 5 Jenny Bryant Seat 4 Christine Meyer Seat 3 Bernadette Marten Seat 2 Tamara McBratney Bow Kate Maxim 2nd VARSITY EIGHT Coxswain Corrin Cunningham Stroke Liz Nelson Seat 7 Sera Coppolino Seat 6 Melanie Duncan Seat 5 Katie Raynolds Seat 4 Heather Mandoli Seat 3 Sophie Roberge Seat 2 Kristine Johns Bow Julie Brescoll VARSITY FOUR Coxswain Carissa Bragg Stroke Petra Juzwishin Seat 3 Erin Kopicki Seat 2 Elizabeth Kreger Bow Caroline Gregory 2nd VARSITY FOUR Coxswain Fazeela Siddiqui Stroke Emy Bury Seat 3 Kristin Rosella Seat 2 Amy Anstandig Bow Christina Ceo