May 26, 2006   May 26, 2006  Windsor, NJ - In the first day of
competition at the 2006 NCAA Division I Women's Rowing
Championship, the Brown women's crew went undefeated, advancing
to the semifinals in the varsity eight while the second varsity
eight and varsity four both advanced to Sunday's grand finals.
The third seeded varsity eight had an early start, competing in
the first race of the day at 8 a.m. The Bears were in control
from start to finish, posting a top-time of 6:41.4970. Ohio
State took second with a time of 6:43.3700. With the top three
crews advancing to tomorrow's semifinals, Yale and USC battled
it out for the third and final spot, both finishing in a dead
heat tie of 6:44.8120. Due to the rare occurrence, both crews
will advance to the semifinals. Washington and Stanford took
fifth and sixth respectively, moving to Friday afternoon's
repechage.  In heat two of the varsity eight, top seeded
Princeton took an easy win, timing in at 6:32.2240. Michigan
State and Minnesota rounded out the top