University of Connecticut Athletics
UConn Women’s Rowing to Join Colonial Athletic Association
12/4/2019 11:00:00 AM | Women's Rowing
Huskies Will Compete as a CAA Team During Spring 2020
STORRS, Conn. - The University of Connecticut women's rowing team has accepted an invitation to join the Colonial Athletic Association and will compete as a member of the CAA during the 2020 season, as announced by the league and UConn on Wednesday, December 4.
20 of UConn's 24 sports will begin competing as members of the Big East Conference during the 2020-21 season but the Big East does not sponsor the sport of rowing.
"I would like to express my gratitude to the Colonial Athletic Association and its member schools for offering a great home to our women's rowing program," director of athletics David Benedict said. "This partnership makes a lot of sense for UConn and the CAA and I'm already looking forward to our team competing for the CAA Championship in New Jersey this spring!"
"It is with open arms that the CAA welcomes the UConn women's rowing program to our Conference," expressed CAA Commissioner Joe D'Antonio. "We are excited about the opportunity to provide the UConn rowing student athletes with an exceptional championship experience, and look forward to working with the UConn athletic administration and head rowing coach Jen Sanford."
Rowing does not include a conference schedule but all member schools compete in the CAA Rowing Championship, which is scheduled for May 17, 2020 on the Cooper River in Pennsauken, N.J.
"I am very excited for UConn rowing to become a member of the CAA," head coach Jen Sanford said. "We will race many of the conference teams during the regular season, which will give us a better gauge of what we will need to accomplish to win the conference championship and earn an automatic bid to NCAA's. This is very attainable and the team is very excited and motivated to work hard toward reaching this goal. I'm looking forward to working with the coaches and administrators from other CAA schools and I think this will be a great fit for UConn rowing."
Women's rowing teams that compete in the CAA include Delaware, Drexel, Eastern Michigan, Northeastern and Villanova.
