The Longhorns were third at the Big 12 Championship earlier this month, losing by two strokes to first-place OU and by one stroke to second-place OSU.įour years ago at the NCAA Championship (in 2019), when Texas seniors Parker and Pierceson Coody and Cole Hammer were freshmen, they upset then-top-ranked Oklahoma State in the semifinals to reach the national championship match against Stanford. 1 team, followed by Oklahoma State at No. Going into the NCAAs, Oklahoma was the nation’s No. The Texas men had the best final round of stroke play of any of the top eight teams heading to the matchplay quarterfinals, carding a 3-under par 277 to move from seventh to fourth place.īy virtue of that strong finish, the Longhorns will face Oklahoma State on Tuesday for the right to move on to the semifinals against either top-seeded Vanderbilt or eighth-seeded Texas Tech. You can follow along with the match right here. 5 seed Oklahoma State in the matchplay quarterfinals of the NCAA Championship. 4 seed and is going head-to-head today with No. "After the finish of the Second Eight, we knew if the First Eight wins we win, and that's the way it should be.” "Our First Eight has been terrific all year, and they've stepped up to every challenge put in front of them," O'Neill said. O’Neill has now won two national titles at Texas in his seven seasons as head coach. Texas’ First Eight extended their unbeaten streak to 19 consecutive races and is 65-0 head-to-head since the streak began at the start of the 2021 season. Texas’ Varsity Four finished in third and the Second Eight placed fourth in their respective races. Texas tallied 124 points, equaling the total of Stanford and winning the national championship due to the Longhorns’ victory in the First Eight serving as the tiebreaker.
The Longhorns did just that, building a two-seat lead after 250 meters and then extending the lead to a half boat at 500 meters and winning the race in 6:10.733, well ahead of Stanford at 6:15.437 and Princeton at 6:17.707. To win the national title, the Longhorns would need to finish at least one position ahead of the Cardinal and defeat the Tigers and Huskies. This year, Texas trailed Stanford by three points, 61-58, and was tied with Princeton and Washington heading into the First Eight Grand Final. Last year, Texas trailed Washington by six and Stanford by four points before winning the First Eight Grand Final to earn its first national title under coach Dave O’Neill. Rowing became the Longhorns' third national championship team of the 2021-22 school year, following the UT men's indoor track title won in March and the Texas women's tennis team winning it all last week.Įerily similar to last year, Texas went into the First Eight Grand Final trailing and needed to come up with the goods to secure the national title.
Texas earned its third national championship of the 2021-22 school year over the weekend as the Longhorns’ rowing team secured its second straight national title by edging Stanford in the final race.
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