The University of Wisconsin women's rowing team's Varsity Eight was named the Big Ten Boat of the Week, the conference announced on Tuesday.
No. 12 UW's boat comprised of coxswain Lily Hansen, Maria Schmid, Hannah Schwartz, Maddie Wanamaker, Claire Scott, Lexi Silverling, Gillian Cooper, Anna Knutson and Kaitlin McKeogh defeated No. 16 Iowa in a time of 6 minutes, 33.60 seconds in a Big Ten Double Dual. Hansen, Schmid, Schwartz, Knutson, Silverling, Wanamaker, Cooper, McKeogh and Marissa Gibson defeated No. 13 Indiana with a time of 6:38.20.
The Badgers travel to California for the second time in three weekends for the Lake Natoma Invitational.