The Pioneer women's varsity eight edged Puget Sound by one second, one of three victories for the Pioneers in their lone race of the fall, the Charlie S. Brown regatta on the Willamette River near Oaks Park Saturday (complete results).

The Loggers men's varsity eight won the first race of the day, with a 32 second margin of victory. The women's varsity eight was the closest race of the day with the Pioneers edging the Loggers by one second. Puget Sound won the men's varsity four. The Willamette won earned a varsity win in the women's varsity four. The Bearcats also won the women's novice eight race.

Puget Sound defeated Lewis & Clark in the MN4. Evergreen State's B-boat won the WN4. Pacific Lutheran won the MN8.

"A very strong showing by a very talented group of athletes," said Head Coach Sam Taylor. "The
results today confirm that our fall season has gone very well. I was  especially impressed by the poise and focus of our novice team who  have only been training for this race for three weeks and produced some excellent performances in challenging conditions. Both varsity  squads confirmed their strength against our regular NCRC competition and we know we're where we need to be now to compete well when it  counts the most. Our focus now turns to independent training over
the winter and I know that our athletes are already looking forward to a fantastic spring."