The Crimson's first varsity boat could not pull ahead, losing to Princeton 6:20.0 to 6:24.55. Yale was close behind at 6:25.54.

"We just had a pretty poor race," Co-captain Tom Fallows said. "Four seconds is a huge margin. Start to finish, we were off our game."

Fallows said he attributes the loss to the fact that the Crimson did not row in the race like they have been rowing in practice.

"We're young," Fallows said. "We didn't row it smart. We rowed scared."

In the second varsity boat, Princeton rowed to a time of 6:29.9, followed by Harvard at 6:40.1 and Yale at 6:44.8.

The third varsity race, between Princeton and Harvard, the Tigers won 7:13.97 to 7:29.35.

In the first freshman race, Yale won its only contest of the day. The Bulldogs came in at 6:37.8, followed by Harvard at 6:41.9 and Princeton at 6:44.0.

Rowing the second freshman race in fours, the Crimson got its only win of the morning, rowing to an 8:00.9. Princeton was second at 8:07.6, and Yale rowed to an 8:44.2.

The lightweights have next weekend off in preparation for Eastern Sprints on May 9 in Worcester.

"The next two weeks, the mission is trying to ensure that we show up ready to race," Fallows said.