Jennifer L. Shaw ’04, also a rower for Harvard, said yesterday that the incident does not reflect tensions between the two teams.

“Although we compete with one another on the Charles River, there is never any anger between the teams that would lead to such a fight,” she wrote in an e-mail. “I don’t know what led these individuals to hurt Malcolm, but I hope that they will very much regret their actions on that night.”

Men’s Crew Coach Harry Parker insisted his team has now moved on from the incident.

“That issue is behind us,” he said. “I don’t think that any of us are paying attention to that issue at this point.”

Many members of the crew team declined to comment yesterday.

Parker had sent the team an e-mail yesterday asking team members to refrain from commenting to the press, one rower said, “in order to not let the story break out.”

Ed Klotzbier, Northeastern’s director of communications, said he had not heard of the incident and did not know whether Northeastern would take disciplinary action of its own against Graham and Tripician. But he added that the university’s Office of Student Conduct & Conflict Resolution does investigate cases where legal action is taken against students.

Although Northeastern Men’s Crew Coach John Pojednic could not be reached for comment, Associate Athletic Director for Communications Jack Grinold said Graham and Tripician had rowed as recently as last weekend, more than a month after the incident and long after receiving the summons for the arraignment.

—Staff writer Stephen M. Marks can be reached at marks@fas.harvard.edu.