The foursome squared off against Radcliffe’s heavyweight varsity “B” four last week on the Charles, and lost by less than one second.
Finally, the novice eight will get another shot at rivals Wisconsin, Georgetown and Princeton.
All three teams beat the Black and White at the Knecht Cup, but under inauspicious circumstances.
The Radcliffe boat caught a couple crabs, but Wisconsin caught two over-the-head crabs in a row, losing control of their boat and shooting into the Black and White’s lane in the middle of its the sprint. Radcliffe had to stop and wait for the Badgers to get out of the way, which obviously slowed the Black and White down considerably.
“That Knecht Cup performance was easily our worst competition ever,” freshman Rachel Orler said. “Wisconsin and Georgetown both beat us by relatively small margins, so we should be able to take them easily this weekend.”
—Staff writer J. Patrick Coyne can be reached at coyne@fas.harvard.edu.