The Lightweights shined against the Engineers, cruising to victory in the 1V and novice races. In the varsity eight race, the Black and White dominated MIT, posting a time of 6:41.8, 33.8 seconds ahead of the Engineers.

“It’s a great tradition to race against MIT for the Muri Cup,” Lukasiewicz said. “The cup is named for the freshman men’s lightweight coach here at Harvard who is also a MIT alum, so it’s really neat to always have that dual meet with MIT on the Charles.”

“We had a great race despite the cold conditions,” Lukasiewicz added. “It was a tough race for both us and MIT [since] we had both raced the day before, but we had a great race and we are definitely headed in the right direction for the rest of the season.”

In the novice race, Radcliffe finished the course in 7:31.2, eight seconds before their Engineer counterparts.

HEAVYWEIGHTS vs. YALE

Looking to extend their ownership of the Case Cup one more year, the Black and White heavyweights took to the Housatonic against the Bulldogs. But unlike last season’s historic victory over Yale, the Bulldogs got the best of Radcliffe and retook the Case Cup.

In the marquee 1V race, Yale rowed to victory in a time of 6:46.0, 7.7 seconds ahead of the Black and White, who finished in 6:53.7.

In the second varsity race, the Radcliffe 2V topped its Yale counterpart, finishing 1.3 seconds ahead of the Bulldogs at 6:53.3.

—Staff writer Oluwatoni A. Campbell can be reached at oluwatoni.campbell@college.harvard.edu.