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...Sunday, though, the No. 8 first varsity heavyweight boat turned in its fastest time on the river this spring in its last home and regular season race of the year en route to a commanding victory over BU, Northeastern and MIT. The win over the Terriers earned the Black and White the Allen-DeWolfe Cup for the fourth time in five years, while the victory over the Huskies gave Radcliffe its fourth consecutive Rowlands...
...front of several hundred fans, including many former Radcliffe rowers, the novice eights got the Black and White off to a strong start early Sunday morning. In the morning’s first race, the BU crew caught an over-the-head crab in the first twenty strokes, allowing Radcliffe to cruise to victory by three lengths and more than ten seconds...
Then, the second novice eights took to the course. Controversy soon ensued as the BU coxswain led the Terriers through the racing arch along with Radcliffe and Northeastern, causing the latter two boats to crash oars. The incident didn’t seem to bother the Black and White, which won the race by nearly five seconds, but Northeastern, which finished second, filed a protest. Ultimately, the officials refused to force a re-row and upheld the results...
...broken slightly when Northeastern’s second varsity eight rallied from its third place position after 1800 meters in the final twenty strokes to force a photo finish. After reviewing the videotape of race’s finish, officials declared Northeastern the winner and gave second place to BU, two-tenths of a second ahead of Radcliffe. Indeed, the Terriers and the Black and White were so close that BU edged Radclife by less than a stroke...
...Eagles trailed by just six points at 351 while Amherst took third with 362 points. BU followed with 385, while Mount Holyoke, Wellesley and Holy Cross lagged at the bottom of the standings...