The UW rowing team won every race on Saturday’s

dual against WSU — except the one that would

have given them the Apple Cup. WSU’s 8th-ranked

women’s varsity eight-person boat beat UW’s 4thranked

women’s varsity boat, with a time of 6:16.41

to UW’s 6:21.01. That victory granted WSU the

Apple Cup, despite the UW winning the other nine

races. This loss marks the fifth overall Apple Cup

victory for the Cougars. “We have some tremendous

athletes, and the kids are trying really hard, but right

now we are inconsistent, and we have to see if we can

overcome that,” women’s coach Bob Ernst said.

The UW men did not race their top two varsity

boats, as WSU men’s crew is a club team. Instead,

the UW gave the freshmen a chance to shine by

selecting them to race WSU’s varsity boat, and shine

they did. The UW freshman boat beat the WSU

varsity boat by 20 seconds, finishing the race in

5:42.76, followed by the men’s third varsity boat in

5:50.47, and finally trailed by WSU’s varsity boat

that finished in 6:02.88.

The UW women’s JV and novice boats

both had great races. After losing to WSU in

last week’s San Diego Crew Classic, the UWwomen’s novice boat evened the series, finishing in

6:59.02 and beating WSU, who clocked in at 7:06.15.

The women’s JV boat repeated its performance of last

week by beating WSU, finishing in 6:26.20.

The closest race of the day was between the UW

men’s 3rd freshman boat and the UW men’s 4th

varsity boat. After neck-and-neck racing, the UW

4th varsity boat (6:13.19) barely edged out the

second freshmen boat (6:15.85). Both boats were

trailed by WSU’s 2nd varsity and finally WSU’s 2nd

freshmen.

Men and women’s four-person boats also had a

strong showing. Both the men’s A and B four-person

boats beat WSU’s boats, finishing in 6:42.52 and

6:47.82, respectively. The women’s fours had similar

success. The top two boats finished in 7:31.22 and

7:39.88, earning the team first and second place.

Men’s second freshman boat had the most

impressive victory of the day, beating WSU by

almost 28 seconds. Despite the lopsided time, the

team staysed humble.

“We’re just trying to take it one day at a time and

trying to stay hungry and humble,” said Ben Fletcher,

the UW men’s assistant coach. “That’s pretty much

how we feel at the end of every regatta, that it’s time

to go back to work.”

The UW takes on Oregon State in another dual

on the Montlake Cut next Saturday.

[Reach reporter Zach Ruby at sports@thedaily.

washington.edu.]