Last Weekend’s Big Row against California turned into a big loss for the Stanford crew teams. With the only win coming from the women’s lightweight team, the Cardinal men’s and women’s eight teams were left behind by the Bears.

Starting the day at the Redwood Shores Lagoon, the women’s varsity eight were outdone by the California women, who defeated the No. 17 Cardinal by 4.5 seconds (6:38.3 against 6:42.8).

The No. 4 Stanford men were also unable to finish strong against No. 2 Cal in the eight. Racing on Stanford’s practice waters, the Cardinal and Bears were even after 1100 meters, marked by the Redwood Shores bridge.

“It was a great race between two great teams,” men’s head coach Craig Amerkhanian said to GoStanford.com. “The boats were level coming through the bridge, and that’s the kind of intensity you see when these teams go head to head.”

California pulled out the win, though, by just 3.3 seconds (5:50.3 against 5:53.6).

The Stanford men’s second varsity eight and freshmen eight, as well as the women’s second varsity eight and varsity four, were also defeated by the Bears. The women’s novice team was the only to break past Cal.

News was better, though, for the No. 3 Stanford women’s lightweight team, as it beat the Bears’ lightweights by 11 seconds (7:20.9 against 7:31.9). The win came after the Cardinal eight experimented against the Cal third varsity open eight and lost by only 3.4 seconds.

“Racing two times in an hour is a tall order for any crew, and I felt the crew did a nice job,” women’s lightweight coach Al Acosta said to GoStanford.com.

While the Cardinal lightweights head to Indianapolis to face No. 1 Wisconsin, No. 4 Georgetown and No. 13 Ohio State tomorrow, the Stanford men’s and open women’s teams face Oregon State and Washington State in Eugene, Ore. this weekend.