Before the NCAA regatta, Radcliffe finished second out of six at the Eastern Association of Women's Rowing Colleges (EAWRC) Sprints. Before that, the Black-and-White had been on a four-meet win streak, earning victories over Dartmouth, Syracuse, Yale, Northeastern and Boston University.

Those meets came on the heels of a dual meet loss to Brown, in which Radcliffe came in at 8:10, five seconds behind the defending and eventual national champion Bears, and a tri-meet loss to Princeton that was salvaged by a win over Cornell.

The women's lightweights had difficulties getting going for much of the season, and not all of it was the boat's fault. Two meets were cancelled because of weather.

When Mother Nature cooperated, the Black-and-White finished third out of four in the EAWRC Sprints with a time of 7:41.3.

In dual meets during the middle part of the season, the team never won a meet, but it did outstroke a few others. Losing to Wesleyan, Brown and Princeton, Radcliffe did beat Tufts and MIT.

To start the spring, the Black-and-White finished third out of five at the San Diego Crew Classic.