Washington’s No. 1-ranked varsity eight defeated Cal’s No. 2-ranked boat for the second time this season, this time finishing about two seconds ahead of the Bears on Sunday morning in the men’s Mountain Pacific Sports Federation rowing championships on Lake Natoma, located just outside Sacramento.
Cal will have one more shot at the Huskies in two weeks at the Intercollegiate Rowing Association national championships May 29-31. That event will be held at the same Lake Natoma site, so Sunday’s race was a good indication of how the national championship might go.
What is somewhat discouraging for Cal is that Washington won by a slightly wider margin than it did when the two crews faced off at Redwood Shores on April 25. The Huskies won last month’s varsity eight race by 1.4 seconds,…