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Badgers men's rowing: Northeastern defeats UW to retain Congram Cup

BOSTON –The Northeastern varsity eight men's rowing team extended its stranglehold on the Congram Cup on Sunday, defeating the University of Wisconsin for the fourth consecutive year.

The ninth-ranked Huskies finished in 5:57.58 while No. 14 UW posted a time of 6:00.51.

“I let the guys know that this would be a difficult race,” UW coach Chris Clark said. “Northeastern only raced once yesterday so I knew they’d have the edge with fresher bodies. We bobbled a little bit at the start which gave them a few feet and they slowly pulled away. You could see we just didn’t have the pop required to win.