CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- The men's second varsity eight beat Trinity and the MIT lightweights, the women's second varsity eight tied the Radcliffe Lightweights, and the women's varsity four beat Trinity, highlighting a fun morning of racing Sunday for the Bates rowing teams on the Charles River.

Meanwhile, both the women's and men's first varsity eights placed less than two seconds behind NESCAC foe Trinity in their respective races.

"Coming out of exam week both teams put down some focused, determined, and gutsy performances to close the gap on all the Trinity crews from the week earlier," head coach Peter Steenstra said. "Things are coming together nicely."

While the women's second varsity eight finished just over five seconds behind Trinity, they tied the Radcliffe Lightweights. Led by senior coxswain Oli Seline (Delaware, Ohio) and first-year stroke Charlotte Comrack (Washington, D.C.), the women's 2V raced to the finish in 7:32.8, finishing in a literal dead heat with the boat from Harvard.

The second varsity eight also provided the highlight of the day on the men's side. Led by first-year coxswain Darien Chiang (Quincy, Mass.) and senior captain stroke Andrew Frey (Berkeley, Calif.), the men's 2V won their race in 6:25.5, edging Trinity (6:27.2) and easily beating the MIT Lightweights (6:42.0).

The day ended on a high note with first-year coxswain Sarah Wallace (Fairfield, Conn.) and first-year stroke Sula Harf (Brooklyn, N.Y.) leading the varsity four to an open-water win over Trinity, out-racing the Bantams 9:13.1 to 9:28.1.

The Bobcats are back in action this Saturday when they take in the MIT heavyweights.

Bates WV8 lineup: Bow: Hannah Burdick; 2: Olivia Smith; 3: Olivia Szachta; 4: Isabelle Martin; 5: Katarina Dickson; 6: Livia Bernhardt; 7: Maggie Gill; Stroke: Cal Dagner; c: Lucy Del Col

Bates W2V8 lineup: Bow: May Fastaia; 2: Elizabeth Gramley; 3: Hannah de Fontaine; 4: Tatum Holley; 5: Quinn Gleason; 6: Rylee Eaton; 7: Madeline Kemp; Stroke: Charlotte Comrack; c: Oli Seline

Bates W3V8 lineup: Bow: Claire Scott; 2: Sula Harf; 3: Olivia Dekker; 4: Abigail Somosky; 5: Froney Dreher; 6: Dominique Bunnell; 7: Julia Buzacott; Stroke: Megan O'Donnell c: Audrey Kamine

Bates WV4 lineup: Bow: Juliette Carasso; 2: Abigail Somosky; 3: Merrill Doherty; 4: Sula Harf; c: Sarah Wallace

Bates MV8 lineup: Bow: Luke Desmaison; 2: Sean Christiansen; 3: Jimmy Staller; 4: Isaac Levinger; 5: Lando Putnam-Bagley; 6: Conor McGuckin; 7: Charlie Berman; Stroke: George Fauver; c: Izzy Beck

Bates M2V8 lineup: Bow: Riley Young; 2: Kelly McKaige; 3: Brendan Kelly; 4: Nick Hoerle; 5: Oliver Firmenich; 6: Charles Renvyle; 7: Luke Johnson; Stroke: Andrew Frey; c: Darien Chiang

Bates M3V8 lineup: Bow: Leo Sullivan; 2: Micah Johnson; 3: Benji Richards; 4: Hugh McCabe; 5: Alex Appleton; 6: Will Conway; 7: Erik Lindholm; Stroke: Ian Van Loo; c: Micah Shimizu

Bates M4V8 lineup: Bow: Finian Guinney; 2: Drod Rodriguez; 3: Henry Gunderson; 4: Aidan O'Brien; 5: Amir Thomas; 6: Salem Aqraa; 7: Soren Davidson; Stroke: Ben Auerbach; c: Melinda Kostrinsky