The men’s team traveled to Redwood Shores to face off against Stanford University this past Saturday and pulled out a victory.

The Varsity-four team smoked the Cardinal with a time of 6 minutes, 45 seconds while Stanford came in at 6:56.

The Varsity-eight team lost to the Cardinal as Stanford finished with a time of 5:52 and the Hornets clocked in at 6:10.

The second varsity team couldn’t outpace the Cardinal, finishing behind Stanford’s freshman team and the junior varsity team. Stanford’s freshman won with a time of 6:02, and its junior varsity followed by seven seconds.

Sac State finished the race with a time of 7:00.

At the Sacramento Invitational, the Hornets were victorious in two out of four races as the men’s varsity-four and varsity-eight picked up victories.

The men’s varsity-eight team finished ahead of Loyola Marymount University by two seconds and the men’s varsity four team beat LMU finishing with a time of 6:58 while LMU finished at 7:11.5.

The men’s novice-eight team trailed LMU by 28 seconds while the novice-four team finished 14 seconds behind the Lions.

The men’s crew team will travel to San Diego this weekend for its next competition to help prepare for the Western Intercollegiate Rowing Association Championships (May 4 and 5) at the end of the season.