Chilly temperatures and piercing rain marked the Housatonic River in New Haven, Conn., Saturday, and the Terriers turned in a performance as dreary as the weather.

The No. 20 Boston University women’s rowing team had a disappointing showing, losing to both No. 3 Yale University and Dartmouth College in the Yale Class of 1985 Cup. The Terriers finished last in all but one race, in which they finished second.

“Our performance was not good,” said Holly Hatton, now in her 10th season as Terrier head coach. “We weren’t in it from the beginning.”

Through pouring rain, Yale won 4-of-5 races in taking the Cup.

“It was miserable weather out there, yet that didn’t affect the race,” Hatton said. “We just didn’t show up as a team.”

In the varsity eight 2,000-meter race, Yale won with a time of 6:13.6, defeating Dartmouth, who finished with a time of 6:17.5. The Terriers finished 10 seconds behind Dartmouth.

“It was a poor performance by the varsity boat,” Hatton said.

The Terriers turned in their best performance in the second varsity eight, finishing second between Yale and Dartmouth with a time of 6:33.2. Yale placed first (6:25.4) while Dartmouth finished nine seconds behind BU (6:42.2).

“The second varsity made some progress with their new lineup changes,” Hatton said. “That boat had a good performance relative to the first varsity, only five seconds apart from the first.”

In the varsity four, Yale and BU competed without Dartmouth, and the Terriers lost again. BU finished with a time of 7:21.3, nine seconds behind Yale.

“We need to go back to the drawing board with the varsity boat,” Hatton said.

In the novice eight, Dartmouth sent two boats to compete and took home first place in the race with a time of 6:42.6, less than three seconds ahead of Yale’s 6:45.4. Dartmouth’s second boat finished third at 7:07.3. The Terriers finished fourth with a time of 7:17.4.

Yale concluded the morning with an eight-second win over the Terriers, who finished with a time of 7:32.9 in the varsity four “B” race.

In last year’s event, the Terriers rowed better, winning one of the five races. They defeated Yale in the novice four by more than 22 seconds and finished second in two races and third in another pair.

“We still have lots of work to do,” Hatton said. “We have to put this weekend aside and move on.

“We’re going to be racing Monday and Tuesday to regroup,” Hatton said. “We have to get past this big letdown this weekend.”

The varsity team, which has received an NCAA bid in five of the championship regatta’s nine-year existence, is still in the hunt for an invite.

The Terriers will look to get back to their winning ways this coming Saturday, when they host Brown University, the University of Texas and UMass-Amherst on the Charles River at 10 a.m.

“This varsity team has a lot of potential,” Hatton said. “We just need the right attitude.”