College of Charleston
ICSA Team Race National Championship
CofC Sailors Finish Fourth at ICSA Team Race Nationals
6/1/2010 1:52:00 AM | Sailing
The College of Charleston sailing team, after advancing to Championship round which consisted of the top four teams after three round robins, went 1-2 to finish fourth at the Intercollegiate Sailing Association (ICSA)/Annapolis Performance Sailing Team Race National Championship held May 29-31 on Lake Mendota in Madison, Wisc. St. Mary's went 2-1 in the final round to go 12-5 overall and win the title, taking the event from Boston College, which won last season.
Boston College finished second, losing in a tie breaker to the Seahawks after finishing 12-5 as well. In third was Georgetown with a 10-7 overall mark, while the Cougars were just a race shy of third with a 9-8 record.
Charleston went 4-2 in the opening round robin Saturday to advance to the second round robin where the team went 3-4. The Cougars recovered in the third round robin with a 5-2 record to end the round robin competition with an 8-6 mark, good enough to advance to the finals.
The Cougars next compete at the ICSA/Gill Coed Dinghy National Championship June 1-3.
