The College Finishes Second At Match Race Nationals

Friday, November 10

J. Stewart Walker Sailing Complex

College of Charleston

ICSA Match Race Nationals

The College Finishes Second At Match Race Nationals

11/12/2017 10:17:00 PM | Sailing

CHARLESTON, S.C. --- The top-ranked College of Charleston sailing team came within two wins of its eighth ICSA Match Race national championship on Sunday at the J. Stewart Walker Sailing Complex, as the Cougars fell to Boston College, 3-1, after carrying an undefeated mark into the finals. The Cougars also finished fifth at the Atlantic Coast Women's, and sixth at the Atlantic Coast Coed to wrap up the fall season.

After cruising through the round robin, quarterfinals and semifinals with an unblemished 15-0 mark, the Cougars ran into a red-hot Boston College crew in the finals. The Eagles took race one, and after the Cougars evened the tally at 1-1 in the second race, won the next two to capture the Cornelluis Shields Sr. Trophy. Representing the Cougars were: Christophe Killian (Newport Beach, Calif.), Jack Thompson (Newport Beach, Calif.), Elizabeth Pemberton (Osterville, Mass.), and Stefano Peschiera (Lima, Peru).

At the Atlantic Coast Women's, the Cougars finished fifth with 133 points. Paris Henken (Corona, Calif.) and Annabel Carrington (White Stone, Va.) placed third in B-Division with 43 points, while Alie Toppa and Caroline Bracken (Bridgewater, Mass.) finished the weekend with 90 points in A-Division.

The Cougars placed sixth at the Atlantic Coast Coed with 169 points, and 23 points shy of first-place Dartmouth's total of 146. Augie Dale (Pewaukee, Wis.) and Katie Lounsbury (Jensen Beach, Fla.) finished atop A-Division with 62 points, while Steven Leuck (San Diego, Calif.), Payton Alexander, and Carter Cameron (Mt. Pleasant, S.C.) accumulated 107 points in B-Division.

Charleston will be back in action on January 6 and 7, 2018 at the Rose Bowl in Los Angeles, Calif. following the winter break.