ANNAPOLIS, Md. --- The College of Charleston women's sailing team battled through light breeze, shifty conditions and a deep field to rally from a 15-point deficit over the final three rotations and claim the program's third Intercollegiate Sailing Association Women's National Championship by a one-point margin over Tulane.
 
"We are stoked," head coach Ward Cromwell said. "The regatta was really well run under the circumstances and despite Boston College's boat speed and the threat of Tulane our team kept their heads in the game. These were not our conditions, but our crews did a great job of keeping the skippers focused."
 
The championship marks the program's third women's title and first since 2010, while also entering the history books as Charleston's 27^th ICSA National Championship since the program's inception. Charleston finished the regatta with a 16-rotation total of 201 points to edge out second-place Tulane's total of 202 points. Boston College was third with 205 points followed by Brown (224) and Stanford (232).
 
Senior skipper Paris Henken and freshman crew Lucy Klempen sailed to a fourth-place finish in A-Division with 108 points including eight top-five performances. The duo posted wins in the seventh, ninth and 14^th rotations while also finishing second in race four. Senior Marian Williams skippered the Cougars to a third-place performance in B-Division alongside sophomore crew Roxanne Snyder. The pair finished the championship with 93 points and top-five's in seven races including wins in the eighth and 12^th rotations.
 
Racing over both days of the championship brought light winds and shifting conditions. Boston College finished day one on Tuesday atop the leaderboard taking advantage of its boat speed with Charleston trailing in second by 27 points after 10 races were completed in each division.
 
Day two on Wednesday brought shiftier, more dynamic conditions that forced sailors to rely less on straight boat speed and resulted in less consistent finishes. As a consequence, Boston College went into the second-to-last race of the regatta holding a narrow one-point lead over the Cougars. The championship would come down to the last race with Boston College, Charleston and Tulane all in position to claim the title. In the end, the Cougars gained the placing and finish needed to secure the Gerald C. Miller Trophy by one point.