Cougars Finish Runner-Up at Match Race Nationals

Friday, November 11

San Diego, Calif.

College of Charleston

ICSA Match Race Nationals

Photo by: Mark Albertazzi

11/13/2022 10:22:00 PM | Sailing

SAN DIEGO, Calif. --- The College of Charleston sailing team turned in its best performance at the ICSA Match Race National Championship since 2017 over the weekend, sweeping Stanford in the quarterfinals and Brown in the semifinals en route to a second-place finish on Sunday at the San Diego Yacht Club.

Charleston had a tumultuous start to the weekend in stage one's single round robin on Friday and Saturday entering the quarterfinals as the No. 6 seed with a 4-5 record. The Cougars registered wins against Wisconsin, Brown, Tulane and King's Point in stage one.

Skippered by senior Axel Stordahl, the Cougars responded in a big way in the quarterfinals besting third-seeded Stanford in back-to-back races to reach Sunday's semifinal round. The Cougars carried the momentum into the final four sweeping Brown to earn a berth in the finals against top-seeded Yale.

The defending champion Bulldogs would deny the Cougars' bid for the program's seventh match race national championship, delivering three straight wins to capture the title. Representing the Cougars were Stordahl at skipper, as well as juniors Lucy Klempen and Lawson Levine, and sophomore Garrett Grenauer at crew.