WASHINGTON – The Georgetown University sailing team continued its strong fall season with a trio of meets last weekend. Highlighted by a pair of second-place finishes in Ithaca, New York, the Hoyas also finished second at the MAISA Match Race Championships in Annapolis.
ON THE RECORD
"The combined Top 9 is a great marker to see how you stack up against the rest of the conference. We finished second in both events but we won the combined event so we are happy with the result. We had a few bad stretches of races throughout the weekend so we need to improve before we enter the heart of the fall season. I was particularly pleased with the performance of
Riley Kloc and
Addi Harris who won the women's A division. They were consistently faster than everyone else and made great decisions on the race course." - Head Coach
Michael J. Callahan on the Top 9
"For the match racing team, a second-place finish will hopefully be good enough for an at-large selection to the national championship. We had a few tough losses early so we had about three must-win races in a row and the team did just that. In the finals against Navy, we had our chances to win but just didn't capitalize on it. Hopefully with some more practice, we will get better." - Callahan on the MAISA Match Race Championships
TOP 9 MAISA COED REGATTA (Sept. 25-26; Ithaca, N.Y.; 2nd out of 9)
- Georgetown finished with 94 points in the A division and 85 in the B division, totalying 179 points on the day to finish second overall in the nine-team field, trailing only the University of Pennsylvania (158).
- The A division saw the Hoyas finish first, using five finishes among the top three to bolster their score, including third-place finishes bookending the competition. Georgetown was the only A division squad to keep its score in double digits.
- In the B division, the Hoyas started out hot, winning the second and third races and claiming top five spots in four out of the first five races. Despite a surge from Penn's B squad late, the hot start kept the Hoyas in double digits, tallying 85 points to take second.
- A Division (1st of 9) Lineup: Wills Cook (1-7), Diego Escobar (8-14) [skippers] with Isabelle Bicks [crew]
- B Division (2nd of 9) LIneup: Mariner Fagan [skipper] with Jack Hogan [crew]
TOP 9W SUSAN ROGERS MEMORIAL (Sept. 25-26; Ithaca, N.Y.; 2nd out of 97)
- Georgetown's A division was dominant through the middle races, establishing itself with four wins accompanied by another six races among the top five. The Hoyas totaled 60 points in 14 races to finish first in the A division.
- The B division saw the Hoyas find their rhythm later than they wanted but a strong finish (4/3/1/1) through the four final races catapulted the Hoyas into second place, edging out the third-place Penn squad.
- A Division (1st of 9) Lineup: Riley Kloc [skipper] with Morgan Sailer (1-7), Piper Holthus (8-14) [crews]
- B Division (2nd of 9) Lineup: Addi Harris [skipper] with Audrey Fung [crew]
INTREPID TROPHY MAISA MATCH RACE (Sept. 25-26; Annapolis, Md.; 2nd out of 7)
- Following an initial round robin, the Hoyas totaled three points, good enough for third place and advance to the next round of racing.
- The knockout round saw the Hoyas facing Fordham and advancing following the first two of a potential three-race affair.
- Advancing to the finals, the Hoyas went against host Naval Academy, but the Midshipmen remained undefeated over two days of racing as the Hoyas finished second overall.
- Lineup: Jack Reiter [skipper] with Annabelle Ayer, Scott Mais, Daniel Hughes [crews]
UP NEXT
Georgetown sailing will compete at four different regattas this weekend, Oct. 2-3. A contingent will remain at home for the Tom Curtis Regatta while the Hoyas will also have sailors competing at the MAISA Men's Singlehanded Championship (Kings Point, N.Y.), the Danmark (New London, Conn.) and the Women's ACC (Norfolk, Va.).
