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NEWPORT, R.I. (May 22, 2019) – The first two days of racing in the Sperry College Sailing Women’s Semifinal Championship has wrapped up and the top 18 teams have been finalized to advance to the finals, which will take place tomorrow and Friday. The events are hosted by Brown University with the New England Intercollegiate Sailing Association (NEISA) also supported by the University of Rhode Island at host site Sail Newport Sailing Center in Fort Adams State Park in Newport, R.I. The top teams in the Eastern and Western semifinal fleets raced through a blustery northerly breeze in the morning, which died out mid-afternoon and eventually shifted to a steady southerly breeze around 10-15 knots. The sailors were able to complete five races today on windward-leeward courses. The Eastern fleet sailed in Z420s and the Western in FJ’s. A short break around 2 p.m. to let the breeze fill in delayed racing a little bit, so the last races ended at the time limit today of 5 p.m. After the day of racing, #3 ranked Yale University held their place at the top of the Western fleet, 46 points ahead of Dartmouth College in second place and the College of Charleston held onto third. Notable today is the Massachusetts Institute of Technology made a big leap from 10th place yesterday up to 4th place today qualifying for the finals. Boston University and Cornell University also jumped up into the top nine to claim a finals position. “We faced some tactical challenges today, so we will need to be more sharp tomorrow and Friday,” says Bill Healy, associate head coach for Yale University. “Luckily the women are aware of what needs to be done, so we should be good to go.” “Being clean at the start and around marks will be important moving forward,” says Healy. “With the wind predictions it will be an athletic contest the next few days and we will hope to have lots of speed.” Sailing for Yale is Louisa Nordstrom '20 with Kathryn Clulo '21 and Claudia Loiacono '21 in A-division and Christine Klingler '20 with Catherine Mollerus '21 and Kira Woods '19 in B-division. In the Eastern fleet, host school, and #1 ranked Brown University came out on top displacing Boston College to second followed by Georgetown University, who held onto third place. Stanford University moved up today into 9th place to earn a qualifying spot for the finals. “Our goal going into the regatta was to try to be in a good position after the first day of racing so that we could rest some of our starters for the finals,” says John Mollicone, Barry Family director of sailing and head coach for Brown University. “We have a deep women’s team and we were able to get a lot of sailors on the water – I think around 11 different people raced today.” “The two big things for the racing over the next two days will be watching the current and getting off the starting line,” says Mollicone. “It is important to know what the current is doing and going into the finals the starting line is going to be more challenging with the top teams on it.” Sailing for Brown University in A-division is Ragna Agerup '20, Sophie Hibben '19, Maxine De Havenon '19, Madeleine McGrath '22, Emma Montgomery '22, Megha Malpani '19 and in B-division is Hannah Steadman '20, Rachel Foster '20, Emma Montgomery '22, Annabelle Hutchinson '21, Maxine De Havenon '19, Abigayle Konys '19, Emily Ito '19. Tomorrow the scoreboard is wiped clean and racing intensifies as the top 18 teams compete for the national championship title and the Gerald C. Miller Trophy. Racing is set to being at 10 a.m. in Newport Harbor. Live coverage of the racing will begin midday. Final Nine Teams Western Semifinal Day 2, 13 races total: 1. Yale University, 94 2. Dartmouth College, 140 3. College of Charleston, 161 4. St. Mary’s College of Maryland, 164 5. University of Rhode Island, 173 6. Old Dominion University, 180 7. Jacksonville University, 183 8. Tufts University, 197 9. Hobart and William Smith Colleges, 200 Final Nine Teams Eastern Semifinal Day 2, 13 races total: 1. Brown University, 99 2. Boston College, 106 3. Georgetown University, 162 4. Harvard University, 163 5. George Washington University, 166 6. Bowdoin College, 202 7. University of South Florida, 227 8. University of Pennsylvania, 234 9. Stanford University, 237 To learn more about the teams competing in all of the events and to follow the racing and results visit the event website: https://2019nationals.collegesailing.org/ <https://collegesailing.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eafc1463ae1c9bc31a8296854&id=8bda3b2c69&e=95eb4c5740> Dan Egan, of Degan Media, will provide some live coverage during the events, presenting sponsor is US Sailing and supporting sponsor of the live coverage is LaserPerformance, streaming from the event website. *Women's*: May 23, half-day coverage, May 24, full day coverage and awards *Team Racing*: May 25, half to 3/4 day of coverage, release of Women's recap video; May 26, full day coverage; May 27, full day coverage and awards; May 28, release of Team Racing video *Coed*: May 29, full day coverage; May 30, full day coverage; May 31, full day coverage and awards; June 3, release of coed recap. Follow the events via the regatta app from US Sailing, learn how to sign up here: ICSA Nationals App <https://collegesailing.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eafc1463ae1c9bc31a8296854&id=e0769374e7&e=95eb4c5740> Additional social media updates will be available throughout the events on the regatta website. To learn more about the teams competing in all of the events and to follow the racing and results visit the event website: https://2019nationals.collegesailing.org/ <https://collegesailing.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=eafc1463ae1c9bc31a8296854&id=b5569e331d&e=95eb4c5740> Rob Migliaccio will be providing photos for these events. Contact: Jennifer Mitchell |Toile à Voile for ICSA | [email protected] | 970-216-7072 m. 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