Nov. 17, 2002

The Old Dominion women's sailing team, ranked #1 in the nation, finished first in the Atlantic Coast Championship held this weekend at Connecticut College. In other sailing action, the #17 coed squad took ninth in the Atlantic Coast Dinghy Championships. Both events included the best competition from up and down the Atlantic Coast.

The Lady Monarchs combined for 101 points, finishing first in the both the A and B divisions to earn the victory. Brown Universtiy led after the first day of sailing, but lost their to lead to ODU and ended up losing by 20 points. Yale came in third with 180 overall points for the regatta. Twenty six races were held in the rainy conditions with 16 teams competing.

The coed team finished ninth at the Dinghy Championships at the US Coast Guard Academy with 290 total points. Sixteen teams competed in the event and St. Mary's College took the win with 148 points. Harvard and USMMA rounded out the top three. The A division for ODU took eighth, while the B squad took 14th.

Both teams conclude the fall season next weekend at the annual MAISA-SAISA regatta held in Charleston, SC.

Women's Atlantic Coast Championship
26 races, Connecticut College

		A	B	Tot
1 ODU  		49	52	101
2 Brown  	56	65	121
3 Yale  	94	86	180
4 Georgetown      106   79    185
5 Connecticut Co 125    63    188
6 Harvard         73    121   194
7 Dartmouth Col   93    103   196
8 St. Marys       81    116   197
9 Tufts           82    130   212
10 South Florida  102   116   218
11 Hobart/WmSm    159    80   239
12 Charleston     116   128   244
13 Queen's        162   125   287
14 Navy           133   173   306
15 Boston Univ    169   160   329
16 Cornell        170   171   341
ODU Sailors: 	A Div (Clement, Bower) 49, 1st, B Div (Capozzi, Gibbons-Neff, Bourne) 52, 1st


Atlantic Coast Dinghy Championships
32 Races, US Coast Guard

		          A    B   Tot
1. St. Mary's College     89   59  148
 2. Harvard University     90   74  164
 3. USMMA -Kings Point    110  120  230
 4. Boston College        129  112  241
 5. Tufts University       98  145  243
 6. Hobart/Wm Smith Coll  114  130  244
 7. Brown University      112  150  262
 8. Yale University       138  151  289
 9. Old Dominion Univ.    130  160  290
10. Coll. of Charleston   158  135  293
11. Coast Guard Academy   140  155  295
12. Washington College    165  133  298
13. Mass. Inst. Tech.     145  167  312
14. US Naval Academy      178  138  316
15. Georgetown Univ.      148  206  354
16. Univ. of So. Florida  220  144  364

ODU Sailors: A Div (Kerr, Cobb, Berg) 130 points, 8th place
		 B Div (Saralegui, Higgins, Fernandez) 160 points, 14th pl.