NORFOLK, Va. - Old Dominion sailing wrapped up competing at the Women’s ACC Championship in Annapolis, Maryland and the Nevins Trophy in Nassau County, New York. The ODU women’s sailing team finished second out of 17 competing schools and the open sailing team placed 12th out of 18 schools.
“It really came together for the women’s squad at the Women’s Atlantic Coast Tournament,” said ODU Head Coach Mitch Brindley. “Even with some flaws, Marina [Conde] , Helena [Allocco] and Morgan [Auth] lit it up, winning A-Division. Across the board at both regattas, we are making progress.”
Navy hosted the Women’s ACC Tournament and Boston College finished in first place with a final score of 151. The Monarchs were only six points off forcing a head-to-head tiebreaker for first place and were 30 points ahead of third place finishers Miami (187).
Old Dominion finished first in Division A with 85 points and were led by Marina Conde, Morgan Auth, and Helena Allocco. In Division B, the Monarchs placed fourth (72) with Esther Ireland and Molly Hanson manning ODU’s boat.
Rhode Island placed fourth (194), followed by Northeastern (195) in fifth and Rollins (198) in sixth place. U.S. Coast Guard Academy finished in seventh while St. Mary’s (Md.) (224) and Connecticut (224) went to a head-to-head tiebreaker. The Seahawks came out on top over the Camels to finish in eighth while Connecticut placed ninth.
South Florida earned 10th place (232), NC State placed 11th (282), Boston landed 12th (290), California came in 13th (303), George Washington ended the day in 14th (305, Vermont finished 15th (343), and Salve Regina (352) and Princeton (447) finished 16th and 17th, respectively.
Old Dominion finished in 12th at the Nevins Trophy hosted by Kings Point with 247 points. The Monarchs placed 13th in Division A with Pierce Brindley, Madison Bivins, and Emily Body-Goldberg all in action. The Silver and Blue placed 12th in Division B with Dewey, Body-Goldberg, Caspian Collett, and Josie Brindley on the water.
Stanford (99) earned first place followed by Penn (156) in second and Tufts (175) in third. Navy (180), St. Mary’s (Md.) (182), and Hobart and William Smith (185) all finished within five points of each other. The Midshipmen edged out the Seahawks for 5th by two points and St. Mary’s (Md.) beat out HWS by three points for fifth as the Statesmen placed sixth.
Miami finished in seventh (189) followed by Fordham (209) in eighth and the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in ninth (224). Yale (231) landed 10th place, NC State (234) took 11th and were 13 points ahead of the Monarchs in 12th (247). Eckerd (253) placed 13th and were six points off forcing a head-to-head tiebreaker.
Boston (262), Kings Points (264), Webb (318), SUNY Maritime College (325), and George Washington finished 14th through 18th, respectively.
UP NEXT:
ODU heads to Providence, Rhode Island for the Open ACC Championship. The Silver and Blue’s women's sailing team is in New Haven, Connecticut for the Yale Women's Regatta. All events will take place on October 24-25. All events will last all day.