Savin Hill, MA – 10/20/24 – The Dartmouth College Big Green Chase Decker ’28 and Phoebe Lee ’26 are the NEISA Open Sailors of the Week. Their B Division win at the Open Atlantic Coast Championships led the Big Green to second place overall at the event, just 4 points behind the Stanford Cardinal and 3 points ahead of the Tulane Green Wave. Unseasonably warm weather brought very light winds below 8 knots through the weekend and only 7 races were sailed in each division to round out the event. The duo prevailed in the challenging light and variable conditions to win the division, just one point ahead of second place. They finished in the top 4 in 4 of the seven races sailed.
New Haven, CT – 10/20/24 – For the third consecutive week, the Yale Bulldogs dominated New England Women’s Sailing. Emma Cowles ’25 and Jessi Avila-Shah ’25 are this week’s NEISA Women’s Sailors of the week for their standout performance at home at the Yale Women’s Interconference. Cowles and Avila-Shah won an impressive 7 of the 13 races sailed, and finished outside of the top five in only 2 races. The duo handily won A division with a 23-point lead over second place. Their performance helped Yale to the overall win at the event over second place Dartmouth.
Around NEISA
Boston College hosted the Open Atlantic Coast Championship Finals at Savin Hill Yacht Club. 10 NEISA teams qualified for the event, 7 of which finished in the top 10. The Dartmouth College Big Green finished 2nd, and were the only NEISA team to make the podium after 7 races. Harvard (4th), Coast Guard (5th), Bowdoin (6th), Yale (7th), Boston College (8th), and URI (9th) rounded out the rest of the NEISA teams in the top 10.
NEISA teams dominated the Yale Women’s interconference, sweeping the top 5. The Yale Bulldogs won the event in convincing fashion, ahead of Dartmouth (2nd), Harvard (3rd), Brown (4th), and Northeastern (5th).
Northeastern University (3rd) and MIT (5th) both finished in the top 5 at the Atlantic Coast Tournament hosted by Connecticut College. The Boston College Eagles won the 3 division Oberg Trophy at MIT. Salve Regina won the Chris Loder Trophy at UNH.