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*** Schmelz, Kalrson, and Escandon are the Women Sailors of the Week ***

*** McGranahan, Marlo, and Cabot are the Open Sailors of the Week ***

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On Weekend 4 of the Fall 2023 Season, the Women's Atlantic Coast Championship qualifiers were held at the US Naval Academy and St. Mary's College to determine who would compete in the ACC Women's Finals later this season at Yale. At Navy, the College of Charleston Cougars delivered a podium finish for 3rd overall earning a berth to ACC Women's Finals with A-Division Grace Squires (Sr., Worthington, OH), and Clara Murphy (Fr., Norfolk, VA) earning fourth in the division and the Cougars' B-Division sailors Emma Tallman (Sr., Torrance, CA), and Lucy Klempen (Sr., Kingshill, USVI) winning their division in impressive fashion. Congratulations to the Cougars women for earning SAISA Women's Sailors of the Week for week 4. At home the Cougars were also hosting the Charleston Fall Interconference Regatta where 9 cross-regional teams from SAISA and MAISA gathered to compete in an intense combined division event. College of Charleston sailors Brandon Geller (Sr., Anna Maria, FL), Brylie Schaubach (So., Norfolk, VA), Lawson Levine (Sr., Chicago, IL), and Andrea Melnik (Fr., Charleston, SC) won the competitive event and with the victory, earn SAISA Open Sailors of the Week honors for Week 4. (Not pictured above: Clara Murphy, Andrea Melnik)

***Hawkins and Baker are the NEISA Womens Sailors or the Week***

***Williams and Pohl have been named the NEISA Open Sailors of the Week***

On Weekend 3 of the Fall 2023 Season, SAISA held Match Race Conference Championships hosted by the College of Charleston where the Cougars secured a hard-fought regatta win over eight conference teams. The Cougars will represent SAISA at the ICSA Match Race National Championships in November. Congratulations to Axel Stordahl (Sr., Gig Harbor, WA), Lucy Klempen (Sr., Kingshill, USVI), Garrett Grenauer (Jr., Buffalo, NY), and Lawson Levine (Sr., Chicago, IL) for earning this week's SAISA Open Sailors of the Week for week 3. 

*** Nelson and Allen are the Open Sailors of the Week ***

*** Nicolosi and Moeder are the Women's Sailors of the Week ***

On Weekend 2 of the Fall 2023 Season, SAISA held its conference Singlehanded Conference Championships in both women's and open divisions, this year hosted in Melbourne, Florida by Florida Tech. Jacksonville University's Emily Allen (Sr., St. Petersburg, FL) won the SAISA Women's Singlehanded Championship over a field of the conference's ten best women's Laser/ILCA sailors, earning SAISA Women's Sailor of the Week honors. In the Open division, the College of Charleston's Benjamin Dufour (So., Geneva, CH) won the SAISA Open Singlehanded Championship against 17 of the conference's best Laser/ILCA sailors and earned SAISA Open Sailor of the Week honors. Additionally, the USF Bulls team of Emmy DiGiacomo (Sr., Tampa, FL), Eden Nykamp (Jr., Holland, MI), Andreas Keswater (Sr., Torrance, CA), and Melissa Janes (So., Eustis, FL), traveled to the MCSA where they dominated a field of 17 teams over the course of the two day, 12-race Fall Fury Regatta event finishing every single race on the podium including seven bullets across the two divisions.  

*** Doble is the Women's Sailor of the Week ***

*** Reeser is the Open Sailor of the Week ***

*** Schofield and Pohl are the Open Sailors of the Week ***

*** Schmelz and Karlson are the Women's Sailors of the Week ***

The College of Charleston's Noah Zittrer (So., Clear Falls, TX) and Chloe Hudgins (Sr., Jensen Beach, FL) are the SAISA Open Sailors of the Week after placing first in A-Division at the SAISA Fall Top 9 Invite Regatta and helping the host Cougars earn the regatta win this past weekend. The pair earned podium finishes in five of the six races in a combined 18-boat fleet featuring the top 9 teams in SAISA including securing two first place "bullets." Also at the SAISA Top 9, the University of South Florida Bulls' sailors Eden Nykamp (Jr., Holland, MI) and Brilan Christopher (Sr., Miami, FL) earned recognition as the SAISA Women's Sailors of the Week for their performance finishing 5th overall in the event, but more importantly helping to qualify the USF squad for a return trip to the ICSA Open Atlantic Coast Championships later this season.