Tulane University
Sperry Women's Eastern Semifinal
Sailing Heads North for ICSA National Championships
May 20, 2019 | Sailing
NEW ORLEANS – The Tulane sailing team is headed up to New England this week for its final competitions of the spring season, gearing up for the Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association (ICSA) Women's and Coed National Championships in Newport, Rhode Island.
The Green Wave are set to open their week of action in the Sperry Women's Eastern Semifinals on Tuesday and Wednesday, with competition beginning at 9 a.m. Of the 18 teams participating, the top nine schools will then qualify to compete for the title in the final rounds of sailing on Thursday and Friday.
Tulane is set to face Boston College, Bowdoin, Brown, Eckerd, Fordham, George Washington, Georgetown, Harvard, Stanford, Texas A&M, Coast Guard, Navy, UC Santa Barbara, Michigan, Pennsylvania, South Florida and Washington in the women's regatta. Each school will send one boat to compete in the respective A and B Division races, totaling 36 teams on the water.
The lineup for the women's regatta includes freshman Ciara Rodriguez-Horan, senior Grace Bloomfield, senior Sophie Ricker, freshman Amelia Schofield, freshman Grace Siwicki, sophomore Kate Lenhard, junior Josie Larkin and sophomore Alanna Austin.
Next up for the Olive and Blue is the Gill Coed Western Semifinals. Tulane will compete in the semifinals of the National Championship Semifinal Regatta on May 28 and 29, with the top nine teams qualifying for the finals on May 30 and 31.
The Green Wave will match up against Boston College, CSU Long Beach, Charleston, Connecticut College, Cornell, Florida State, Georgetown, Hobart & William, Old Dominion, Coast Guard, UC Santa Barbara, Miami, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Washington, Wisconsin and Yale in the coed portion of the competition. Each of the 18 teams participating will send one boat to compete in the A and B Division races, totaling 36 teams in the fleet-style races.
Freshman Ciara Rodriguez-Horan, senior Grace Bloomfield, senior Sophie Ricker, freshman Amelia Schofield, freshman Grace Siwicki, sophomore Kate Lenhard, junior Josie Larkin and sophomore Caelan Watts are set to sail in the coed competition.
In the Green Wave's last time out on the water, Tulane won 17 of its 24 races in the SEISA Women's Conference Championship to bring home the title in the team's inaugural varsity season.
Fans are able to stay updated with the Tulane sailing team this week tracking it's live scores here.
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