Tulane Set for Pair of Road Regattas

NEW ORLEANS – Tulane University sailing will hit the road again this weekend to compete in two separate regattas in the northeast on Saturday and Sunday, October 17-18. The Green Wave will be racing with a women's crew at the Women's Atlantic Coast Championship – Finals in St. Mary's City, Maryland, while the Wave will be represented by a coed squad at the 35th Captain Nelson Trophy in Hanover, New Hampshire.

The Women's Atlantic Coast Championship – Finals are set to be hosted by St. Mary's College of Maryland at the James P. Muldoon River Center on the waters of the St. Mary's River. The Wave will be one of 18 teams competing in the regatta which also features sailors from Bowdoin, Brown, College of Charleston, Columbia, Dartmouth, Fordham, Georgetown, Harvard, Hobart & Williams, MIT, Roger Williams, Stanford, Tufts, Navy, Hawaii, Pennsylvania, and Yale.

Racing for the Green Wave at the Women's Atlantic Coast Championship – Finals will be starting skippers Sammie Gardner and Ava Anderson with a rotation of crews featuring Taylor Bartell, Caitlin Briggs, Oakley Cunningham, Martha Hughes, Skye Terrell, and Gabriela Vassell.

The format for the two-day regatta will consist of two divisions each scheduled to complete 14 races. Competition is slated to begin at approximately 10 a.m. CT on Saturday and 9 a.m. CT Sunday.

Over in Hanover, New Hampshire, at the Captain Hurst Trophy this weekend Tulane will be one of 17 teams competing in the regatta hosted by Dartmouth. The other teams racing in the two-day regatta will be Boston College, Bowdoin, Brown, Connecticut College, Dartmouth, Fordham, Harvard, MIT, St. Mary's, Stanford, Tufts, Michigan, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, South Florida, and Yale.

Starting for the Wave at the Captain Hurst Trophy will be skippers Christian Ebbin and Kelly Holthus with crews Sophia Adams, Sabrina Anderson, Molly Bonham, Parker Kumler, Sloane Mullin, and Winnie Young.

The Stu Nelson Trophy is slated to be sailed in three divisions with 14 races scheduled for each division. Racing is set to start at approximately 10 a.m. CT on Saturday and 9 a.m. CT Sunday.

Live results for the events this weekend can be found here: Women's Atlantic Coast Championship – Finals | 35th Captain Hurst Trophy.

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Players Mentioned

Sophia Adams

Ava Anderson

Sabrina Anderson

Taylor Bartell

Molly Bonham

Caitlin Briggs

Oakley Cunningham

Christian Ebbin

Sammie Gardner

Kelly Holthus

Martha Hughes

Parker Kumler

Sloane Mullin

Skye Terrell

Gabriela Vassel

Winnie Young

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