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Brown Sailing: Fall Season Round-Up

#3 Coed Team Finishes Second at Atlantic Coast Championship and Single-handed Nationals

The coed team ended the fall season strong, finishing second overall out of 18 of the top ranked teams in college sailing at the Atlantic Coast Championship from November 14-15 at Harvard. The Boston College Eagles won the event. Considered the fall championship for college sailing and one of the deepest events of the season, the Bears finished eighth in A-division and won B-division with an impressive 38 points in the 10 race event. Fred Strammer’11 and Sally Evans ’11 sailed A-division while Will Brown ’10 and Theresa O’Neil ’10 continued their string of consistency in B-division.

Brown/O’Neil had an impressive fall, finishing top five in their division in every event and winning B-division at both the Nevin’s Trophy and ACC’s. They were second in A-division at the Moody Trophy, second in B-division at the Schell Trophy, third in B-division at the Hoyt Trophy, fourth in B-division at Navy Fall, and fifth in B-division at the Harry Anderson Intersectional.

Fred Strammer finished second at the ICSA/Laser Performance Men’s Single-handed National Championship, November 6-8, in Corpus Christi, TX. Strammer was leading after the first day, and headed into the last two races only seven points behind leader, Juan Maegli, from the College of Charleston. Both boats were mathematically secured of no worse than second overall heading into the last two races, so an exciting match racing (one on one) battle ensued on the final day. Although Strammer got the better of Maegli on the starting line, Maegli’s straight line speed was too good in the windier conditions on the final day. Maegli went on to win by 13 points, but it was a very exciting and well sailed event by Strammer. To see great video footage from the final two races, check out http://www.sailgroove.org/videos/coverage/view_video/234662-groovy-move-of-the-week/209567-the-flush-fred-strammer

On November 7-8, the coed team had their first team race event of the season, the Hap Moore Team Race Intersectional at Boston College. Brown finished fourth out of 12 teams with 10 wins and 6 losses. Sailing for the Bears was Jeffrey Knowles ‘10/Sally Evans/Tim Eisen ’11, Will Brown/Theresa O’Neil, and Mark Towill ‘11/Lucy Seyfarth ’10. The freshmen team won the Freshmen Intersectional (aka the Freshmen Nationals) on the same weekend at Boston University. Tommy Fink ‘13/Molly Bernstein ’13 finished fourth in A-division and Colin Smith ‘13/Logan Shanney ’13 won B-division by an impressive 20 points. This is the second time in the last three years that Brown has won this event.

Brown finished the fall season ranked #3 in the final coed rankings. Here’s a recap of the coed teams top results from the fall season:

September 12-13 Harry Anderson Trophy @ Yale 3rd/20 teams
September 12-13 Pine Trophy Sloop Intersectional @ Coast Guard 4th/10 teams
September 19-20 Nevins Trophy @ Kings Point 2nd/20 teams
September 26-27 NEISA Sloop Champs @ Coast Guard 2nd/10 teams *qualified for Nationals
October 3-4 Danmark Trophy @ Coast Guard 4th/20 teams
October 10-11 NEISA Single-handed Champs @ RW 2nd/22 boats *qualified for Nationals
October 10-11 Moody Trophy @ URI 1st/17 teams
October 17-18 Navy Fall Intersectional @ Navy 3rd/20 teams
October 17-18 Southern Series Six @ Providence College 1st/12 teams

October 23-25 ICSA Sloop Champs/Shields Trophy @ Coast Guard 4th/10 teams
October 24-25 Sherman Hoyt Trophy @ Brown 4th/18 teams
October 24 Southern Series Seven @ Yale 5th/12 teams

Oct. 31-Nov. 1 Erwin Schell Trophy @ MIT 6th/20 teams *qualified for ACC’s
Oct. 31-Nov. 1 New England Freshmen Champs/Nickerson Trophy @ BU 2nd/17 teams
November 1 Invite @ Providence College 3rd/10 teams
November 6-8 ICSA Men’s Single-handed Nationals @ Corpus Christi, TX 2nd/18 boats

November 7-8 Hap Moore Team Race Interectional @ BC 4th/12 teams *10-6 record
November 7-8 RI State Champs/Narragansett Bay Open @ Salve Regina 4th/20 teams
November 7-8 Freshmen Intersectional @ BU 1st/14 teams
November 7 No Ringer Invite @ MIT 5th/17 teams
November 8 Crews Regatta @ MIT 2nd/16 teams

November 14-15 Atlantic Coast Dinghies/Fiske-Harriman-Sleigh @ Harvard 2nd/18 teams

#5 Women Finish Seventh at ACC’s, Sixth at Single-handed Nationals

The women’s team finished up a solid fall season by finishing seventh at the Atlantic Coast Women’s Championship at Brown on November 14-15. With light conditions and strong current from heavy rainfall, getting in races was difficult and only 8 races were sailed in each division during the two day event. The Bears were in the top five for much of the event, but a few tough races to end the regatta dropped Brown to seventh overall, only 10 points out of third. Elizabeth Barry ‘11/Logan Shanney ’13 finished eighth in A-division. Charlotte Lipschitz ’10 and Emily Dellenbaugh ’12 split time skippering in B-division with crew Margot Elmaleh ’12 and Lipschitz crewing the last two races as well. Brown finished fifth in B-division.

Elizabeth Barry finished sixth at the ICSA/Laser Performance Women’s Single-handed National Championship, November 6-8, in Corpus Christi, TX. Barry was in the hunt for a top five overall finish going into the last races, sailing a very consistent event. A tough last day including a premature start kept Barry out of the top five, finishing a very respectable sixth overall with 117 points in the 18 boat fleet.

The women’s team finished the fall season ranked #5 in college sailing. Here’s a recap of the women’s teams results:

September 12-13 Women’s Antonia Schuman Trophy @ MIT 3rd out of 12 teams
September 19-20 Women’s Mrs. Hurst Bowl @ Dartmouth 3rd/17 teams
September 26-27 NEISA Single-handed Champs @ BC 5th/14 boats *qualified for Nationals
October 3-4 Finger Lakes Women’s Intersectional @ Cornell 5th/12 teams
October 10-11 Women’s Intersectional @ Navy 4th/16 teams
October 17-18 Women’s Intersectional @ Yale 3rd/20 teams
October 24-25 Women’s Stu Nelson Trophy @ Connecticut 7th/17 teams
Oct. 31-Nov. 1 Women’s Victorian Coffee Urn @ Harvard 5th/16 teams *qualified for ACC’s
November 6-8 ICSA Women’s Single-handed Nationals @ Corpus Christi, TX 6th/18 boats
November 14-15 Women’s Atlantic Coast Champs @ Brown 7th/18 teams

Final Fall Rankings

Latest College Rankings (November 15, 2009)

Coed [#] = first-place votes received Total Points
01. Boston College [13] 354
02. Yale [5] 328
03. BROWN 326
04. St. Mary’s 309
05. Georgetown 285
06. Charleston 268
07. Roger Williams 251
08. Vermont 239
09. Harvard 209
10. Tufts 194
11. Navy 174
12. Hobart/Wm Smith 155
13. Miami 150
14. Washington College 119
15. South Florida 93
16. Salve Regina 76
17. Old Dominion 59
18. Boston University 47
19. Stanford 35
20. Rhode Island 23
Also receiving votes: Dartmouth (19 points), Florida (17), USMMA/Kings Point (15), SUNY Maritime (7), UC Santa Barbara (6), Cal Maritime (3), Connecticut College (3), Queen’s (3).

Women [#] = first-place votes received Total Points
01. Boston College [16] 268
02. Charleston [1] 245
03. Yale [1] 242
04. Old Dominion 196
05. BROWN 180
05. Georgetown 180
07. Eckerd 162
08. Hobart/Wm Smith 137
09. St. Mary’s 122
10. Tufts 109
11. Dartmouth 74
12. South Florida 73
13. Harvard 68
14. Rhode Island 61
15. Connecticut College 23
Also receiving votes: Stanford (10 points), Navy (6

Brown Men’s Volleyball Shuts Down JWU 3-1

The Brown Men’s Volleyball program took on Johnson and Wales NCAA squat 3-1 last night at JWU. The team improved its’ pre-season record to 9-3 overall. The men will again be in action on December 5-6 when they travel to Boston University for their annual tournament.

Brown Sailing Takes 7th at Atlantic Coast Women’s Championship and 2nd at Atlantic Coast Championship

The Brown University Sailing team managed a 7th place finish at the Atlantic Coast Women’s Championship and a 2nd place finish at the Atlantic Coast Championship despite harsh weather condtions.  This was the last weekend of the Fall season and Brown Sailing will return to action again this spring and both teams are expected to be among the nation’s elite.

Atlantic Coast Women’s Championship

Atlantic Coast Women’s Championships
       Brown/Edgewood YC
      November 14-15, 2009
 
        FINAL RESULTS

                                    A B TOT
1 Boston College Eagles    74  33  107
2 Charleston Cougars 60 49 109
3 Yale Bulldogs               51 68 119
4 Eckerd Tritons             41 83 124
5 Georgetown Hoyas 41 86 127
6 Old Dominion Monarchs  57 71 128
7 Brown Bears 70 62 132
8 Hobart & William Sm Statesmen   83 50 133
9 Tufts Jumbos   72 66 138
10 South Florida Bulls 68 77 145
11 St. Mary’s Seahawks 89 64 153
12 Rhode Island Rams 59 95 154
13 Dartmouth Big Green 107 56 163
14 Harvard Crimson 83 93 176
15 Navy Midshipmen 87 93 180
16 Connecticut College Camels 100 88 188
17 Pennsylvania Quakers   92 108 200
18 Fordham Fordham 134 130 264

Atlantic Coast Championship

Atlantic Coast Championships
        Harvard
  November 14-15, 2009
 
      FINAL RESULTS

                                    A B TOT
1 Boston College Eagles   38  61  99
2 Brown Bears 83 38 121
3 St. Mary’s Seahawks 50 81 131
4 Yale Bulldogs               74 58 132
5 Georgetown Hoyas 57 80 137
6 Charleston Cougars 82 66 148
7 Vermont Catamounts 64 95 159
8 Harvard Crimson  71 97 168
9 Roger Williams Hawks   103 73 176
10 Tufts Jumbos  88 109 197
11 U. Miami Hurricanes 116 95 211
12 Navy Midshipmen 114 97 211
13 Hobart & William Sm Statesmen  135 112 247
14 Washington College Shoremen 114 134 248
15 South Florida Bulls 128 120 248
16 Old Dominion Monarchs  138 116 254
17 Kings Point Mariners 129 131 260
18 NY Maritime Privateers  127 147 274

Brown Ultimate Takes Huck-A-Hunk Tournament Title

 Despite poor weather conditions, the Brown University Ultimate team was able to capture the Huck-A Hunk O Burnin’ Pumpkin tournament this weekend at home. Brown won all three matches they played defeating Wesleyan 15-5, UMass 15-7, and Harvard 15-12.

 For more Brown Ultimate action please check out the men’s and women’s program at the following links:

Brownian Motion (Men)       Disco Inferno (Women)

Army Women’s Rugby takes NRU title over Brown

Rugbymag.com

Army 36 Brown 10
The West Point women are the Northeast’s top team, defeating Brown 36-10 in the DI College Championship. Army will be seeded fourth overall at the national Sweet 16s next spring, while Brown takes the overall sixth seed.

The pitches hadn’t recovered from yesterday’s downpour, so another forwards battle ensued as both teams tried to keep the ball in hand.

“Brown has a size advantage on us in the forwards,” Army coach Will Riddle explained, “and their game is in tight. During the past few weeks, we really worked on our technique in the tackle and around the breakdown.”

Led by eightman Kayla Orvik, who was runner-up for MVP of the championship, and flankers Alex Bradshaw, Ashley Sorensen and Melissa Niehus, Army was able to shut down Brown’s forward attack with aggressive fringe defense.

“They just got it into their heads that they weren’t going to be beat,” Riddle said of the forwards. “The entire pack put in a huge effort today. It was the best we’ve played all season.”

Read More At RugbyMag.com

Brown Sailing Finishes Strong at Single-Handed and Sloop National Championships

CollegeSailing.org

Although Corpus Christi did not quite live up to the reputation that gives it the distinction of being the windiest coastal city in North America, it did provide great racing for the ICSA / LaserPerformance Men’s and Women’s Singlehanded National Championships. Juan Maegli, a sophomore from College of Charleston, bested the fleet of 18 qualifiers with 10 top-three finishes and no finishes worse than 9th in the 18 races sailed in the Olympic class Laser winning the men’s championship. Second place finisher was Fred Strammer, Brown University, and third place was won by Thomas Barrows of Yale.

In the women’s Laser Radial fleet Anne Hager, a sophomore from Boston College, won her second straight ICSA / LaserPerformance Women’s Singlehanded National Championship with 10 top-three finishes in the 18 races. Hager edged out a Claire Dennis, Yale, by 6 points, while Allie Blecher, College of Charleston finished third. The event was generously hosted by Corpus Christi Yacht Club, sponsored by LaserPerformance, with supporting sponsorship form Marlow Ropes, GTS Photos, and US Sailing.

In the Sloop Championship Saturday morning brought light rain with southerly winds ranging from 10-14 knots. Four races were sailed in the morning using course W6 and W5. After a brief lunch break competitors went back out to winds 15-18 for the eight race. The last two races the wind decreased to under 10 knots.

The Championship came down to the last race between St. Mary’s and Boston College. BC got behind on the first beat while St. Mary’s had the points needed to win but Skipper Taylor Canfield fought hard enough to pass one boat on the final run to finish tied with St. Mary’s and won the tie breaker on virtue of their three 1st place finishes.  Brown ended up with a strong 4th place finish.

Video coverage and photos can be found at: http://www.sailgroove.org/videos/coverage/view/235795-icsalaserperformance-singlehanded-nationals

Sloop National Championship Results

Single Handed National Championship Results

Brown Women’s Rugby Advances to NRU Semi-Finals

Brown 34 – UCONN 11
Brown hosted the University of Connecticut in a first-round Northeast Rugby Union playoff match Saturday and moves on to the semi-finals after a strong team victory. The forwards and backs were well-connected from the opening kick. Brown went up 7-0 in the 7th minute after the Brown scrum won a UCONN put-in. Captain Alicia Hartley ’10 touched it down and wing Katie Glerum ’10 converted. Brown kept the pressure on in the rucks, forcing repeated off-sides by the Huskies. Alex Hartley ’10 took a quick tap and put Brown up 12-0 in the 14th minute. Ten minutes later the scrum again took the ball against the head and Alicia Hartley scored near the posts. Katie Glerum’s conversion put Bruno up 19-0. UCONN scored the first of two penalty kicks from 45 meters out to get on the board at 19-3. Brown came back quickly, gaining 60m of territory of a perfectly executed lineout play. After a series of forward punches, prop Mai Nguyen ’12 ran with power and put Brown up 24-6 at the half. Brown came out strong in the second half with fresh legs and new alignments and winger Blaine Martin scored wide, taking the ball of a long run by Mai Nguyen to put Brown up 29-6 early in the half. A breakout run by UCONN’s powerful 8 minutes later brought the score to 29-11. For the rest of the game, the defense clamped down and Brown got the better of the kicking game with strong kicks and runs by Emily Hsieh, Chelsea Garber and Katie East. Israelle McKinnon ’11 put the exclamation point on her outstanding tackling game with a strong run and try to bring the final score to 34-11.
The team looks to forward next weekend at UMass Amherst and the NRU semi-finals on Saturday and the chance to return to the NRU finals on Sunday.
NRU Quarterfinal Results

Women’s Division 1 (Top 3 advance to USA Championships)
(1) Army Women over (8) Hamilton College Women 68-0
(2) Brown University over (7) UConn Women 34-11
(3) UMass Women over (6) Cornell University Women 29-12
(4) Syracuse University Women over (5) Dartmouth College Women 17-12

Brown Women’s Rugby Looking to Bounce Back in NRU Playoffs

The Brown University Women’s Rugby team opens up the Northeast Women’s College Playoffs this weekend against UConn. Brown, coming off their first loss this season to now #1 ranked Army, defeated UConn earlier this season 22-0. The top 3 teams in the playoffs will advance to the USA Championships this Spring.

Women’s Division 1 (Top 3 advance to USA Championships)
(1) Army (NERFU #1) vs. (8) Hamilton College (NYS #3)
(2) Brown University (NERFU #2) vs. (7) University of Connecticut (NERFU #5)
(3) UMass - Amherst (NERFU #3) vs. (6) Cornell University (NYS #2)
(4) Syracuse University (NYS #1) vs. (5) Dartmouth College (NERFU #4)

Read More At RugbyMag.com

Brown Sailing: Women #4, Coed #6 in Latest National Rankings

Brown Qualifies for Atlantic Coast Championships, Finishes fourth at ICSA Sloop Nationals

The #6 nationally ranked coed team qualified for the Coed Atlantic Coast Championship with a sixth place finish at the Erwin Schell Trophy at MIT over the weekend of October 31-November 1. Led by William Brown ‘10, Theresa O’Neil ‘10, and Tim Eisen’s ‘11 second place finish in B-division, the Bears were in a tight battle for fourth place throughout the 20-team event. The top seven New England schools qualified for the ACC’s at Harvard on November 14-15. Brown finished second at the New England Freshmen Championship for the Nickerson Trophy at Boston University, just being edged out by Boston College.

The Sloop team of Fred Strammer, Mark Towill, Niki Osvalds ‘11, and Tommy Fink ‘13 finished fourth at the ICSA Sloop National Championship at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy on October 23-25. The coed team finished fourth at the Sherman Hoyt Trophy on October 24-25 at Brown.

The #4 ranked women’s team finished fifth at the Victorian Coffee Urn Women’s Intersectional, October 31-November 1. The top eight New England teams qualified for the Women’s Atlantic Coast Championship to be held November 14-15 at Brown.

Elizabeth Barry ‘11 and Fred Strammer ‘11 are headed to the ICSA Women’s and Men’s Single-handed National Championship, to be sailed November 6-8 in Corpus Christi, TX. Brown will also be competing at the Hap Moore Team Race Intersectional at Boston College, the Freshmen Intersectional at Boston University, and the Rhode Island State Champs at Salve Regina during the weekend of November 7-8.

Men’s Volleyball Finishes 2nd at Friar Friendship Classic

The Brown University Men’s Volleyball team competed this past weekend at the 1st Annual Friar Friendship Classic. The tournament featured local programs including Providence College, WPI, Bryant, URI, and Roger Williams. The team was able to come away with a 2nd place showing. The team’s next match is a scrimmage against Johnson and Wales’s varsity men’s squad on November 18th.