STANFORD, Calif. - Stanford sailing claimed the title at the Open Atlantic Coast Championship in Boston, highlighting a two-regatta slate for the Cardinal this past weekend.
Warm conditions limited the event to just seven races over the two-day event, but Stanford was able to come out on top with 92 points, earning a narrow victory over Dartmouth (96), Tulane (99), Harvard (104), and Coast Guard (106).
In the A division, Vanessa Lahrkamp and Alice Schmid finished third with 52 points, slotting in the Harvard and Tulane tandems.
Thomas Sitzmann and Ellie Harned bookended the B division competition with a pair of race wins, tallying 40 points on the weekend to finish just one point behind Dartmouth.
The Open ACCs win completed the Atlantic Coast Championship sweep for Stanford after earning the Women's ACC title on October 13.
"To win both Atlantic Coast Championships against the field most similar to what we will see at Nationals is a unique accomplishment and one this team has never achieved in its history," head coach Chris Klevan. "Those victories should give this young team a lot of confidence going into the off-season. However, we can expect our competition to be especially motivated and we must work harder to maintain what is a slim margin."
Down the road in New Haven, Conn., the Cardinal finished in ninth place at the Yale Women's Regatta.
Sophie Fisher and Alexandra Jones finished in fifth place in Division A with 91 points, earning a win in race six. The Division B pairing of Ava Cornell and Shay Wood finished in 10th place with 129 points.
"This was not the finish we were looking for, but I expect our sailors who went to Yale to return to campus motivated to continue improving," Klevan added. "This team has a lot of potential, but potential can never be realized without work."
Stanford returns to action next weekend with the PCCSC Women's Fall Championships and the Top-9 Invite.