Women’s sailing: UCI wins fall championship

The UC Irvine women’s sailing team won the Pacific Coast

Intercollegiate Yacht Racing Association championship at Newport Harbor

Oct. 27-28.

The Anteaters finished the 24-race competition over Divisions A and B

with a total of 74 points, followed by University of Hawaii (81) and

Stanford (82).

The UCI team consisted of Emily Robb and Trish Perry in Division A and

Lauren Maxam and Emily Hemberger in Division B. Both teams finished

second in their divisions.

The races were completed over two days in light south-west winds. UC

Irvine hosted teams from Stanford, University of Hawaii, Cal, UC Santa

Barbara and UC Santa Cruz.

Single and double windward leeward courses were sailed off the western

tip of Lido Isle.