Posted: Aug 21, 2017

Top Five Flashback: Sailing #1

NEWPORT, R.I. - Salve Regina University athletics resumes its summer series with a daily flashback to the top five moments of 2016-17 for each of its 19 varsity sports. Beginning with Memorial Day (Monday, May 29, 2017) and finishing with the final day of August, 95 moments (19 x 5) will be shared to relive the most exciting happenings of the most recent Seahawk season.

After two days of tight competition, Salve Regina University hosted and won the New England Dinghy Tournament. Skipper Sam Shannon with crew Stephanie Clancy finished second in A-division, while skipper Jennifer Killian alternated between crews Lucie Ford and Madeline Lark to finish second in B-division. Together they won the regatta and have qualified the Seahawks for the New England Dinghy Championships, to be held at Boston College on April 29-30.

Salve Regina University
Salve Regina athletics sponsors 20 NCAA Division III varsity sports for men and women. The Seahawks compete in the Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC - baseball, men's and women's basketball, men's and women's cross country, field hockey, football, men's ice hockey, men's and women's lacrosse, men's and women's soccer, softball, men's and women's tennis, women's track and field, women's volleyball), New England Hockey Conference (NEHC - women's ice hockey), New England Intercollegiate Sailing Association (NEISA - sailing). Beginning in 2017-18, Salve Regina will also sponsor equestrian as a varsity sport, and adds junior varsity programs for baseball and men's lacrosse.