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Camels compete in tennis and sailing this weekend

The Connecticut College women's sailing team won an intersectional tournament on Sunday, while the men's tennis team earned individual wins in a tennis competition on Saturday. The following information was provided by William Tomasian, sports information director at Connecticut College:

Sailing

The Connecticut College women's sailing team, who are ranked #5 in the Sailing World's college national poll, topped the 20 team field on Lake Mascoma to win the Mrs. Hurst Bowl/Dartmouth Intersectional in Hanover, N.H. The Camels scored 47 points in the two-day intersectional to outlast top-ranked Yale University, who finished with 49 points in second place.

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Bowdoin College placed third with a score of 53 points while the third ranked Brown University Bears scored 54 points en route to their fourth place finish.

Junior All-American skipper Atlantic Brugman and Grace Medley placed second in the A division with a score of 20 points. In the B division, Bitsy Whipple and Kim Bolick scored 27 points in a fourth place showing.

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Senior Claire Sacco, Aliza Price and Alex Israel contributed to the successful weekend.

Connecticut College head sailing coach Jeff Bresnahan was pleased with the strong start at the team's first major intersectional.

"It's Great to be able to use some freshmen and other key members of the team to go back to Lake Mascoma and win two years in a row," Bresnahan said.

Brugman and Whipple echoed the sentiments of Bresnahan.

"Coming off a very successful 2010-2011 season, this was a great way for us to kick off a new season," the two skippers said. "Even though the conditions were rough, we stayed focused."

The Connecticut College coed sailing team, who is receiving votes in Sailing World college national poll, turned in a strong performance with a 10th place showing in the 18 team field Hatch Brown Regatta hosted by MIT on the Charles River.

The Camels scored 439 points in the two-day regatta. The College of Charleston won the regatta with a score of 297 points. MIT placed second with 334 points while the Hawks of Roger Williams University took third place with a score of 338 points.

Seniors Peter Miller and Marina Gluckman scored 116 points to pace the Camels with a fourth place showing in the B division. In the A division, sophomore skipper Kevin Martland and Elizabeth Wilsterman finished 11th with a score of 158 points.

Men's Tennis

The Connecticut College men's tennis team co-hosted a four-team individual tournament with the Coast Guard Academy Saturday. Senior Jeff Weisberger (Wayne, N.J.) and freshman Joshua Suneby (Wellesley, Mass.) paved the way for the Camels with individual flight victories in their respective slots at #1 and #2 singles.

Weisberger coasted to a 6-1, 6-3 win in the first round against Michael Capozzi (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) of Manhattanville College. In the final, the senior rallied for a 3-6, 6-1, 10-5 victory in the super tie-breaker against Blake Maurer (Fort Worth, Tex.) of the Coast Guard.

In the opening round, Suneby cruised to a 6-1, 6-1 triumph over Jeff DeNunzio (Barrington, R.I.) of Roger Williams University before closing out the flight victory with a 6-1, 6-4 win against the Coast Guard's Nick Martin (State College, Pa.).

Freshman John Cangelosi (Gill, Mass.) won the fifth singles flight. Cangelosi earned a 6-0, 6-3 against Karim Mahmoud (Cairo, Egypt) of Manhattanville and went on take the final round with a 7-6, 6-1 triumph against Ryan Swanson (West Newbury, Mass.) of Roger Williams.

The Camels won three consolation rounds. Senior Jeremy Bader (Lexington, Mass.) earned a 6-1, 6-1 victory over Jason Pacino (North Reading, Mass.) of Roger Williams to win the consolation round at #3 singles.

Will Tucker (London, U.K.) posted a 7-5, 6-2 win against Taylor Webster (Bristol, Conn.) to win at #4. Huan Nguyen (Pleasantville, N.Y.) collected the third consolation win at #6 with a decisive 6-0, 6-0 blanking of Gabriel Berlingeri of Manhattanville.

The Camels dominated in the doubles pairings, taking three of the four match ups. Suneby and Weisberger paired up for an 8-5 win against Maurer and Chris Hoffman (El Lago, Tex.) of Coast Guard in the #1 doubles flight.

Cangelosi and Nguyen earned an 8-5 victory against DeNunzio and Zach Bussiere (Colchester, Vt.) of Roger Williams in the finals to take the third doubles flight.

In the fourth doubles flight, freshman Mike Fratt (Bethesda, Md.) and sophomore Will Tucker triumphed with an 8-2 victory against their opposition from the Coast Guard.

Junior Mike DeCorato (Staten Island, N.Y.) and Jeremy Bader won the consolation round at second doubles, outlasting Dean Tahir (Yonkers, N.Y.) and Berlingeri of Manhattanville in an 8-1 victory.

Complete results from the Connecticut College/Coast Guard Individual men's tennis tournament are available here.


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