The USF Sailing team will compete in St. Petersburg in the Eckerd Intersectional, on Saturday and Sunday
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TAMPA, FEB. 28, 2020 – The USF women’s sailing team stays close to home for its second event of the spring, competing, in St. Petersburg at this weekend’s Eckerd Intersectional.
The coed event will feature 18 schools. USF will be fielding the only all-freshman team in the intersectional which will stack up as an interesting matchup against diverse teams: NC State, Boston College, Florida State, Georgia Tech, Miami, UC Santa Barbara, Princeton, and Texas.
Conditions for Saturday are ideal, with winds gusting in the 11-18 knot range, and temperature’s barely reaching 60 degrees.
“Fielding an-all freshman team is always a challenge, but these four competitors have been working very hard in practice and I expect their effort to pay off. While everyone wants to win every regatta, I think it will be a great learning experience for us, racing against teams from all over the country, and a top-five finish is definitely achievable,” said head coach Allison Jolly.
Up Next
The Bulls will head to Maryland for the St. Mary’s Spring Inter-Conference, March 14-15.
About USF Sailing
The USF sailing program has reached the national finals in seven of the last eight years. The Bulls finished in the top 10 during the 2012 and 2013 seasons. The sailing team is based out of St. Petersburg and led by head coach Allison Jolly, a former USA Olympian and 2016 Florida Sports Hall of Fame inductee.
