The women’s team from Yale managed to take home the trophy with 101 total points, while the hosts from MIT sailed to a fifth place finish with 175 points.

TUFTS CENTRAL SERIES 1

A young crew of Harvard sailors traveled to Tufts to compete in the Tufts Central Series 1 regatta. Freshmen Andrew Mollerus, Sydney Karnovsky, Marek Zaleski, and Sophie Bermudez represented the Crimson in their first collegiate regatta.

Skipper Mollerus and his crew Karnovksy competed in the A division for Harvard. The freshmen duo started their careers on the right note with a win in their division. After eighteen races, they stood atop the field with 94 points.

On Saturday, Zaleski skippered the B division boat while junior Alice Kenney served as crew. Bermudez and sophomore Ashleigh Ingis took over the B division boat on Sunday. These four racers totaled 84 points, second best in their division.

The Crimson finished with 178 points, just nine points behind the winners from Boston University.

While Coach O’Connor is pleased with how his team started the season, he acknowledges that there is still a long way to go.

“We’re going to work on starts, boat-handling, and timing,” Coach O’Connor said. “We need to be more consistent, and we are going to continue to work hard to polish our boat handling.”

—Staff writer Blake Sundel can be reached at bsundel@college.harvard.edu.