HARMONY, N.C. - The Florida Southern College water ski team traveled to compete in the SAC Regional Championship over the weekend coming away with a second-place finish. The Moccasins defeated several Division I opponents, including Auburn, Clemson, and Georgia Institute of Technology. FSC even took down local rival Rollins, who finished fourth out of the nine other schools at regionals. 
 
The only team to put any pressure and competition on the Mocs was DI University of Alabama, who won the overall regional with 6600 points, while FSC finished with a total of 5,800 points toward their overall total. 
 
"Great event this weekend at collegiate regionals hosting nine teams competing for the title," said head coach Curtis Rabe. "From the start, it was a dogfight between Alabama and Florida Southern. Each event was very competitive and Florida Southern skied with a mission! Lots of personal bests and even had several on the podium. Big kudos to Rebecca Ramsay for taking home the gold in jump! Unfortunately, we came up a little short of winning but very pleased with the effort and a solid second-place finish!"
 
In the women's division, senior Rebecca Ramsay led the way with a first-place finish in the jump. Ramsay had a 122ft jump to defeat Alabama's Samantha Hill with a 117ft jump. Behind Ramsey in fourth was sophomore junior Sierra Klinchuch, jumping 99 feet, and Delaney Harris finished in the top 10 jumping 63 feet to finish seventh. 
 
In the trick category, Ramsay continues to lead the way, finishing third with 1370 points and only two University of Alabama trick skiers in front of her. Klinchuch finished fifth (1130 points), and Josefa Gonzalez in 10th (680 points) for the top 10. 
 
The final event for the women was the Slalom where FSC finished with three in the top 10 as Klinchuch had a second-place finish followed by Gonzalez and Ramsay in the fourth and fifth. Just barely outside the top 10 were senior Kirsten Pullano and Harris earning 11th and 12th. 
 
In the men's division, FSC took home fifth and sixth and eighth through 10th in the jump with sophomore Evan Robbins placing in fifth with a 162 ft jump and junior John Horwood in sixth jumping 158 ft. Eighth through 10th belonged to sophomore Vicente Tizza (153 ft), freshman Sergio Barrientos (152 ft), and junior Chris Horwood (140 ft) to close out the top finishers for FSC. 
 
In the trick category, Chris Horwood finished fifth earning 3180 points, while Robbins (2210 points, and John Horwood (2200 points) came home with eighth and ninth place respectively. 

Sophomore Collin Frucci led FSC in the Slalom finishing behind three of Alabama's skiers for a fourth-place finish. Right behind Frucci was John Horwood in fifth, along with Chris Horwood in eighth and junior William McLaughlin in ninth. 
 
FSC will conclude their season in two weeks when they travel to Zachary, La. to compete in the NCWSA Collegiate Nationals. The event is scheduled for Oct. 26-28.