Goalie Sauer returns to Stingrays from AHL Hershey

The South Carolina Stingrays, the ECHL affiliate of the Washington Capitals, announced Monday that goaltender Billy Sauer has been returned to the team from the Hershey Bears of the American Hockey League (AHL).

Sauer, 24, appeared in seven games with the Stingrays this season, going 3-2-2 with a 2.74 goals-against average and .917 save percentage.

The Rochester, N.Y., native did not appear in a contest with the Bears.

Sailing

The third-ranked College of Charleston coed sailing team placed ninth at the Truxtun Umsted regatta hosted by the U.S. Naval Academy over the weekend in Annapolis, Md., while the women finished 12th at the St. Mary's Women's Invitational hosted by St. Mary's College of Maryland in St. Mary's City, Md.

The Cougars, who were the defending Truxtun Umsted champions, came up short at the 20-team field regatta with a total of 213 points.

Junior All-American skipper Mac Mace and senior All-American crew Perry Emsiek came in 12th in A-Division, while junior All-American skipper Zeke Horowitz and junior crew Cory DeCollibus finished 11th in a three-way head-to-head tiebreaker with Navy and Yale in B-Division.

Freshman Chris Sands (Nassau, Bahamas) placed ninth in C-Division with 54 points and junior Ben Spector (Santa Clarita, Calif.) turned in the highest-finish of all CofC sailors at the event with 40 points good enough for fifth in D-Division.