HUNTINGTON, Vt. -- The Williams College men's alpine team put three skiers in the top 25 and ended up fourth for the day at Smuggler's Notch in day two of the St. Michael's Carnival.

 

Victor Major led the way with a first run of 51.01 seconds to put him in 14th. However, it was his second run, where, due to varying conditions, virtually all the athletes had considerably slower times, of 52.51 seconds that was 9th fastest in the field, and landed him in 8th place overall for the day.

 

Carson Houle and Dylan Thomas were the next finishers, coming in 18th and 22nd respectively.

 

The Williams women came in 10th. Gabrielle Markel was the quickest Williams woman of the day. Markel's two runs of 59.87 and 59.04 seconds for a total of one minute 58.91 seconds were enough to put her solidly into the top 30, at 26th place.

 

The Nordic team mixed things up today with co-ed relay. The teams were composed of four members, two men and two women, and each raced once around the 3-kilometer course.

 

The winning team for the day was from Middlebury College posted a total time of 38 minutes 37.4 seconds. The first Williams team came in 5th, only about 30 seconds behind the Middlebury team, in 38 minutes and 8 seconds.

 

Hannah Benson and senior Vanya Rybkin first and second legs, had especially good times of 10 minutes 28.3 seconds and 8 minutes 53.7 seconds respectively. Hannah Coleand Eli Hoenig, third and fourth legs, held their own as well, with equally competitive times of 10 minutes 44.4 seconds and 9 minutes 1.5 seconds.

 

Overall, the Nordic Ephs managed to take fourth for the day, helping give Williams the edge needed to stay in 6th place for team scores. UVM won again, with 883 points, followed by Dartmouth, UNH, Middlebury, Colby, and Williams with 503 points.

 

The ski team is now halfway through the regular carnival season, and is continuing to pick up momentum. The action resumes next Friday in Craftsbury, Vermont.

 

MEN'S HOCKEY

MEDFORD, Mass. -- The Williams men's hockey team  took a 4-2 victory over the Tufts Jumbos in their second meeting of the season Saturday evening.

 

The Ephs (12-4-2) scored two unanswered goals in the third period, with Sam Gray burying the game-winner early on in the period to lock in this victory.

 

Noah Klag in net for the Ephs made 29 saves. 

 

Williams next plays Wesleyan Friday at 7 p.m. at home.

 

WOMEN'S SQUASH

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. – The Williams College women’s squash team took down Drexel, 6-3, on Saturday afternoon.

 

The Ephs rallied from a 7-2 loss to Brown the previous evening and came back with an important victory over the Dragons.

 

The women are not finished with their tough week of matches and have two more to play on Sunday, traveling to Middletown, Conn., to play Amherst and Trinity.