Alpine Skiing

Women Place Second in 2023 Opener

Posted: Jan 14, 2023

RUMFORD, Maine - The Saint Joseph's College women's alpine ski team kicked off the 2023 season with a second place finish in a giant slalom race at Black Mountain on Saturday. The Monks tallied 29 place points with a 4:01.36 composite time.

UMaine-Farmington earned the team title with six place points and a 3:44.12 total time to snap the Monks' 15-race regular-season winning streak, which began with a slalom victory at Titcomb on February 21st, 2021. The Beavers featured all three athletes at the podium, as Grace Mahmood (1:13.65), Lauren Kessen (1:14.36), and Tegan Andrew (1:16.11) placed first, second, and third, respectively.

THE RUNDOWN:

Sophomore Maddie Zordan (New Hartford, Conn.) placed fifth with a 1:16.63 (39.63, 37.00) effort and registered the third-fastest time on the second run (37.00)
Junior Maeghan Perkins (Turner, Maine) was 10th with a 1:20.67 (40.88, 39.79) time
Freshman Sienna Mack (Lincoln, N.H.) posted a 1:24.06 (44.40, 39.66) time and placed 14th in her collegiate debut
Sophomore Lillian Souweine (Bangor, Maine) was 16th (1:24.73, 43.15 – 41.58)
Junior Erica Irvin (Windham, N.H.) notched the eighth-fastest time (37.96) on the second run after posting a DNF on the first
Junior Courtney Pingree (Marblehead, Mass.) crashed on the first run and did not compete in the second

NEXT!

Saint Joseph's will compete in a slalom race at Black Mountain tomorrow at 10:00 AM.

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Founded in 1912 by the Sisters of Mercy in Portland, Maine, Saint Joseph’s College is Maine’s Catholic liberal arts college in the Mercy tradition. We are inclusive of all faiths, including no faith. The 474-acre campus, located on the shore of Sebago Lake in Standish, Maine offers more than 40 undergraduate programs and a Division III athletic program to a population of approximately 1,000 on-campus students. A pioneer of distance education since the 1970s, the College also provides online certificates and undergraduate and graduate degrees for thousands more working adults who reside in more than 20 other countries. In 2015 the College was selected by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching to receive its Community Engagement Classification, highlighting the College’s focus on community service throughout its mission and daily interactions within local, regional, and global communities. In 2018, Princeton Review recognized SJC as one of its “Green Colleges” for its sustainability initiatives. Learn more at www.sjcme.edu.