CHARLEMONT, Mass. – The Vermont State University Castleton men's alpine skiing team notched a second-place finish Saturday at Berkshire East in slalom, with Aksel Stroem-Hansen clinching the first individual win for a men's team member this season.
 
Stroem-Hansen posted a time of 1:30.94 to take the top spot, with Sondre Andersen finishing fifth with a time of 1:32.49, giving the Spartans two top-10 finishes. Lucas Pons Morillo (12th), Nate Hazen (13th), Kevin McDonough (15th), Matthew Moeckel (23rd), and Jack Conneely (25th) completed the field for Castleton.
 
4:39.17 was enough to put the Spartans in second overall, with Babson taking first with a time of 4:37.02, and UMass Amherst taking third with a time of 4:43.44.
 
The Spartans finish the weekend of slalom at Catamount in Egremont, Massachusetts today (February 9), and head to Sugarloaf next weekend for giant slalom Saturday, and slalom Sunday.