WATERVILLE VALLEY, N.H. – The Vermont State University Castleton men's alpine skiing team closed out the regular season with a third-place finish in the giant slalom at Waterville Valley Resort yesterday afternoon.

Alex Jorge Lopez led the Spartans with an eighth-place finish, clocking a time of 2:08.52 to wrap up the regular season ranked 13^th individually. Sondre Andersen finished 14^th at 2:09.23 and closed the regular season ranked fifth overall, highlighted by a third-place slalom ranking.

Marti Llort placed 15^th in 2:09.42, while Gavin Bochnak finished 25^th at 2:15.77. Matthew Moeckel rounded out Castleton's scoring with a 28^th-place finish time of 2:17.66.

Castleton posted a combined team time of 6:27.17 to earn third place overall, finishing the regular season ranked third in the team standings behind Babson College and Clarkson University. Babson won the event with a time of 6:12.30, followed by Clarkson in second at 6:23.12.

The Spartans head to Sugarloaf on Saturday, February 14 for the USCSA Eastern Regional Championships, with giant slalom on day one and slalom on day two (February 15).