LAKE PLACID, N.Y.—Senior Caroline Haaijer (Fairfield, Conn.) came in second and the Babson College women's alpine ski team had five skiers finish among the top 10 on the way to winning the giant slalom at Whiteface Mountain on Saturday. 

The Beavers' top three finishers posted a time of 5:32.78, which was just under four seconds faster than second-place Castleton. The victory was the third in four races to begin the season for the Green and White. 

Haaijer recorded a two-run time of 1:49.83 that was 2.74 seconds off the pace the top MacConnell Division finisher, Emilie Reinert Stene of Castleton. First-year Sonnie Travis (Park City, Utah) recorded her top result of the year finishing fourth with a time of 1:50.51, while junior Amelie Alkier (Collingwood, Ontario) placed sixth in a time of 1:52.44. 

First-year Ava Butler (Goshen, Conn.) was just 0.21 seconds behind Alkier in seventh position, first-year Riley Jerome (Bethel, Maine) came in 11th with a time of 1:56.03 and junior Alli Messier (Sherborn, Mass.) finished 18th with a two-run time of 1:59.14. 

Babson heads back to the slopes next Friday and Saturday when it travels to Berkshire East Mountain for slalom and giant slalom races.