Ski 'Cats Tied for Fifth at EISA Championships (Day 1 of 2)

Friday, February 22

Alpine - GS Sunday River | Nordic - 5/10K Skate Black Mountain

University of New Hampshire

Bates Carnival/EISAs/NCAA Regionals

Emma Woodhouse Raced to a Sixth-Place Finish in Women's GS

2/22/2019 5:44:00 PM | Men's Skiing, Women's Skiing

Results

Woodhouse, Olsson Pace Alpine Efforts

NEWRY & RUMFORD, Maine– The University of New Hampshire ski team competed in day one action of the Bates College Carnival as a part of the 2019 EISA Championships/NCAA East Regional Championships on Friday and sit in fifth place.

Emma Woodhouse (Collingwood, Ontario) and Lisa Olsson (Stockholm, Sweden) nabbed top-10 finishes in the women's giant slalom at Sunday River to lead the way. Woodhouse's combined time of 2 minutes, 39.21 seconds garnered a sixth-place finish, while Olsson took eighth place. The top-10 placement for Woodhouse is her eighth in nine alpine races this season.

Fanny Sanderberg (Oslo, Norway) rounded out the women's GS for the 'Cats coming in at 2:41.08 to finish 14^th. In all, UNH picked up 98 of its 218 first-day points in the women's GS.

In the 10K freestyle on the men's side of the Nordic races, Bryce Hartman (Saranac, N.Y.) led the way for UNH, posting a 24^th-place finish at Black Mountain. Will Bodewes (Durango, Colo.) finished in 26^th place.

Alpine: Sunday River
Feb. 22 – Women's Giant Slalom • Men's Giant Slalom
Nordic: Black Mountain
Feb. 22 – Women's 5K Freestyle • Men's 10K Freestyle
Results

Overall Top 5 (Day 1)
1. Vermont, 477
2. Dartmouth, 476
3. Middlebury, 390
4. Colby, 277
T-5. UNH, 218
T-5. St. Michaels, 218

Women's GS
1. Vermont, 133
2. Dartmouth, 118
3. UNH, 98
4. Middlebury, 88
5. St. Michaels, 71

Women's GS (Top Wildcats)
Emma Woodhouse (Collingwood, Ontario) – 6^th place, 1:20.00, 1:19.21, 2:39.21, 37 points
Lisa Olsson (Stockholm, Sweden) – 8^th place, 1:20.23, 1:19.30, 2:39.53, 33 points
Fanny Sanderberg (Oslo, Norway) – 14^th place, 1:21.03, 1:20.05, 2:41.08, 28 points

Men's GS
1. Dartmouth, 133
T-2. Vermont, 98
T-2. St. Michaels, 98
4. Middlebury, 94
5. Plymouth, 79
11. UNH, 22

Men's GS (Top Wildcat)
Will Bruneau-Bouchard (Quebec City, Quebec) – 24^th place, 1:20.07, 1:18.77, 2:38.84, 22 points

Men's 10K Freestyle Top 5
1. Vermont
2. Middlebury
3. Dartmouth
4. Bowdoin
5. Colby
8. UNH

Men's 10K Freestyle (Top Wildcats)
Bryce Hartman (Saranac, N.Y.) – 24^th place, 25:50.4, 21 points
Will Bodewes (Durango, Colo.) – 26^th place, 25:53.2, 20 points
Anders Sonnesyn (Minneapolis, Minn.) – 33^rd place, 26:28.8, 16 points

Women's 5K Freestyle Top 5
1. Dartmouth
2. Vermont
3. Middlebury
4. Harvard
5. Colby
10. UNH

Women's 5K Freestyle (Top Wildcats)
Kaja Sandsten (Oppdal, Norway) – 34^th place, 14:58.6, 15 points
Eleonora Olsmats (Djurshlolm, Sweden) – T-35^th place, 14:59.4, 14 points
Sarah Nadeau (Hopkinton, N.H.) – 38^th place, 15:04.9, 12 points

LOOKING AHEAD
The EISA's carnival season and NCAA East Regional conclude Saturday, February 23 at the Bates Carnival. Men's slalom will be the first event to get underway with a 9:15 a.m., scheduled start. For more information on EISA skiing, visit www.eisaskiing.org.