QUEENSBURY, NY -- The Alfred University women's alpine skiing squad traveled across New York to take on the slopes of West Mountain to open the 2025 campaign.

First-year skier Lailah Pollack (Brooklyn, NY/Repertory Company High School for Theater Arts) led the way for the Saxons all weekend. Her Saturday giant Slalom time came in at 3:17.97, thanks to an almost seven-second improvement on her second run down the hill. Pollack was the only the finisher on Sunday during the Slalom as well, clocking in with a 3:25.55.

Other Saturday finishers included Gail Miller (Dayton, OH/Park School of Buffalo) with a combined time of 3:44.25, and Sophia Lazarenko (Buffalo, NY/Park School of Buffalo) with a 4:06.13. Zoe Rainville (Saranac, NY/Saranac) and Yuliia Koreiba (Kyiv, Ukraine/Gymnasium 315) will look to get finishing times in the next weekend of competition.

The Saxons will be eager to show their stuff again on the slopes this weekend at Labrador Mountain on Saturday for the giant slalom, and on Sunday at Greek Peak Resort in the slalom.