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After the EISA Championships in Vermont, the season ended for all of the skiers with the exception of Sean McKenna, who qualified for the NCAA Championships.  However, the season did end on a positive note, with McKenna qualifying and Coach Rogan Connell being named EISA Co-Coach of the Year.  
For the first weekend of the break, the team traveled to Jiminy Peak in Massachusetts for the Williams Carnival.  
For the women's Giant Slalom, Melissa Jones placed 35th.  Right after her was Whitney Fahy, who placed 36th.  Courtney Whalen came in 43rd and Emily McGuire finished 45th.  Overall, the team finished in 8th place.  
The men's team was led by Dan Loman, who came in 18th place out of 60.  Other Bobcats who finished were Leo Menard (28th), Sean McKenna (29th), James Pelletier (31st), and Sawyer Fahy (32nd).  Conditions that day were cold and windy, but improved somewhat for the slalom the next day.  
Fahy was the top finisher for the girls that day, coming in 24th place.  Melissa Jones was next, coming in 33rd, while Whalen and Erin Davis finished back to back in 36th and 37th place respectively.  Rounding out the Bobcats contingent was Rachael Levitz (43rd) and McGuire (44th).  
Loman was the top Bates finisher for the men in the Slalom as well, coming in 14th.  Pelletier came in 20th, and Menard wound up finishing right behind him in 21st place, while Carter Casner came in 43rd.  
The following weekend, both teams competed in the EISA Championships, held at the Middlebury Snowbowl in Ripton, Vermont.  
For the championships, Slalom was held the first day.  Whitney Fahy put together a solid performance, finishing 20th. Whalen was the next finisher, coming in 38th.  Other strong finishers included McGuire (47th place), Jones (48th place) and Davis (56th place).  
The men's team meanwhile finished 7th out of 14 schools.  Sean McKenna put together a stellar 11th place finish that earned him the qualifying bid to the NCAA Championship.  Casner and Menard placed back to back in 30th and 31st place respectively and Pelletier finished 36th.  
Unfortunately for Bates, McKenna was not able to compete in the Giant Slalom the next day due to injuries.  
The men were led by Loman, who came in 24th.  James Pelletier was the next finisher, placing 29th, while Menard placed 30th, and Matt Brockman finished 40th en route to a 7th place team score.  
For the women, Whitney Fahy finished first for the Bobcats, coming in 27th out of 60 skiers.  Jones placed 33rd, McGuire 34th, while Levitz and Whalen wound up back to back in 39th and 40th place.  Overall, the team finished 8th.  
"It was not ideal weather for the last day of the college ski season," said girls senior Captain Erin Davis, noting that it was cold and snowy. "But the weekend ended better than previous weekends."
As for the NCAA Championships, it is unclear whether or not McKenna will be ready to ski.  If healthy, he will be competing later this week at Mt. Mansfield in Stowe.