Women's Cross Country Ranked 10th In FinishLynx National Poll

Oct. 29, 2001

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The Providence College women's cross country team dropped two spots and is ranked 10th in the country in the FinishLynx/NCAA Division I Women's Cross Country National Poll, released Monday, October 29. The Friars slipped two spots from eighth after finishing behind Georgetown and Boston College at Friday, October 26th's BIG EAST Cross Country Championship.

PC received a total of 210 points after finishing third at the BIG EAST Championship on Friday, October 26. The Friars finished third behind the Hoyas and Eagles, both whom were ranked ahead of the Friars.

Stanford remained ranked first for the second week, receiving 323 points and 11 of 13 first-place votes. Brigham Young and Georgetown split the last two first-place votes and are ranked second and third, respectively, this week. North Carolina St. (No. 4 with 281 points) and Boston College (No. 5 and 265 points) round out the top five.

The Friars compete next on Saturday, November 10 at the NCAA Northeast Regional at Franklin Park in Boston, Mass.

FinishLynx/NCAA Division I Women's Cross Country National Poll

Ranking Team (1st-place votes)          Points    1.  Stanford (11)           323    2.  Brigham Young (1)   311    3.  Georgetown (1)          299    4.  North Carolina State    281    5.  Boston College          265    6.  Michigan State          260    7.  Colorado            255    8.  Arizona                 231    9.  North Carolina          221    10. PROVIDENCE COLLEGE  210    11. Arizona State           199    12. Arkansas            186    13. Northern Arizona    157    14. Virginia            150    15. Yale                    126    16. Colorado State          113    17. UCLA                    102    18. Marquette            92    19. Notre Dame           82    20. Oklahoma State           67    21. Villanova            59    22. Cornell                  56    23. James Madison            50    24. Washington           45    25. Duke                     26

Other Teams Also Receiving Votes: Georgia Tech 15, Michigan 14, Boston University 12, Wisconsin 11, Texas 5, Minnesota 2.

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Women's Cross Country Ranked 10th In FinishLynx National Poll

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