Women's Cross Country Picked to Finish Seventh in MASCAC

Buzzards Bay, Mass.— The Framingham State University women's cross country team has been selected to finish seventh and the Owls of Westfield State University are the pre-season pick to win the 2012 Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference Women's Cross Country championship in a vote of the league's coaches.

Eight-time defending champion Westfield State captured six first place votes to amass 62 points in this year's poll, while Bridgewater State collected 52 points that included one first place vote for second place. Worcester State, which received the other first place vote, is next in third place with 51 points, while Fitchburg State and Salem State follow in fourth and fifth place, respectively, with 41 and 29 points. Massachusetts Maritime is next in sixth place with 22 points, while Framingham State and MCLA round out this year's poll in seventh and eighth place with 17 and 14 points, respectively.

The Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference, the nation's oldest Division III men's and women's playing conference, has a rich and storied tradition of competitive success while celebrating excellence in the classroom. MASCAC member schools include Bridgewater State University, Fitchburg State University, Framingham State University, MCLA, Massachusetts Maritime Academy, Salem State University, Westfield State University and Worcester State University. Two other institutions, the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth and Plymouth State University, are affiliate members of the conference in the sport of men's ice hockey.

Release courtesy of MASCAC Media Relations.