Villanova Men Come 5th at Big East XC Championships

Syracuse, ranked #16 nationally coming into the meet, put on a powerful display this morning at Van Cortlandt park, with all 7 of its runners finishing in the top 16. Syracuse won the conference title with a very low 37 places -- 30 places ahead of runner-up and #27 Georgetown's 67. Notre Dame, which was ranked #13 nationally as recently as two weeks ago, but which had dropped out of the most recent rankings, finished a strong third, with 70 places. The unranked Providence Friars beat out #25 Villanova for 4th place, 109 places to Villanova's 114. Louisville finished in the 6th spot.

The full individual and team results are HERE.

Individually, Villanova's men finished like this, with a nice 21 second one-to-five spread:

17.  Sam McEntee          So    25:04.13 
19.  Mathew Mildenhall    Sr    25:06.93 
21.  Robert Denault       Fr    25:12.18 
26.  Jordan Williamsz     Fr    25:19.83 
31.  Alex Tully           Jr    25:25.88 
43.  Brian Basili         So    25:47.34 
47.  Matthew Kane         Sr    25:58.73 
53.  Greg Morrin          Jr    26:12.13 
59.  John Pickhaver       Jr    26:19.82

Team Results

 1.  Syracuse         37
 2.  Georgetown       67
 3.  Notre Dame       70
 4.  Providence      109
 5.  Villanova       114
 6.  Louisville      129
 7.  Cincinnati      216
 8.  Marquette       240
 9.  Connecticut     278
10.  DePaul          303
11.  Rutgers         307
12.  Pittsburgh      321
13.  South Florida   418
14.  Seton Hall      434