October 22, 2006 - The Stonehill Women's Cross Country team claimed their sixth Northeast-10 Conference Championship after placing all five of their racers in the top 10.  The Skyhawks dominated their competition - runner up UMass-Lowell was 15 points behind Stonehill's 32-point, first place finish.


Springfield, Mass. - Behind 17 kills from junior Katherine Masson (Acushnet, Mass.), Stonehill picked up their second win of the season and the first Northeast-10 Conference victory of the year with a 3-1 win over host American International College.

After winning the first game with relative ease, 30-18, the second game was a hard fought back and forth affair that saw the Skyhawks take a 35-33 decision for a 2-0 lead. The Yellow Jackets responded, taking game three 30-28, before dropping the fourth game, 30-23.

Freshman Andrea Wirth (Mesa, Ariz.) had 40 assists for the victors, who improved to 2-9 on the season.

The Skyhawks return to action on Saturday when they host a tri-match with Assumption and St. Anselm's. The first match is scheduled for 11:00 a.m.