NASHUA, NH - The Saint Joseph's College Women's Cross Country team placed second with 57 points in the Rivier College Invitational on Friday afternoon. Katie Murphy '11 (Baileyville, ME) was the individual runner-up after touring the course in 21:51, just five seconds off the pace of winner Cat Viglienzoni from Emerson.

Emerson College won the event with 50 team points, with Norwich (104), Colby-Sawyer (119), NHTI (120), Rivier (137), Lasell (138), Daniel Webster (200) and Franklin Pierce (209) falling in behind St. Joe's.

Mary Casinghino '10 (Manchester, NH) placed fourth with a 22:40 effort and Shannon Marden '10 (Dover-Foxcroft, ME) was 11th with a 23:11 time in the event. Allison Pearsall '12 (West Newbury, MA) (24:00) placed 16th and Claire Cook '10 (Sangerville, ME) (24:59) was 24th to round out the top five runners for the Monks.

Saint Joseph's will compete in the Pop Crowell Invitational at Gordon College next Saturday.