Newark, NJ – The Hofstra Women's Cross Country team swept all three of their dual match-ups at the 2016 New Jersey Institute of Technology Highlander Challenge at Branch Brook Park Saturday morning.

On the women's side, sophomore Mahlah Givehand placed first in the 5K meet in 18:53. Junior Emily Mclean-Loughlin was second overall posting a time of 18:54. Sophomore Felicia Banda placed third overall in 18:55 while freshman Kaylee Stebbins was fifth overall in 19:19. Graduate-student Lily Mayko placed eighth in 19:58 to wrap-up the scoring positions for the Pride.
 
Sophomore Marissa Cadieux was 10^th in a time of 19:59 and classmate Alli Bacher placed 13^th in 20:47 to round out the Hofstra placing positions. Hofstra junior Capri Pappalardo was 24^th in 22:38 while newcomer MacKenzie Orr was 27^th in 23:00.

Scored as individual dual meets, Hofstra defeated Wagner, 18-39; topped NJIT, 16-45; and ran by St. Peter's, 15-50. If scored as meet with all four Division I teams, Hofstra finished with 19 points, Wagner was second with 48 points, NJIT was third with 63 points and St. Peter's was fourth with 110 points.

The Hofstra team returns to action on Saturday, October 15 when they travel back into New Jersey for the Princeton Invitational.