NE10 Championship Preview: SCSU Women's Cross Country Seeks Repeat On Saturday, Nov. 7

Women's Cross Country 11/2/2026 12:41:00 PM

NE10 Championship Preview: SCSU Women's Cross Country Seeks Repeat On Saturday, Nov. 7

Southern Connecticut State University women's cross country will head to Bethpage State Park in Long Island, N.Y. to defend last season's Northeast 10 Conference Championship on Saturday, Nov. 7, 2026. The Owls will go for the repeat and their third title in four seasons.

Race Info

Where: Bethpage State Park, Long Island, N.Y. Adelphi is the host. The NE10 says to enter "Bethpage Polo at the Park" in your GPS.
When: SCSU Women's Cross Country races at 12:15 p.m. There will be a combined, men's and women's, award ceremony following.
Watch: FloCollege (subscription required). Live results will be posted on the NE10 Championship page.

SCSU Women's Cross Country: Going for Back-to-Back Titles
The SCSU women won the NE10 in 2023 and 2025. Last year they beat Bentley, 42-86, after the Falcons took the 2024 title (NE10 Championship History). The Owls were picked first in the preseason poll, ahead of SNHU and Bentley (NE10).

UHart Invitational: 2nd behind UConn
UMass Dartmouth Invitational: 7th of 33. Bentley was 13th
New England Championships: 10th of 18 and the top NE10 team. SCSU scored 238 points to Bentley's 339 and Saint Michael's 463

Returning Owls

Runner	Class	2025 NE10	2026 New Englands
PJ Dauphinais	Sr.	3rd (23:26.2)	62nd (19:02.4)
Erin Sola	Jr.	7th (24:00.4)	23rd (18:21.2)
Maya Fisher	So.	22nd (25:48.8)	135th (20:37.4)
Anna Wayne	So.	44th (26:49.3)	22:35.3

Erin Sola made first team last year and is now SCSU's No. 1 runner. She is a two-time NE10 Runner of the Week this fall.
PJ Dauphinais is the top returning Owl from last year's race and also a first-team pick. Last fall she was SCSU's No. 2 runner at nationals.
Maya Fisher made third team as a freshman.
Rae Geddes was a two-time Rookie of the Week in 2025 but did not start last year's NE10 race. She ran third for SCSU at nationals.
Gone from 2025: Champion Courtney Henchcliffe and Abigail Bajorek (9th). Junior Mckenzie David, graduate student Kaylee Gravel and freshman Michelle Blackburn have moved into the scoring five. At New Englands, David, Gravel and Dauphinais finished within 15 seconds of each other.

What's Next
Following this weekend's conference championship race, the Owls set their sights on the NCAA Division II East Regional on Nov. 21, which they also captured in 2025.

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