Women's Cross Country Ranked 11th in MAC Pre-Championship Coaches' Poll

Newtown, Pa.- The Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) coaches have released the 2026 women's cross country pre-championship poll ahead of Saturday's MAC Championships. The Marywood University women's cross country team was selected 11th out of 18 teams.

Messiah has been selected as the preseason favorite in the 2026 Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) Women's Cross Country Pre-Championship Coaches' Poll.
The Falcons received 284 points and 13 first-place votes to claim the top spot in the poll. Misericordia followed closely in second place with 275 points and five first-place votes, while Lebanon Valley rounded out the top three with 240 points.

York College of Pennsylvania placed fourth with 231 points, followed by DeSales in fifth with 220 points. Stevens (201 points) and Widener (187 points) claimed sixth and seventh, respectively, while Eastern (178 points) and Arcadia (154 points) finished eighth and ninth.

Delaware Valley earned 134 points to place 10th, narrowly ahead of Marywood, which collected 131 points to rank 11th. King's College followed in 12th with 112 points, while Stevenson (96 points) and FDU-Florham (88 points) claimed 13th and 14th, respectively.

Alvernia (80 points), Hood (66 points), Albright (43 points), and Neumann (34 points) rounded out the 18-team poll.

The MAC Women's Cross Country Championship will be held Saturday, Oct. 31 at 11 a.m., on Stevenson's Greenspring Campus in Owings Mills, Md. Stevenson is hosting the conference championship for the second time, and the first since 2018.

The full women's order: Messiah (284 points, 13 first-place votes), Misericordia (275, 5), Lebanon Valley (240), York (231), DeSales (220), Stevens (201), Widener (187), Eastern (178), Arcadia (154), Delaware Valley (134), Marywood (131), King's (112), Stevenson (96), FDU-Florham (88), Alvernia (80), Hood (66), Albright (43) and Neumann (34).

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