Women's Cross Country | 7/28/2017 8:22:00 AM

ROCHESTER, NY – Head Coach Dave Stevens announced the 2017 RIT women's cross country season schedule on Friday, July 27. The Tigers will compete in seven regular season meets and will look to make their second NCAA Championship appearance in three years.
 
The Tigers will open the season with three meets in September, heading to the Highlander Short Course Twilight Invitational hosted by Houghton College on Sept. 1, before heading to Rowan University in New Jersey for the Bill Fritz Invitational on Sept. 16. On Sept. 23, the Tigers make the quick drive to Roberts Wesleyan College for the Harry F. Anderson Invitational.
 
After a week off to begin October, the Tigers head back to Houghton for the NCAA Atlantic Regional Preview on Oct. 7, which should attract several of the top teams in the area. The following weekend, RIT will celebrate Brick City Homecoming & Family Weekend with a meet at nearby Genesee Valley Park as part of the University of Rochester's Yellowjacket Invitational on Oct. 14. On Oct. 28, RIT will look for its first Liberty League Championship as the league holds its annual title meet, this year at Vassar Farm on the campus of Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
 
The Tigers will take a week off in early November before heading back to Houghton for the NCAA Atlantic Region Championship on Nov. 11. RIT will look to earn a top-five team finish and a potential berth into the NCAA Championship, which will take place at Principia College's North Farm Course in Elsah, Ill. on Nov. 18.
 
"I think we have a good blend of local and regional competition," said Stevens, who enters his 11th season as women's cross country coach at the university. "The competitive balance will allow our team ample opportunities to grow throughout the season, along with a healthy dose of high quality competition."

The Tigers earned a third-place finish in the Liberty League Championship and were eighth at the NCAA Regional Championship in 2016. In 2015, the Tigers earned their first NCAA Championship berth in program history.