BUZZARDS BAY, Mass. --  UMass Dartmouth took top team honors at the Seventh Annual Massachusetts Maritime Lt. Travis J. Fuller Women’s Cross Country Invitational on Saturday morning that was run alongside the Cape Cod Canal on the Academy’s campus.

The Corsairs placed four runners in the top nine to post a score of 32 points and outdistance both runner-up Emerson (86 points) and third place Emmanuel (88 points) over the three mile layout, as Meaghan Bohigian (18:51), Courtney Testa (18:54), Samantha Roderigues (19:38) and Katie Sheehan (19:51) placed second, third, sixth and ninth for the winners.  Samantha Hurley completed the scoring for UMass Dartmouth with a 12th place finish (20:24).

Bridgewater State senior Molly Rouillard (Dartmouth, Mass.) took top individual honors with a time of 18:25, while the trio of sophomore Georgia Dixon (19:31), junior Heather Hoglund (Groton, Mass.) (19:36) and freshman Ali Doukas (19:42) placed fourth, fifth and eighth, respectively, to pace Emerson.  Freshman Ameena Dye (Syracuse, N.Y.) was seventh individually with a time of 19:40 for the Saints, while Suffolk freshman Alexandra Petsuck (Drums, Pa.) rounded out the top 10 with a time of 19:57.

Bridgewater State was fourth in the final team competition with a score of 115 points, while Framingham State (183 points), Mount Ida (196 points), Curry (198 points), New York Maritime (199 points), Suffolk (221 points) and Massachusetts Maritime (223 points) rounded out the top 10.  Newbury (266 points) and Eastern Nazarene (269 points) rounded out the team scoring in the event.

Senior Emily Burbank (Yarmouthport, Mass.) posted the top individual finish for the host Buccaneers, as she placed 20th with a time of 20:56.  Freshman Tenley Gillett (Manchester, N.H.) (23:07), sophomores Jenelle Piche (Coventry, R.I.) (23:14) and Liz Leonardi (Sandwich, Mass.) (23:42) and junior Kaylin Korejwa (Charlotte, Vt.) (24:14) rounded out the scoring for Massachusetts Maritime by placing 53rd, 54th, 57th and 64th, respectively.

The Colonels were led by sophomore Shannon Wallace (Libertyville, Ill.), who finished in 27th place with a time of 21:31. Other Curry finishers were freshman Jessica Leary (Pembroke, Mass.), 22:14 (37th), freshman Joyce Simon (Pembroke, Mass.), 22:32 (40th), freshman Melanie Berube (Beverly, Mass.), 22:54 (44th), senior Kelly Johnson (Burlington, Mass.), 23:30 (50th) and senior Amy Comeroski (Exeter, R.I.), 24:17 (56th).

Curry returns to action on Wednesday September 14, heading to Newton, Mass. to participate in the Mount Ida Invitational beginning at 4:30 p.m.