The William & Mary women's cross country team pulled off an upset of a top-10 regionally-ranked opponent Friday morning at Virginia's Panorama Farms Invitational, finishing 11th overall in the championship-length 6K race.  No. 11 Michigan State won the 15-team meet with 42 points, ahead of second-place Yale (98) and third-place Kentucky (143).  Individually, Florida's Jessica Pascoe won the meet in 20:14.5, almost 11 seconds clear of the field.

How it Happened
For the Tribe, redshirt-junior Liv Paxton (Rock Hill, S.C.) led the way for the second race in a row, finishing 31st overall with a personal-best 21:45.1.  Freshman Emma Rogers (Roanoke, Va.) ran 22:09.9 for 44th in the first 6K race of her lifetime, and junior Lauren Finikiotis (Gibsonia, Pa.) was 54th overall in 22:27.5.  Grad student Rachel Snyder (Purcellville, Va.) ran a strong 22:55.2 for 78th overall, and redshirt-sophomore Taylor D. Jones (Virginia Beach, Va.) finished the team scoring in 83rd overall, crossing the line in 23:03.4.  The varsity line-up was rounded out by redshirt-junior Deirdre Lewin (Rockville Centre, N.Y.) and freshman Megan Dougherty (Sinking Spring, Pa.), who finished back-to-back in 102nd and 103rd, respectively.

Notes
After running third for W&M in each of the first two meets, Rogers improved to second this week ... Finikiotis has finished on every spot on the podium for W&M in the three races this year ... Paxton led for the second race in a row, after running second for W&M in the season-opening ... W&M avenged its season-opening loss to Richmond, the No. 8 team in the Southeast Region, finishing three spots and 89 points ahead of the Spiders today.

Up Next
William & Mary heads to State College, Pa., in two weeks for its next race.  The Penn State National Open will be run on Friday, Oct. 18, at 10:45 a.m.

Panorama Farms Invitational - 6K
Charlottesville, Va.

Team Standings
1. #11 Michigan State 42
2. NE7 Yale 98
3. SE9 Kentucky 143
4. Elon 143
5. SE12 Liberty 155
6. RV Florida 157
7. SE15 High Point 180
8. SE7 Virginia 181
9. Charlotte 249
10. MA14 Bucknell 254
11. William & Mary 265
12. Wofford 339
13. Norfolk State 353
14. SE8 Richmond 354
15. Radford 392
-- Winthrop DNF

Top Five Finishers
1. Jessica Pascoe (UF) 20:14.5
2. Annie Fuller (MSU) 20:25.3
3. Hannah Steelman (WOF) 20:26.8
4. Famke Heinst (HPU) 20:36.3
5. Jeralyn Poe (MSU) 20:39.9

W&M Finishers
31. Liv Paxton 21:45.1
44. Emma Rogers 22:09.9
54. Lauren Finikiotis 22:27.5
78. Rachel Snyder 22:55.2
83. Taylor D. Jones 23:03.4
102. Deirdre Lewin 23:35.5
103. Megan Dougherty 23:39.8
112. Megan Kolbe 23:49.4
116. Kaycee Cox-Philyaw 23:56.5
132. Julia Lambert 24:28.9
138. Hope Stephens 24:46.0
144. Anna Cestari 25:37.8