NOTRE DAME, Ind. - The Duquesne women's cross country team finished in seventh place in the gold division at the 2018 Joe Piane Invitational hosted by the University of Notre Dame on Friday afternoon at Burke Golf Course.

Utah Valley won the event with a score of 74 followed by Saint Louis second (120) and Indiana State third (123).

The Dukes recorded a score of 172 on the day behind a 20th-place finish by Elizabeth Morris (Doylestown, Pa./Central Bucks East) with a time of 18:02.67.

Megan Aller (New Kensington, Pa./Kiski Area) crossed the finish line second for Duquesne in 27th with a mark of 18:19.71. Morgan Perkins (Erie,Pa./Mercyhurst Prep) followed in 33rd (18:24.19) with Ava Pietrzyk in 34th (18:24.30) and Tori Kocsis in 60th (18:53.87) for the Dukes.

7. DUQUESNE (172)
20. Elizabeth Morris (18:02.67)
27. Megan Aller (18:19.71)
33. Morgan Perkins (18:24.19)
34. Ava Pietrzyk (18:24.30)
60. Tori Kocsis (18:53.87)
[66]. Brooke Hutton (19:01.20)
[87]. Emily Patterson (19:19.83)

NEXT UP
Duquesne will take part in the Carnegie Mellon Invitational next Saturday, Oct. 6 in Schenley Park.