The first National Championship for the new Big East is...

[CityFriar]

...Providence College for women's cross country! Butler and Georgetown were also in the top 5 finishers for the NC. Great start for the Big East.

http://www.friars.com/sports/w-xc/recaps/112313aac.html

(I know this was already posted on the women's sports' forum, but I thought the reconfigured conference's first National Championship deserved a bit more publicity)

[admin]

Congrats!

[Bill Marsh]

...Providence College for women's cross country! Butler and Georgetown were also in the top 5 finishers for the NC. Great start for the Big East.

http://www.friars.com/sports/w-xc/recaps/112313aac.html

(I know this was already posted on the women's sports' forum, but I thought the reconfigured conference's first National Championship deserved a bit more publicity)

Like a number of Big East schools - Villanova comes to mind - PC has always had very good crooks county teams. Must be those ringers they bring in from Ireland.

Congrats!

[XBand15]

Congrats! It's always great news when the conference wins a national championship no matter what the sport is!

[marquette]

Awesome! Nice work!

[whiteandblue77]

Congrats Ladies!

[Lavinwood]

St. John's soccer, lacrosse, and baseball have also been among the best in the old Big East. Looking to continue that. It's important for our schools to be well-balanced in terms of success in sports. Basketball first and foremost, but any deep runs in tournaments will bring more notoriety to the conference.

[JOPO]

Great for the conference and congrats to Providence!