XC squads both predicted to finish in top half of ASUN

ATLANTA — Both Bellarmine University cross country teams landed in the upper echelon of the league in the ASUN preseason coaches’ poll. Bellarmine’s men are projected to finish fourth of 12 while the Knights women are predicted to finish sixth of 12. Eastern Kentucky received 11 of 12 first-place votes and 142 points overall in being chosen as the men’s favorite. Lipscomb swept the top votes on the women’s side while amassing 144 points in being identified as the team to beat. Bellarmine’s men garnered 107 points to sit comfortably in fourth. The Knights women’s 77 points provided them a…