NORTH DARTMOUTH, Mass. -- Bridgewater State juniors Stephen Wahome (Lowell, Mass.) and David Phipps (Attleboro, Mass.) placed third (25:28) and fourth (25:51) respectively to help pace the Bears to a second place finish out of eight teams at the MASCAC Men's Cross Country Championships on Saturday afternoon at UMass Dartmouth.

Westfield State (39 pts) captured the men's team title followed by Bridgewater (45), Fitchburg State (68) and Salem State (137).

Including their counterparts from the Little East Conference, the Bears placed 3rd out of 14 teams in the New England Alliance Championships.

Senior Jeff Sousa (North Dighton, Mass.) was next across the line for Bridgewater with a time of 27:08 to finish eighth overall.  He was followed by freshman Dallas O'Brien (Mansfield, Mass.) in 14th place (27:26) and senior Dan Rutledge (Middleboro, Mass.) in 18th (27:37).

Wahome, Phipps and Sousa earned All-MASCAC honors for placing in the top ten.

The Bears will take next week off and participate on November 12 in the NCAA Division III New England regional's which will be held in Brunswick, Maine in a meet hosted by Bowdoin.