ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- After finishing second at the MWC meet on their home course on Oct. 31, the BYU the BYU men's and women's cross country teams came up big at the NCAA Mountain Regional as the men took first place and the women finished third.

Both teams will advance to run at the NCAA Cross Country Championships on Nov. 23 in Terre Haute, Ind.

The No. 14 men's team scored 54 points in a 10K event to overcome No. 5 Colorado (55), No. 12 New Mexico (77) and No. 4 Northern Arizona (86) among others to earn the victory in a tough NCAA Mountain region.

"It was a spectacular outing for us today," said BYU men's coach Ed Eyestone. "We beat some very good, quality programs and didn't run ourselves into the ground. I think we were motivated to come back into competition and show that we can run on a national level."

Sophomore Miles Batty once again led the Cougars, finishing second overall (30:03.5) behind Northern Arizona's David McNeill (29:51). Batty beat New Mexico's Jacob Kirwa, the MWC victor, by 14 seconds. The three emerged from the crowd early on, but Kirwa slowly faltered and McNeill managed to get away from Batty with three quarters of a mile left.

Seniors Richard Nelson and Brandon Hebbert proved finished ninth and 12th, respectively, with sophomore Tommy Gruenwald and junior Nate Ogden 15th and 16th, respectively. Alden Bahr (20th) and Ryan Merriman (43rd) also ran.

No. 22 BYU women scored 114 points and lost only to No. 6 Colorado (48) and No. 8 Texas Tech (53), but overcame MWC champion No. 20 New Mexico (120) and No. 32 UTEP (116), among others.

"We feel very good about the race," said BYU women's coach Patrick Shane. "The girls ran great and we showed why we're a top program."

BYU junior Cecily Lemmon-Lew came in second place overall in the 6K (20:41.1) behind arguably the country's top runner, Colorado's Jenny Barringer (20:29). Sophomore Katy Andrews was 12th and senior Angela Wagner 18th. Freshman Nicole Nielsen (34) and redshirt freshman Sarah Edwards (48) scored the Cougars' remaining points. Sophomore Rachel Lange and redshirt freshman Ashlee Thomas also ran for BYU.

• UVU cross country: At Albuquerque, N.M., in Utah Valley University's first official NCAA event in school history, both women's and men's cross country teams ran strong, but didn't manage to qualifying for the NCAA Championships by finishing eighth (women, 261 points) and 10th (men, 317) at the NCAA Mountain Regional.

"The best thing about today was being here," UVU coach Scott Houle said. "This was the landmark athletic event for our university, no sport or individual has ever been able to do this before. For many, many years people are going to talk about this, as it was our first NCAA activity in school history. I'm very pleased that both our teams placed in the top 10."

UVU junior Mary Nothum, who was the GWC Women's Runner of the Year, placed 42nd (22:18.8) to lead the Wolverines in the 6K race. She was followed by freshman Brooke Hodson (45th), Aleina Eisenhauer (53rd), freshman Shelise Walker (56th), sophomore Krystal Harper (65th), sophomore Angela Baker (73rd) and senior Karinne Bentley (90th) for UVU.

Utah Valley's men's team, which ran a 10K for the first time this year, was led by sophomore Joshua McCabe, who placed 47th (32:01.3), followed by freshman Jason Lynch (59th), senior Chase Englestead (60th), freshman Seth Gutzwiller (73rd), senior Jacob Buhler (78th), freshman Chris Brower (90th) and freshman Trac Norris (102nd).

• BYU women's soccer: At Palo Alto, Calif., the BYU women's soccer team played a close back-and-forth battle in the second round of the NCAA Tournament, but fell to top-seed Stanford 2-0.

"It was an honor to be here and play Stanford," said BYU coach Jennifer Rockwood. "I'm very proud of how hard our team played and the level at which we competed."

The Cougars end their season with an 18-4-2 record with three wins over top-25 teams, an MWC regular-season title, and a fifth straight appearance in the NCAA tournament.

Stanford's two goals came in the first 20 seconds of the contest and in the last minute of play in regulation.

• UVU women's basketball: At Orem, Utah Valley got a combined 34 points from its senior captains and a solid contribution off the bench to outlast Mesa State 62-56 in the Wolverines' (1-1) home opener.

Senior Julie Smith led the way with 18 points while another senior, Asumi Nakayama, chipped in 13 points and six assists. But it was the bench play of freshman Kyra Prause and sophomore Jenna Johnson down the second-half stretch that helped catapult UVU to the win.

"Kyra has really proven to be a gamer. She's really maximizing her minutes and rising to the occasion," said UVU coach Cathy Nixon.

"Jenna came off the bench and not only made a contribution offensively but also helped us on the defensive end, drawing a charge and getting a steal when the game was on the line."

Prause finished with eight points, four rebounds and four steals in 25 minutes while Johnson finished with seven points in 14 minutes. Kaycee Mansfield had nine off the bench, six in the first half, as the three combined for 24 of the team's 62 points.

"This game probably typifies what I think this team will be like," Nixon said. "We have to be good and solid and we've got to defend. We did a better job in the second half, taking away their inside looks."

Nakayama scored 10 of her points in the opening half as the two teams played to a 28-28 tie at the break. Neither team led by more than six points in the first 20 minutes. The second half played out much like the first. The teams played back-and-forth for the first 12 minutes until a pair for Smith free throws gave Utah Valley the lead for good. Still though, the Wolverines were never able to shake the Mavericks. With UVU nursing a 51-49 lead, Prause knocked down a three in the corner off an inbounds play to push the lead to five with 4:32 to go.

Johnson made it 56-49 when she followed a missed Nakayama jumper and put it back in. After two MSC free throws, Smith scored consecutive buckets to push the lead to a game-high nine with 1:42 to go.

Mesa State got as close as five in the final minute on a 3-pointer by Meagan Selvidge, who led her team with 15 points on 5-of-8 shooting from the beyond the arc. Courtney McCaig added 14 points for the Mavericks.

Smith finished with seven rebounds as Utah Valley had a 32-30 edge on the boards. A day after getting outworked to the tune of 26 offensive rebounds at BYU, UVU limited Mesa State to just seven on the offensive glass.

After a day off on Sunday, the Wolverines host the College of Idaho on Monday night at 7:05 p.m. before a two-game trip that will take them to SEC-Mississippi State and to Longwood in Virginia