once again enough sucking off the men's teams, let's turn the attention to the women!!!!!!!!!! 
my predictions:
1. Carleton: Whatever Bonapp has been putting in their food that's not present across the river is showing. Having won every meet besides the season opener as a team bodes well for Donna to once again take home the title. Having 5 runners under 22 from a roster of only 15 is respectable.
2. Olaf: this year it's not really a question of if Olaf will take second, but how many points will be between them and the Carls. The Oles with no Bode in sight and the loss of Albrecht seems to have shaken them more than expected out east. 
3. St. Bens: After all these years Fiona's clout (and maybe a bigger budget because they flew the whole squad to Conn College) seems to have trickled down to some other teammates, and with a second runner able to infiltrate the pack of Oles, that sets them apart from the rest of the teams to follow.
4- the end is anyone's game, Mac has a decent freshwomen class but nothing to threaten the domination of the top 3 teams, the loss of Villalobos basically wiped Gustavus of any relevance which is fine because the media team would rather focus on Birgen even though she doesn't even go there anymore. I predict Bethel will put out a better performance than expected, but other than that nothing worth noting. 
Individuals 
1. Fiona
2. Preisser
3/4/5. McManus, Ward, Walda