In a similar fashion to how Marist captured its first round win against Canisius, the Red Foxes applied substantial defensive pressure in their second game at the 2010 MAAC Tournament at the Times Union Center in Albany, NY and defeated the Niagara Purple Eagles, 69-47.
In a microcosm of a difficult season, the Marist men's basketball team's 2009-2010 campaign ended with a 72-54 loss to Canisius in a MAAC tournament play-in game at the Times Union Center in Albany on Friday.
The Marist men's and women's swimming and diving teams recently competed in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) Championships in Baltimore. The men finished third in what was an excellent all-around performance, but it was the women who had a record-breaking weekend as they lead from start to finish and took home their 11th MAAC Championship.
On a snowy Friday night in Poughkeepsie, it wasn't only fans who failed to show up to the James J. McCann Recreation Center for a senior night contest between Marist and St. Peter's. Beleaguered from the opening tip, the Marist men's basketball team lost 62-39 to the St.
The MAAC women's basketball regular season was filled with pleasant surprises from resurgent squads, and dire disappointments from teams that were expected to perform much better than they were able to. Along with the Manhattan Jaspers, the resurgent Fairfield Stags represent two squads that surprised the league with their excellent play this season.
The Marist women's basketball team defeated Canisius in the first round of the MAAC tournament, 57-38. The Red Foxes are set to take on Niagara in the second round.
The Marist women's lacrosse team wants revenge. Two years removed from a MAAC championship, the Red Foxes went 12-5 in 2009 but dropped a 19-9 decision to Fairfield in the title game a year ago. Marist has a goal of exacting revenge in 2010, but it will have to reach it with new faces.
The Marist track and field team returned to action this past weekend at the NYU Fastrack Invitational held at the New York City Armory. Junior Jillian Corley, from North Sutton, NH, led the way for the women's team. Shortly after finishing the 800-meter run in a season-best time, Corley ran a season-best in the mile.