Fairfield Tops 2007 Preseason Volleyball Coaches Poll

8/1/2007 4:00:00 AM

MAAC Sports

Edison, NJ ? The Stags of Fairfield University are the favorites heading into the 2007 volleyball season as they earned the top spot in the MAAC’s 2007 preseason volleyball coaches poll.

 

Fairfield earned nine first place votes in the poll, finishing with a total of 99 points.  Siena College was right behind the Stags in second place with 91 points, followed by Manhattan College in third place with 71 points.  Canisius College took fourth place in the poll with 61 points, followed by fifth place Marist College (58).  Loyola College placed sixth with 50 points, while Iona College (45), Saint Peter’s College (31), Rider University (26) and Niagara University (18) finished in spots seven thru 10.

 

Lindsey Lee (Hilo, Hawaii), the Stags’ senior middle hitter, has been selected preseason player of the year.  A season ago, Lee claimed MAAC Offensive Player of the Year honors after averaging 4.09 kills, 4.06 digs and hitting 26.8%.  She also earned spot on the All-Tournament team and took home MAAC volleyball weekly honors three times last season.

 

Lee is joined on the preseason All-MAAC Team by teammates Katie Mann (Del Mar, Calif.) and Barbie Thistle (Bakersfield, Calif.).  Also earning preseason All-MAAC Team honors are Canisius’ Jessica Stackhouse (Warsaw, N.Y.), Manhattan’s Sherryta Stokes (Beltsville, Md.) and Siena’s Nadiege Honore (San Fernando, Trinidad) and Burgandy McCurty (Port Washington, N.Y.).

 

Preseason Coaches Poll
(first place votes in parenthesis)
1.)	Fairfield (9)	99
2.)	Siena (1)	91
3.)	Manhattan	71
4.)	Canisius	61
5.)	Marist	58
6.)	Loyola	50
7.)	Iona	45
8.)	Saint Peter's	31
9.)	Rider	26
10.)	Niagara	18

Preseason All MAAC Team
(first place votes in parenthesis)
Jessica Stackhouse	Canisius
Lindsey Lee	Fairfield
Katie Mann	Fairfield
Barbie Thistle	Fairfield
Sherrytta Stokes	Manhattan
Nadiege Honore	Siena
Burgandy McCurty	Siena
Preseason Player of the Year
Lindsey Lee	Fairfield