Fairfield Selected First By MAAC Volleyball Coaches in Preseason Poll
MAAC Sports
Edison, NJ – The defending MAAC Volleyball champions, Fairfield University, has been selected to finish first on the coaches’ preseason poll.
Fairfield, the 2012 regular season and MAAC champions, finished on top of the poll with 99 points. 2012 runner-up and 2013 host Siena College received 85 points to finish second. Canisius College finished third with 74 points. Manhattan College was fourth with 70. Iona College rounded out the top five with 53 points, followed by Marist College (50), Niagara University (49), Rider University (36), Saint Peter’s University (18), and Quinnipiac University (16).
Fairfield’s Rachel Romansky was selected as the Preseason Player of the Year. Romansky is the two-time defending MAAC Setter of the Year award recipient after receiving the award in 2011 and 2012. She was also named to the 2012, 2011 and 2010 MAAC All-Tournament Teams.
Joining Romansky on the Preseason All-MAAC Team is teammate Caitlin Stapleton, Iona’s Alicja Pawelec and Catrina Warren, Manhattan’s Sydney Volovski, Marist’s Mackenzie Stephens, Niagara’s Allison Reis, and Siena’s Taylor Akana and Jacqueline Skeen.
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Coaches Poll
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Preseason All-MAAC Team
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1) Fairfield
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99
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Caitlin Stapleton, Fairfield
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2) Siena
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85
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Rachel Romansky, Fairfield
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3) Canisius
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74
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Alicja Pawelec, Iona
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4) Manhattan
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70
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Catrina Warren, Iona
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5) Iona
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53
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Sydney Volovski, Manhattan
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6) Marist
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50
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Mackenzie Stephens, Marist
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7) Niagara
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49
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Allison Reis, Niagara
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8) Rider
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36
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Taylor Akana, Siena
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9) Saint Peter’s
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18
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Jacqueline Skeen, Siena
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10) Quinnipiac
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16
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Preseason Player of the Year
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Rachel Romansky, Fairfield
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