Marist Selected to Win MAAC Water Polo League in 2010
MAAC Sports
Edison, NJ - The Marist
College Red Foxes have been selected as the team to beat during the 2010 MAAC
Water Polo season, as determined by the conference's six head coaches in their
annual preseason poll.
Marist, who has won two consecutive MAAC championships and
three of the last four, earned 36 points in the poll. Marist went 7-3 in
conference matches last season and 20-14 overall. Third-year head coach
Ashleigh Jacobs will have the Red Foxes aiming for their third straight NCAA
Championship appearance.
Iona College sophomore Cecilia Leonard was named the 2010
MAAC Water Polo Preseason Player of the Year. Leonard, the reigning MAAC Rookie
of the Year, led the Gaels with 77 points (56g, 21a) a year ago. The Plantation,
Florida native also registered 53 steals and six blocks in 2009. Leonard was
named the Rookie of the Week on three occasions last year.
Iona finished second in the poll with 26 points. Wagner was
third with 25 points, followed by St. Francis (N.Y.) with 19. Siena (13) and
Villanova (7) finished fifth and sixth, respectively.
Leonard was named to the Preseason All-MAAC Team along with
teammate Maggie Wood, Marist's Jessica Getchius, Samantha Swartz, and Rachel
Sunday, Siena's Camille Norman, St. Francis-NY's Andrea Dolnay, and Wagner's
Lauren French and Kelsey Rodgers.
Preseason Coaches Poll
| 1. |
Marist |
36 |
| 2. |
Iona |
26 |
| 3. |
Wagner |
25 |
| 4. |
St. Francis (NY) |
19 |
| 5. |
Siena |
13 |
| 6. |
Villanova |
7 |
Preseason All-MAAC Team
| Cecilia Leonard |
Iona |
| Maggie Wood |
Iona |
| Jessica Getchius |
Marist |
| Rachel Sunday |
Marist |
| Samantha Swartz |
Marist |
| Camille Norman |
Siena |
| Andrea Dolnay |
St. Francis (NY) |
| Lauren French |
Wagner |
| Kelsey Rodgers |
Wagner |
Preseason Player of the Year