Marist & Fairfield Set To Play for the 2013 MAAC Women's Tennis Championship
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Marist and Fairfield will once again meet in the MAAC Women's Tennis Championship for the fifth time in six seasons.
Top seed Fairfield defeated fourth seed Loyola 4-1 to earn another trip to the title game, their sixth consecutive title game berth. The Stags will be facing a familiar opponent in the title game this year, #2 seed Marist Red Foxes.
The second-seed Red Foxes punched their ticket into the finals with a 4-2 victory over Niagara, in their semifinal match. Marist won the doubles point, and also posted victories in the second, third and sixth singles matches to advance on.
The Stags defeated Marist in last year’s championship game by the score of 4-1. Marist will look to avenge last year’s lost to Fairfield. The stage is set, the championship game will be played at 10 a.m.