Monmouth Women’s Soccer Selected as Preseason Favorite; Jill Conklin Tabbed Preseason Player of the Year
Monmouth Women’s Soccer Selected as Preseason Favorite; Jill Conklin Tabbed Preseason Player of the Year
EDISON, NJ (Feb. 16, 2021) – The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) has announced the 2020-21 Preseason Coaches’ Poll and Preseason All-MAAC Team for Women’s Soccer, as voted on by the league’s head coaches. Monmouth University has been selected as the preseason favorite, with junior midfielder Jill Conklin being selected as the Preseason Player of the Year.
Monmouth received nine of 11 possible first place votes, totaling 118 points. Fairfield University followed with a total of 105 points and two first place votes. The Stags were followed by Rider University in third, Quinnipiac University in fourth, and Marist College in fifth. The poll was rounded out by Niagara University, Manhattan College, Siena College, Iona College, Canisius College, and Saint Peter’s University.
For the full Preseason Poll breakdown, as well as the 2020-21 MAAC Women’s Soccer Preseason All-MAAC Team, see below.
The 2020-21 MAAC Women’s Soccer Championship is set to take place from April 9-16. All games will be hosted by the higher seed of each matchup. Stay up to date with all MAAC Women’s Soccer Championship news by visiting
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| Preseason Coaches' Poll |
| 1 |
Monmouth (9) |
118 |
| 2 |
Fairfield (2) |
105 |
| 3 |
Rider |
90 |
| 4 |
Quinnipiac |
88 |
| 5 |
Marist |
68 |
| 6 |
Niagara |
66 |
| 7 |
Manhattan |
54 |
| 8 |
Siena |
48 |
| 9 |
Iona |
39 |
| 10 |
Canisius |
33 |
| 11 |
Saint Peter's |
17 |
| Preseason Player of the Year |
| Jill Conklin - Monmouth |
| Preseason All-MAAC Team |
| Player |
Position |
Year |
Institution |
| Liz Dumas |
Forward |
Sr. |
Fairfield |
| Nicole Stryjek |
Forward |
Sr. |
Fairfield |
| Stephanie Tsangaris |
Forward |
Jr. |
Fairfield |
| Nicole Sasso |
Midfield |
Sr. |
Marist |
| Jill Conklin |
Midfield |
Jr. |
Monmouth |
| Maddison Perna |
Midfield |
So. |
Monmouth |
| Gabby Diodati |
Back |
Sr. |
Fairfield |
| Sarina Jones |
Back |
Sr. |
Monmouth |
| Jesi Rossman |
Back |
Jr. |
Monmouth |
| Niamh Cashin |
Back |
Jr. |
Rider |
| Carmen Carbonell |
Goalkeeper |
Sr. |
Rider |
About the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference:
With 11 institutions strongly bound by the sound principles of quality and integrity in academics and excellence in athletics, the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) celebrates its 40th year of competition during the 2020-21 academic year. Current conference members include: Canisius College, Fairfield University, Iona College, Manhattan College, Marist College, Monmouth University, Niagara University, Quinnipiac University, Rider University, Saint Peter’s University, and Siena College.