Stags #5 in MAAC Coaches Poll

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Stags picked #5 and not surprisingly Marist at #1


The Stags collected 54 points in the poll which placed them in the middle of the ratings.

Marist College was tabbed the preseason favorite by collecting all 10 first-place votes for 100 points.

Niagara University was next in line with 83 points, followed by Loyola University with 67 points. Canisius College took the fourth spot with 64 points, followed by Fairfield University.

The rest of the poll included Rider University (49 points), Siena College(45 points), Iona College (41 points), Manhattan College (35 points), and Saint Peter's University (12 points). .

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How good is Marist Women's Basketball:

Last season, the Red Foxes won their seventh consecutive MAAC Championship and eighth in the past nine seasons.

The Marist women's basketball team won their fifth ever NCAA Tournament game last season, defeating the fourth-seeded University of Georgia, 76-60, in a first-round game.

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Marist only lost by 1 point (60-59) in 2005 to Canisius and before their first MACC Championship in 2004 also over Canisius, Marist had never been in the championship finals.

However, Fairfield and Marist have played in two of the last 3 MAAC Championship games including last year and in 2010.

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After watching Marist play UCONN, the Red Foxettes can be had. Go Does!