Softball: #6 Stags vs. #3 Marist on Wednesday at 11:00 am

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The Stags (11-9)(22-26) are the #6 seed in the MAAC Softball Championship and will play #3 Marist (13-7)(35-20) on Wednesday at 11:00 am at Iona College in New Rochelle. During the Regular Season the Stags split their series with Marist at Poughkeepsie by a score of 4-1 in both games. Only #1 Iona and #2 Siena won their series against the Stags during the Regular Season.

The Stags won the Championship game and the NCAA bid in (2015). The #1 seeded Gaels are six-time MAAC Softball Champions and earned their last title in 2014. Only Canisius College (12) has claimed more MAAC Softball Championships than Iona.

2017 MAAC Softball Championship hosted by Iona College
Wednesday, May 10
Game Matchup Time/Results
1 #3 Marist vs. #6 Fairfield at 11:00 a.m.
2 #4 Manhattan vs. #5 Monmouth at 1:30 p.m.

Thursday, May 11
Game Matchup Time/Results
3 #2 Siena vs. Winner Game 1 at 9:00 a.m.
4 #1 Iona vs. Winner Game 2 at 11:30 a.m
5 Loser Game 2 vs. Loser Game 3 at 2:00 p.m.
6 Loser Game 1 vs. Loser Game 4 at 4:30 p.m.

Friday, May 12
Game Matchup Time/Results
7 Winner Game 3 vs. Winner Game 4 at 11:00 a.m.
8 Winner Game 5 vs. Winner Game 6 at 1:30 p.m.
9 Winner Game 8 vs. Loser Game 7 at 4:00 p.m.

Saturday, May 13
Championship Game Matchup Time/Results
10 Winner Game 7 vs. Winner Game 9 at 12:00 p.m.
*11 If necessary Game at 2:30 p.m.

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MAAC Softball Regular Season Final Standings
TEAM MAAC PCT. OVERALL PCT.
Iona 15 - 5 .750 26 - 20 .565
Siena 14 - 6 .700 21 - 28 .429
Marist 13 - 7 .650 35 - 20 .636
Manhattan 13 - 7 .650 33 - 19 .635
Fairfield 11 - 9 .550 22 - 26 .458
Monmouth 11 - 9 .550 22 - 29 .431
Niagara 10 - 10 .500 19 - 26 .422
Quinnipiac 9 - 11 .450 23 - 27 .460
Canisius 9 - 11 .450 21 - 32 .396
Saint Peter's 4 - 16 .200 6 - 34 .150
Rider 1 - 19 .050 6 - 44 .120

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Live Stats is available for the game.

Why still no pregame release on the Stag website with the game less than 24 hours away? However, the MAAC website has coverage of the Softball championship as of yesterday. The Stags website did not even have a release that Stag Softball qualified for the 2017 MAAC Softball Championship. These student-athletes have played 48 softball games so far this season and 20 MAAC games to qualify. The team deserves better coverage on the "new and improved" Stag website.

2017 MAAC SOFTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP FIELD IS SET

EDISON, NJ – The 2017 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) Softball Championship field of play is set as the regular season concluded on Monday afternoon. Iona College is the No. 1 overall seed and serves as the host institution for the 2017 MAAC Softball Championship, which takes place May 10-14, from the Donald E. Walsh Field in New Rochelle, NY. Each game of the 2017 MAAC Softball Championship will be streamed on either MAAC.TV or ESPN3....

No. 3 Marist (33-20, 13-7 MAAC) faces No. 6 Fairfield (22-26, 11-9 MAAC) in the first game of the 2017 MAAC Softball Championship on Wednesday, May 10 at 11:00 a.m. The Red Foxes and Stags spilt their regular season meeting on April 8.

Marist took game one of the doubleheader, 4-1, behind senior pitcher Jayne Oberdorf. The senior tossed 5.0 innings, allowed one run, earned, on four hits. She struck out three and walked none in the win. Senior outfielder Janna Korak accounted for three of the Red Foxes' four runs on the day. She slugged a three-run home run in the bottom of the third inning to put Marist out in front, 4-1.

Fairfield came back to win game two of the series, 4-1. Sophomore pitcher Karisa Hughen pitched a complete game in the win and allowed one run, earned, on eight hits. She struck out two and walked two.

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Live Stats:
www.fairfieldstags.com/liveStats/v2/softball/index.dbml?GAME_STAT_ID=3118928&db_oem_id=32500

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Stags beat Marist 5-3 and move onto the next round against #2 Siena tomorrow at 9:00 am.