Tennis Preseason Poll Selects Marist Men and Fairfield Women to Lead MAAC
MAAC Sports
Edison, NJ - The Marist College men's and Fairfield
University women's tennis teams were selected as favorites to win the MAAC
Championships in 2013, according to the head coaches' preseason poll.
The Marist men topped the poll with 49 points. The Red
Foxes, led by 15th-year head coach and 2012 Coach of the Year Tim Smith, return
All-MAAC Player of the Year Lorenzo Rossi, All-MAAC Rookie of the Year Joseph
Dube and All-MAAC First Team performers Dalen Klassen and Will Reznek.
Fairfield finished second in the poll with 40 points and Niagara
finished for third with 37 points. Saint Peter's finished fourth with 25, followed
by Siena (20), Loyola (18) and Rider (8).
The Fairfield women, who won the MAAC Championship in 2012, received 61 points
in the preseason poll. Fairfield is led by head coach Ed Paige and returns
All-MAAC First Team selections of Monica Yajima, Sharissa Ryan, Carolina
Koladzyn and Nikki Jackson. Yajima was named 2012 Player of the Year.
Loyola was second in the women's poll with 54 points, followed by Marist with
53. Niagara finished fourth with 33 and Saint Peter's was fifth with 31. Siena
(29), Manhattan (19) and Rider (8) rounded out the poll.
The 2013 MAAC Men's and Women's Tennis Championships will
take place at Mercer County Park in West Windsor, New Jersey from April 27-28.
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Men's Preseason Coaches Poll
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1.
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Marist
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49
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2.
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Fairfield
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40
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3.
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Niagara
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37
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3.
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Saint
Peter's
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25
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5.
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Siena
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20
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6.
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Loyola
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18
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7.
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Rider
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7
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Women's Preseason Coaches Poll
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1.
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Fairfield
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61
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2.
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Loyola
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54
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3.
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Marist
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53
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4.
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Niagara
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33
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5.
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Saint
Peter's
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31
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6.
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Siena
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29
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7.
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Manhattan
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19
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8.
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Rider
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8
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