Defending Champions Canisius College Chosen as Women's Lacrosse Preseason Favorites
MAAC Sports
Edison,
NJ - The 2012 defending MAAC Women's Lacrosse champions, the Canisius
College Golden Griffins, have been chosen as the preseason favorites to
three-peat in 2013 as determined by a vote of the conference's seven head
coaches.
Canisius
won the 2011 and 2012 MAAC Women's Lacrosse Championship defeating top-seeded
Fairfield University in both years' championship match-ups winning 13-8 in 2011
and 15-11 in 2012. The Griffs went 4-2 in the conference and 10-9 overall
during their repeat championship campaign last season.
Canisius'
Morgan Leonard was chosen as the 2013 MAAC Preseason Player of the Year. Leonard,
a member of the 2012 All-MAAC 1st Team, was chosen as the 2012
Co-Defensive Player of the Year. She led the MAAC with 3.00 caused turnovers
per game and also ranked second in the MAAC with 3.67 ground balls per game in
league play.
Canisius
topped the poll with 44 points. Fairfield followed with a close second place
finish in the poll with 42 points. Marist College tapped in at third with 33
points, while Iona College tallied 29 points for fourth. Siena College finished
in fifth receiving 26 points, followed by Manhattan College with 13 points and
Niagara University with 9 points.
The
preseason All-MAAC team consists of Fairfield's Chloe Mangan and Melanie Raso,
Iona's Kylie Gregory and Marist's Ashley Miller at attack. The midfielders are
Canisius' Leonard and Lindsey Morgan, Fairfield's Courtney Chmil, Marist's
Jamie Romano, and Siena's Katie Maguire. Canisius' Gabby Kotas, Marist's Christine
Astarita, and Siena's Amanda Peguillan were selected at defense. Fairfield's
Katie Keenan was chosen as the goalkeeper.
Preseason
Coaches' Poll
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1.
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Canisius
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44
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2.
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Fairfield
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42
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3.
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Marist
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33
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4.
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Iona
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29
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5.
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Siena
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26
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6.
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Manhattan
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13
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7.
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Niagara
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9
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Preseason
All-MAAC Team
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Attack
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Chloe
Mangan
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Fairfield
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Melanie
Raso
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Fairfield
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Kylie
Gregory
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Iona
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Ashley
Miller
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Marist
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Midfield
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Morgan
Leonard
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Canisius
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Lindsey
Morgan
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Canisius
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Courtney
Chmil
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Fairfield
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Jamie
Romano
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Marist
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Katie
Maguire
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Siena
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Defense
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Gabby
Kotas
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Canisius
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Christine
Astarita
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Marist
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Amanda
Peguillan
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Siena
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Goalkeeper
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Katie
Keenan
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Fairfield
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Preseason
Player of the Year