MAAC Women's Basketball Quarterfinal Action Set for Friday
MAAC Sports
Springfield, Mass. - The quarterfinal seeds are set for the 2013 MAAC
Women's Basketball Championship on Friday.
The first game tips-off at 9:30 a.m. and features #7 Canisius College against #2
Iona College. Canisius is coming off a victory against Saint Peter's in the
first round of the tournament and will look to carry that momentum into their
matchup against the Gaels. Iona finished their season on a seven game
win-streak and will try to continue that trend on Friday. The Gaels swept the
regular season against Canisius, winning 68-54 on Jan. 6 and 84-79 Feb. 16.
Game two pits #6 Siena College and #3 Fairfield University for an 11:30 a.m.
showdown. Fairfield has won both meetings this season winning 66-59 on Jan 10 and
50-43 on Jan. 25th.
The third game of the day sees #9 Manhattan College take on top-seeded
Marist College in a 1:30 p.m. contest. The Jaspers are fresh off their buzzer
beating win over Loyola in the first round and hope to earn a similar result on
Friday. But, the Red Foxes are undefeated in conference play and are the
hottest team in the conference.
The last women's quarterfinal matchup features #5 Niagara University and #4
Rider University at 3:30 p.m. The Broncs swept the regular season
against Niagara, winning 62-58 on Jan. 18 and 64-59 Feb. 2.