Marist and Iona Set to Meet in Women's Final Monday on ESPNU
MAAC Sports
Springfield, Mass. - The top two seeds, Marist College and
Iona College, will meet in the 2013 MAAC Women's Basketball Championship Game
at noon on Monday, March 11 at the MassMutual Center in Springfield, Mass. The
game will air live on ESPNU.
Marist has reeled off 20 wins in a row and is coming off a 61-36 blowout victory
against fifth-seeded Niagara University in the semifinals. The Red Foxes will
be looking to claim their eighth consecutive MAAC title and eighth overall.
Leading the charge will be 2013 Pepsi Max Defensive Player of the Year, Leanne
Ockenden, and MAAC Sixth Player of the Year, Kristina Danella.
Iona has won its last 9 contests, including victories over seventh-seeded Canisius
College and sixth-seeded Siena College in the MAAC Women's Basketball
Championships. But, the Gaels have to face Marist, a team they have not beaten
since a 62-46 win during the 2000-2001 season under coach Michelle Brusseau.
Iona will look to their Pepsi Max Player of the Year, Damika Martinez and Pepsi
Max Rookie of the Year, Joy Adams, to lead them to the programs first ever
championship victory.
The winner will receive the MAAC's automatic bid to the 2012 NCAA Division I
Women's Basketball Championship.