2018 MAAC Women's Lacrosse Championship Starts Saturday with First Round Action
EDISON, NJ – The first round of the 2018 MAAC Women’s Lacrosse Championship gets underway on Saturday with a pair of contests featuring number three seed Fairfield University hosting number six Iona College and number four seed Canisius College hosting number five seed Niagara.
Co-regular season champion Marist College (10-6, 6-2 MAAC) is the number one seed and will host the semifinal and championship rounds on Thursday, May 3 and Saturday, May 5 in Poughkeepsie, New York. Monmouth University (8-9, 6-2 MAAC), who is the number two seed and also shared the regular season title, also received a bye into the semifinals.
Number three seed Fairfield (10-6, 6-2 MAAC) and number six seed Iona (8-9, 3-5 MAAC) battle in Fairfield, Connecticut at 11 a.m. on Saturday live on MAAC.TV. Fairfield, who was part of a four-way tie for the regular season title at 6-2, seeks a return trip to the championship where the Stags fell to Canisius last season. Iona makes its second straight appearance in the championship since last making it 2011—faced Fairfield in the semifinals. The Stags topped the Gaels 12-9 in New Rochelle, New York during the regular season.
The second first round matchup starts at 7 p.m. in Buffalo, New York between number 3 seed Canisius (9-8, 6-2 MAAC)—also part of four-way tie for regular season title—and number five seed Niagara (8-9, 5-3 MAAC). That game can be watched on ESPN+. The two sides face one another on Wednesday, April 25 in the regular season finale when Canisius won at Niagara 15-10. The Golden Griffins have six of the last seven MAAC Championships and seek a third consecutive. The Purple Eagles return to the championship for the fourth year in a row and are coming off a semifinal appearance a season ago.
For more information on the 2018 MAAC Women's Lacrosse Championship, visit
maacsports.com/wlax. Championship tickets can be purchased at
maac.ticketleap.com, and will also be sold on-site during the event.
About the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference:
With 11 institutions strongly bound by the sound principles of quality and integrity in academics and excellence in athletics, the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) is in its 37th year of competition during the 2017-18 academic year. Current Conference members include: Canisius College, Fairfield University, Iona College, Manhattan College, Marist College, Monmouth University, Niagara University, Quinnipiac University, Rider University, Saint Peter's University, and Siena College.