MAAC Tennis Opens Season This Weekend
MAAC Tennis Opens Season This Weekend
Edison, N.J. (Jan. 17, 2020) – Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) tennis begins the season when the Marist College men’s team faces off against Purdue on Saturday, Jan. 18 at 6 p.m. The match will take place at in West Point, New York.
Monmouth University, the MAAC preseason favorite is set to start its season at home against LaSalle on Feb. 1. Last year, Monmouth won its fourth consecutive MAAC Championship.
Women’s tennis begins play on Monday, Jan. 20 when Quinnipiac University travels to Cambridge, Massachusetts to face Harvard.
Fairfield University, the MAAC preseason favorite on the women’s side, begins its season Jan. 24 when the Stags travel to Flushing, New York to face St. John’s.
See below for the full opening schedule:
Saturday Jan. 18
Marist (M) vs Purdue at 6:00 p.m. in West Point, NY
Sunday Jan. 19
Quinnipiac (M) vs Brown at 10:00 a.m. in Providence, RI
Monday Jan. 20
Quinnipiac (W) vs Harvard at 2:00 p.m. in Cambridge, MA
Friday Jan. 24
Fairfield (W) vs St. John’s at 12:00 p.m. in Flushing, NY
Saturday Jan. 25
Fairfield (M) at NJIT Winter Invitational in Newark, NJ
Niagara (M) vs Ball State University at 2:00 p.m. in East Lansing, MI
Thursday Jan. 30
Marist (W) vs UNCW at 12:00 p.m. in Wappingers Falls, NY
Friday Jan. 31
Niagara (W) vs University at Buffalo at 7:00p.m. in Buffalo, NY
Saturday Feb. 1
Monmouth (M) vs La Salle at 3:00 p.m. in West Long Branch, NJ
Friday Feb. 7
Rider (W) vs Temple in Philadelphia, PA
Friday Feb. 21
Monmouth (W) vs Merrimack at 7:00 p.m. in West Long Branch, NJ
Sunday March 1
Rider (M) vs Delaware at 4:00 p.m. in Newark, DE
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 39
th year of competition during the 2019-20 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.