2020 MAAC Softball Season Begins
2020 MAAC Softball Season Begins
Edison, N.J. (Feb. 6, 2020) – The 2020 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) softball season begins on Friday, Feb. 7 with Canisius College traveling to North Carolina for the 2020 Gardner-Webb Tournament.
The Griffs have five games scheduled over three days, facing Maryland Eastern Shore once, Youngstown State twice, and host Gardner-Webb twice. Canisius was selected eighth in the 2020 MAAC Softball Preseason Coaches’ Poll.
The weekend of Feb. 14 welcomes the first games of the season for Monmouth University, Marist College, and Siena College. Monmouth, the two-time defending champion and preseason favorite for 2020, will head to the Madeira Beach Invitational in Florida for three days of doubleheaders. The Hawks’ Lindsey Baron was named the 2020 MAAC Softball Preseason Player of the Year after a rookie season where she led the MAAC in runs scored (51), doubles (21), home runs (12), and total bases (121).
Marist, ranked second in the coaches’ poll, will travel to Nashville, Tennessee for the Bruin Challenge. The Red Foxes will stay in the Music City for three days, taking on challengers Green Bay, Northern Kentucky, and host Belmont. The Saints begin their 2020 campaign with a trip to Elon, North Carolina for the Phoenix Invitational to take on hosts Elon as well as Radford and Morgan State.
The regular season concludes with the 2020 MAAC Softball Championship from May 6 to May 9. The MAAC regular season champions will host the four-day championship, consisting of the league’s top six teams.
For the full 2020 schedule, click
here. See below for the full-slate of season-openers:
- Canisius – Friday, Feb. 7 / Gardner-Webb Tournament – Boiling Springs, NC
- Monmouth – Friday, Feb. 14 / Madeira Beach Invitational – Madeira Beach, FL
- Marist – Friday, Feb. 14 / Bruin Challenge – Nashville, TN
- Siena – Saturday, Feb. 15 / Phoenix Invitational – Elon, NC
- Rider – Friday, Feb. 21 / Tennessee State Tiger Classic – Nashville, TN
- Iona – Friday, Feb. 21 / 2020 Ripley’s Chanticleer Showdown – Conway, SC
- Quinnipiac – Friday, Feb. 21 / LMU Tournament – Los Angeles, CA
- Manhattan – Friday, Feb. 21 / Madeira Beach Invitational – Madeira Beach, FL
- Fairfield – Friday, Feb. 21 / UNC Greensboro Invitational – Greensboro, NC
- Saint Peter’s – Saturday, Feb. 29 / Gaucho Classic – Santa Barbara, CA
- Niagara – Friday, March 6 / The Spring Games – Longwood, FL
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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.