EDISON, NJ (Jan. 19, 2024) – The 2024 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) water polo season is set to start on Saturday, January 20 with two teams kicking off their respective seasons out west.
 
Marist College, selected third in the 2024 preseason poll, is headed to Santa Barbara, CA for the University California Santa Barbara Invitational. The Red Foxes will face Whittier College and UCLA on Saturday and UC San Diego and Pomona-Pitzer on Sunday, January 21.
 
Wagner College, the MAAC preseason co-favorite, heads to Arizona for the ASU Invitational. Wagner takes on Salem University and Arizona State University on Saturday and California Lutheran University and Loyola Marymount University on Sunday.
 
Four MAAC squads are slated to begin their season on January 27^th at the Villanova Invitational. The quartet included host, Villanova, Iona University, LIU, and Mount St. Mary’s University. Villanova is set to take the pool against Mercyhurst and then MAAC foe, Iona. The Gaels will also face Gannon at the meet. The reigning 2023 MAAC Water Polo champions and preseason co-favorite, LIU will be taking on Saint Francis and Michigan. Mount St. Mary’s will battle Mercyhurst and Gannon.
 
For the full 2024 MAAC Water Polo schedule visit maacsports.com.
 
The 2024 MAAC Water Polo Championship will take place April 26-28. The six-team, single-elimination championship will be hosted by Marist College in Poughkeepsie, NY. Marist has hosted the Water Polo Championship annually since 2003. For all information regarding the 2024 MAAC Water Polo Championship, please visit maacsports.com/wp.
 
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 43rd year of competition during the 2023-24 academic year. Current conference members include: Canisius University, Fairfield University, Iona University, Manhattan College, Marist College, Mount St. Mary’s University, Niagara University, Quinnipiac University, Rider University, Saint Peter’s University, and Siena College. Merrimack College and Sacred Heart University will join the MAAC as full members in the 2024-25 academic year, expanding the conference to 13 institutions.
 
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