EDISON, NJ (Jan. 22, 2025) – Wagner College have been selected as the 2025 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) Water Polo preseason favorite, as voted on by the league's nine head coaches.
The Seahawks collected 80 points and eight first-place votes, to lead the poll. Wagner enters 2025 as the defending MAAC Champions after claiming the 2024 title. Dating back to 2003, Wagner has won a MAAC-leading 11 championships, including eight out of the last 10 trophies since 2014. Overall, the Seahawks went 30-5 last season, including a perfect 12-0 MAAC mark, securing their third consecutive MAAC Regular Season Championship.
2024 MAAC runner-up, Marist College, was tabbed second in the poll, receiving 71 points, while LIU was picked third with a total of 64 points and the final first place vote. Iona University (48) and La Salle University (46) rounded out the top five.
Wagner’s senior attacker, Carlota Alonso, earned MAAC Preseason Player of the Year honors, while the duo of Marist’s Ines Sanchez and Wagner’s Francesca Sena, were named MAAC Preseason Co-Goalkeepers of the Year.
The remainder of the Preseason All-MAAC Team and full Preseason Coaches’ Poll can be found below.
| 2025 Water Polo Preseason Coaches’ Poll |
| 1 |
Wagner |
80 (8) |
| 2 |
Marist |
71 |
| 3 |
LIU |
64 (1) |
| 4 |
Iona |
48 |
| 5 |
La Salle |
46 |
| 6 |
Villanova |
39 |
| 7 |
Mount St. Mary’s |
37 |
| 8 |
Siena |
16 |
| 9 |
VMI |
11 |
| Preseason Player of the Year |
| Carlota Alonso, Wagner |
| Preseason Co-Goalkeepers of the Year |
| Ines Sanchez, Marist |
| Francesca Sena, Wagner |
| Preseason All-MAAC Team |
| Player |
Position |
Year |
Institution |
| Lola Trujillo |
Utility |
Jr. |
Iona |
| Francesca Co’ |
Attacker |
Sr. |
La Salle |
| Sydney deVroedt |
Attacker/Utility |
Sr. |
LIU |
| Ella Baumgarten |
Center |
Sr. |
Marist |
| Anita Radaelli |
Utility |
So. |
Mount St. Mary’s |
| Carlota Alonso |
Attacker |
Sr. |
Wagner |
| Ana Arias |
Attacker |
So. |
Wagner |
| Ines Sanchez |
Goalkeeper |
Jr. |
Marist |
| Francesca Sena |
Goalkeeper |
Jr. |
Wagner |
The 2025 MAAC Water Polo Championship will take place April 25-27, 2025. 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 2025 MAAC Water Polo Championship, please visit
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About the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference:
With 13 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 44th year of competition during the 2024-25 academic year. Current conference members include: Canisius University, Fairfield University, Iona University, Manhattan University, Marist College, Merrimack College, Mount St. Mary’s University, Niagara University, Quinnipiac University, Rider University, Sacred Heart University, Saint Peter’s University, and Siena College.
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