2008 Woodie Awards
The most anticipated Men's basketball season, in recent memory, tipped off on Sunday as the White team defeated the Red Team 69-49 in the Red/White preseason scrimmage. Senior Will Whittington paced the White Team with 21 points including 5-7 from three point range.
Devon O'Naulty Diving, Junior O'Naulty was named MAAC diver of the week by the conference offices for his performance in the Red Fox Invitational. He completed a sweep of diving by winning the 1-meter and the 3-meter dives with a score of 248.70. On the horizon: The Red Foxes return to the pool when they take to the road to face Fordham on Thursday, Oct.
The Duquesne Dukes held the Marist Red Foxes to a mere 189 total offensive yards, delivering a crushing 40-10 blow to the Foxes record and confidence Saturday at Rooney Field in Pittsburgh, PA and extending its MAAC win streak to 39 games. The Dukes racked up 467 yards of total offense in a dazzling aerial attack as they advanced to 6-2 overall and 2-0 in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC).
The Red Foxes earned their third consecutive win and their first shut out victory against a Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) opponent since 2003 when they trounced the Loyola Greyhounds on Saturday afternoon in the McCann Center. Marist won in three games, by a score of 30-27, 30-21, and 30-24; during game one, Marist never trailed.
Last year, just one point separated Marist from Iona in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) tournament semi-final game and allowed Marist to move on into the finals. On Tues. Oct. 24, just two votes separated Iona from Marist on MAAC Media Day, as Marist's three coaches' votes was second to Iona's five.
The Red Foxes battled on Sunday afternoon to gain a 1-0 victory over Canisius (3-3-1 MAAC). The team's senior captain Keith Detelj did his job leading his team to victory by scoring the only goal of the day. He was backed by a great performance by sophomore goaltender Marcelo Del Rio, who earned his first career shutout in the win.
The women's soccer team's second half struggles continued as they were downed 2-0 by the Canisius Golden Griffins on Sunday. The Red Foxes out-shot Canisius 7-3 in a first half that saw Marist hit the cross bar 7 times but relinquished 2 second half goals in the loss.
A first place finish in last Tuesday's warm up meet with Iona and Manhattan College has the Red Foxes confident going into this Friday's Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) Championships at Van Cortlandt Park. The results of last Tuesday's meet were not significant, but it gave Marist some practice on the same course that will be hosting its biggest meet thus far this season.
A lone doubles victory was the only statistical bright spot this weekend for Marist men's tennis at the Wilson/Intercollegiate Tennis Association Northeast Men's Regional Championships. Seniors Pedro Genovese and Federico Rolon marched past their first round doubles opponents from the University of Connecticut, Ben Goldstein and Joe Schueler, 8-5 Friday.