2008 Woodie Awards
Wind and rain could not stifle a spectacular offensive performance with a dominating show by junior running back Adam Hansen as he helped to carry the Marist Red Foxes to a 35-18 victory against the St. Peter's Peacocks on Saturday evening at Leonidoff field.
Strength is a word that can be used to describe many things. Using it to describe Fairfield's volleyball team could be deemed sufficient. The Fairfield Stags came to the McCann Center Saturday with a vengeance to get their 13th straight win and stay undefeated in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC).
The Marist Red Foxes capped off its season in dramatic fashion as they beat MAAC rival Siena 1-0 in overtime on Friday night. In a game that saw six seniors finishing their athletic careers here at Marist, the Red Foxes willed their way past the second seeded team in the MAAC.
The Marist men's cross country team finished runner up to nationally-ranked Iona College on Friday. The second place finish was its best in school history in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) Championships. The Red Foxes ended the day with a school record low 52 points, but still fell short of Iona who finished with 17 points on the afternoon.
After several weeks of disappointing play, Red Fox tennis seniors Pedro Genovese and Federico Rolon proved last weekend why they are Marist's top doubles team. The pair claimed the Flight A Doubles championship at the Cornell Fall Indoor Invitational in Ithaca, defeating the University of Buffalo's Nikesh Singh Panthlia and Yules Hatisubroto 8-3.
The Marist women's cross country team beat out Manhattan College in the race for second place on Friday at the 2006 MAAC Cross Country Championship at Van Cortland Park in the Bronx. Manhattan had placed three runners ahead of Marist, but the Red Foxes then had seven runners cross the line before Manhattan's fourth and fifth runners finished to seal second place.
Girma Segni X-Country, Sophomore Sophomore Girma Segni was fourth overall and the only runner in the race to break up Iona's top-5 runners in the MAAC Championships. He helped Marist to its lowest point total (52) at the MAAC Championship in school history.