2008 Woodie Awards
The Marist men's basketball team will look to stay in a tie for first-place as it plays host to the hottest team in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC), the Fairfield Stags, on Thursday, Feb. 8, at 7:30 p.m. in the McCann Center. Currently the Red Foxes are 17-7 and 9-4 in the MAAC.
Will Whittington scored a career high 32 points in a 79-78 win over conference rival Rider Monday at Alumni Gymnasium. Eight of Whittington's baskets were three-pointers, which tied the school record and his own personal record for the fourth time. The victory improved Marist to 17-7 overall and now share first place with a 9-4 record in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference.
The Marist Red Foxes women's tennis team opened its winter season with a 5-2 loss to Colgate on Sunday, despite an impressive performance from junior Erin Godly. The match also marked the head coaching debut of Marist Coach Roge Nesbitt, who was hired just a little more than two weeks ago after having coached at Poughkeepsie's Lourdes High School.
I'm pretty good at puzzles. Crossword, those Sudoku ones with the numbers in the boxes, a 500-piece depiction of Fenway Park - I can do all of these reasonably well. Put it this way, I could definitely win a challenge on MTV's Inferno. But there are people who can do them better.
While many students return to campus in January with a fresh perspective, ready to start over, Marist's men's tennis team looked to pick up exactly where they left off in November; and they did just that. In just their first month of action, the Foxes dominated the field at the Army Winter Tournament, had a strong showing at the Harvard Invitational, and split their first two dual matches.
Will Whittington Basketball, Senior Whittington led the Foxes in scoring in their last two games, netting 23 points against Loyola and 32 points against Rider. Marist has moved into a tie for first place with a record of 9-4 in conference play. On the horizon: Marist will be at home to take on the Fairfield Stags on Thursday, Feb.