Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference

Rowing In The NCAAs — The Long And The Short Of It

2013-05-18 13:42:03

Jenn DeLisle is 5 feet 2. Kelsey Butta is 5-4. "When we went to our last race, we were in an elevator with some people from California and they're like, 'Oh, a couple of coxswains?' said their 5-11 fellow senior tri-captain Eleni Waskiewicz of Orange....

Niagara building back up, signs four new recruits; Bona adds guard

2013-05-17 04:34:02

Enough about who's going. Niagara basketball can finally start talking about who's coming. New Purple Eagles coach Chris Casey has signed his first round of recruits, adding two guards and two forwards to a Niagara roster hit hard by defections...

Red Foxes won't sneak up on Sooners

2013-05-17 07:14:02

Marist has about 5,000 students. Oklahoma has six times that number. The Sooners are entering NCAA regional play for the 20th time and have one of the most dominant softball teams ever assembled, while the Red Foxes are making just their second...

Red Foxes more excited than they are intimidated

2013-05-17 07:24:02

Danielle Koltz has never even been to Oklahoma. Now, she's getting ready to take on the country's top softball team on its home field in Norman. Koltz, one of the senior leaders on Marist's MAAC-winning squad, will lead her team against the No. 1...

Regional Digest: College Athletes From Schools In State Collect Honors In Softball, Baseball

2013-05-16 19:34:30

College Baseball, Softball Western Connecticut State University senior Conor Bierfeldt of Torrington and Southern Maine senior Tucker White of Deerfield, N.H., were named Little East co-players of the year. Bierfeldt became the first baseball player in...

Timber Creek's Reid signs with Niagara

2013-05-17 00:00:00

Dominique Reid played in just five games last season for Timber Creek because of a knee injury. But the 6-foot-8 forward still earned a Division I basketball scholarship. Reid on Wednesday signed with Niagara University, according to Timber Creek...

Extra Credit

2013-05-15 14:12:07

SIMMONS STANDS OUT IN LOWELL: Bianca Simmons, a senior guard from Middletown, received the Lester H. Cushing Award as one of two UMass Lowell athletes of the year (Chad Ruhwedel, men's hockey). Simmons led Division II in scoring with 28.2 points a game,...

Eastern Wrestling League adds George Mason and Rider

2013-05-14 04:34:02

The Eastern Wrestling League has added George Mason and Rider, ending nearly two years of uncertainty surrounding the league's future in the wake of the departures of Pittsburgh and West Virginia. George Mason and Rider will join the EWL for the 2013-14...

Spiders hoops gets Niagara transfer, Nancy Lieberman's son

2013-05-13 00:34:02

The University of Richmond will enroll its first basketball transfer since Chris Mooney became coach in 2005-06. The newcomer has impressive hoops bloodlines. T.J. Cline, a 6-foot-8 forward with three seasons of eligibility remaining, will switch to...

Irish overcome slow start to beat Detroit, advance in tournament

2013-05-12 13:34:02

Panic, according to Notre Dame coach Kevin Corrigan, absolutely, positively, was not a factor. OK, call it an enhanced sense of urgency. Whatever term can describe the feeling that comes with a four-goal deficit to the lacrosse team considered the...

BRIEF: Niagara softball finishes season third in MAAC tournament

2013-05-12 10:04:02

Niagara University's softball season is over, with the Purple Eagles finishing third in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference tournament. The Purps got off to a winning start with a 6-3 victory over top-seeded Siena. Senior Alexis Wayne drove in four...

Notre Dame men's lacrosse: Irish overcome slow start to beat Detroit, advance in tournament

2013-05-12 02:18:00

SOUTH BEND — Panic, according to Notre Dame coach Kevin Corrigan, absolutely, positively, was not a factor. OK, call it an enhanced sense of urgency. Whatever term can describe the feeling that comes with a four-goal deficit to the lacrosse team...

The Titans are a fifth-year Division I program making its first NCAA tournament appearance. Their roster is equal parts Michigan, Canada and Long Island. The Fighting Irish are 10-4 but losers of their past two, both to Syracuse.

2013-05-05 00:00:00

Favorite: Marist The Red Foxes (8-2) can claim the top seed in the MAAC by beating Siena on Saturday. Coach Keegan Wilkinson relies on Connor Rice (3.8 points per game) and Jack Dougherty (3.5 ppg), the best one-two punch in the league for an offense averaging 12.5 goals per game (No. 6 nationally).

2013-02-23 00:00:00

Loyola-Bucknell will become a conference matchup when the Greyhounds join the Patriot League next year, but upperclassmen like Erik Etherly are more concerned with using Friday night's game to prepare for MAAC play.

2012-12-27 00:00:00