Final Third On The MAAC Pitch: Seeding Out Personal Goals

With the MAAC regular season coming to an end, the teams with the best records are Monmouth University — clinched regular season title(1), Rider, Iona College and Marist. Two takeaways from those four is Monmouth, who are the defending conference champions, and Quinnipiac not seeding at the top. The former is self-explanatory, as for the latter, the simple reason is that Cesar Markovic, Siena head … Continue reading Final Third On The MAAC Pitch: Seeding Out Personal Goals

Swimming and Diving to Return, Good Starts to Conference Play

Swimming and Diving The coaches’ preseason polls were announced by the MAAC for the 2015-2016 swimming and diving season. Manhattan’s men’s team was picked to finish eighth, a one spot improvement from last season’s poll. Women’s was selected to finish ninth in the conference. Both teams will travel to Pennsylvania for a matchup against Marywood to start their seasons on Oct. 10. Women’s Soccer Manhattan … Continue reading Swimming and Diving to Return, Good Starts to Conference Play

Final Third On The MAAC Pitch: Monmouth MAAC (Regular Season) Champions, So Far

The non-conference matches have come and gone. Conference play is finally here. This is when the win-loss record begins to matter Monmouth University, Marist College, Siena, Iona and Saint Peter’s are the current top five seeds in the MAAC, in that order. Although the teams mentioned are in the upper-echelon, the conference is tightly contested based on the margins of wins; losses; and draws. In … Continue reading Final Third On The MAAC Pitch: Monmouth MAAC (Regular Season) Champions, So Far

Final Third On The MAAC Pitch: State of Manhattan with Alex Shackley

This is a bi-weekly column that takes a look at all of the MAAC men’s soccer teams throughout the course of the season and off-season. Disclaimer: This interview was conducted prior to the start of the ‘15 MAAC men’s soccer season. If there ever was to be a definition for how ‘14 was for Manhattan College last season. Look no further than the second to … Continue reading Final Third On The MAAC Pitch: State of Manhattan with Alex Shackley

Final Third on the MAAC Pitch: Monmouth Set Up For Repeat?

This is a column that takes a look at all of the MAAC men’s soccer teams throughout the course of the season and off-season. As the ‘14 regular season came to a close, Quinnipiac University had to have felt pretty good about itself heading into the postseason as the No. 1 seed in the MAAC conference.(1) Its goal, as is every other teams’, is to win the … Continue reading Final Third on the MAAC Pitch: Monmouth Set Up For Repeat?