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transformed the Saints into a perennial Siena’s softball, field hockey, water polo and
title contender and a name to watch in women’s swimming and diving programs are under
the national lacrosse scene. the direction of third-year head coaches who have
all four programs pointed in the right direction. The
The women’s golf program won the women’s lacrosse team started the 2009 season 6-
MAAC Cham pionship for the ninth 1 under first-year head coach, Andrea Duffy, who
straight year, led by two-time individual took three players to Europe this summer to com-
champion, Katelyn Mannix. The men’s pete on the international stage.
golf program has won two MAAC titles
in the past four years and placed The Siena tennis and cross country programs will
second in this year’s Championships be under new leadership in 2009-10 following the
in Celebration, Fla. resignation of three veteran head coaches. The
department has high hopes for the future of these
The men’s and women’s soccer pro- programs.
grams enjoyed great success in 2008.
The women posted the fifth-most-
Facilities
improved record in the country with a
school-record 13 wins following a program-best start to the
Most Siena teams make their homes on campus,
season (7-0-2). Under the direction of first-year head coach,
playing on the fields located behind the Marcelle Athletic Complex
Gareth Elliott, the men’s soccer program made great strides,
(MAC). In the spring of 2007,
posting a 7-2-0 league record and earning the #2 seed in the
the department opened a multi-
four-team conference championships.
ple-purpose, artificial turf, out-
door athletic facility which serves
The Siena women’s basketball team has captured seven
as a venue for Siena lacrosse,
regular-season MAAC titles under the direction of head coach,
field hockey and soccer, in
Gina Castelli. In 2000-2001, the team earned its first MAAC
addition to intramurals.
Tournament championship and initial NCAA berth, traveling to
Nashville to play Colorado. The Saints played in the postseason
Inside the Marcelle Athletic
WNIT in 1999, 2002 and 2003.
Complex, Siena student-
athletes have all the amenities
The Siena baseball team has won four MAAC Championships
to ensure they can succeed at
since 1995 and advanced to the 1999 NCAA
the Division I level. Many
Tourna ment.
Head Coach, Tony Rossi, who just completed his 40th year and
student-athletes enjoyed the
is the second-longest tenured coach in Division I, has been
benefits of a recent expansion
named MAAC Coach of the Year six times. Pitcher John Lannan
to the field house. The expan-
became the 20th player in program history to be drafted when
sion, dedicated in July of 2004,
he was selected in the 11th round of the First Year Players’
features four “team rooms,” as
draft in June of 2005. Lannan
well as the Turchi Theater for
is currently the ace of the
film review and scouting. The
Washington Nationals’ starting
men’s and women’s basketball
rotation. Outfielder Anthony
locker rooms were also restructured as part of the project (below).
Giansanti was drafted in June,
but has decided to return for
The women’s basketball and volleyball teams play their home
his senior year alongside
contests on UHY Court at the 4,000-seat Alumni Recreation
MAAC and ECAC Rookie of
Center (ARC), which received a cosmetic facelift during the
the Year, Dan Paolini.
summer of 2006.
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