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Bryan Hale
The Saints open on the road February 20 at Stony Brook and don’t play a home game until March 23. For the second straight year, Siena will play at perennial power Johns Hopkins in a nationally televised game on ESPNU on February 28.
Siena makes the eight-mile trip to play cross-town rival UAlbany on March 2. The Saints lost a heartbreaker to the Great Danes in Loudonville last year. After outplaying UAlbany for much of the game, the Great Danes won it in double overtime.
Siena will play a neutral site game against Hartford in Hempstead, N.Y. as part of a doubleheader with Hofstra and Brown.
The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference opener is scheduled for March 20 when the Saints travel to Saint Joseph’s.
Siena plays its home opener against Air Force on March 23 which starts a three-game homestand. The Saints also face Providence (March 27) who just left the MAAC for the newly- formed Big East conference and Detroit Mercy (April 3), the Friars’ replacement in the MAAC.
The Saints finish their regular-season non-conference schedule on April 7 at Binghamton.
Siena plays its second neutral-site game of the season against Wagner at Burns Park in Massapequa, N.Y.
The Saints host Virginia Military Institute (April 17) and Marist (April 21) before visiting Mount Saint Mary’s (April 24) and Canisius (April 28).
Siena faces Manhattan in the regular-season finale on May 1 in Loudonville.
The MAAC Championships are slated for May 7 and 9 in Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
Faceoff
Siena’s biggest question mark is at the faceoff X.With the loss of Scott Montgomery to graduation, the Saints may have to replace himwith a platoon.Montgomery won 55.7%of his draws last year and has three of the top-20 single season faceoff per- centages inMAAC history.
Frontrunners for the position are Hale, Rogener, Gallina and Chris Brancato. Hale has the most experience at the faceoff X. He won three of six draws as a junior and 17 of 42 as a freshman at Hartford. Rogener’s athleticism and hard work make him a viable option at faceoff.
Schedule
The Saints have scheduled tougher non-conference games like Johns Hopkins, UAlbany and Stony Brook. Brecht is confi- dent his team can compete with the best in the country and repeat the success of last year.
Preseason Coaches’ Poll
1. Siena
2. Manhattan 3. Canisius
6. Saint Joseph’s 7. VMI
8. Detroit-Mercy 9. Wagner
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69 60
4. Mount St.Mary’s 51 5. Marist
49 40 31 18 14
Preseason All-MAAC Team
Nick LoCoco, Canisius James Synowiez, Manhattan
Bryan Neufeld, Siena
Adam Jones, Canisius
Shaun Dunn, Siena
Tim Moran, VMI Matt Barkas, Canisius Steve Sternberg, Manhattan Matt Nealis, Mount St. Mary’s
Brent Herbst, Siena
Preseason Player of the Year
Adam Jones, Canisius
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