Seeking Revenge

Thursday night at 7:30pm the Lady Red Foxes will finally play their home opener. At 6-1, Marist has played all seven games to start the season on the road and Brian Giorgis and his squad are finally happy to be home. This wasn't any normal road trip either. The team was barely home and when they were, they were getting home late and waking up early the next morning to leave for another game. I would compare it almost to a west coast trip in the NBA. Traveling aside, the team was in Hawaii for some of that time and also returned home with a 6-1 record, so we won't feel too bad for them.

Thursday night they host Yale. Yale leads the all time series 2-0 with both wins coming at home. This will be the first time the two meet in Poughkeepsie. Last season Marist went to Yale and suffered a double digit defeat, falling to the Bulldogs 67-52. This year the one thing on Marist's mind besides extending their winning streak this season to seven straight, is revenge. In talking with Brian Giorgis, he said the biggest things his girls will have on their mind coming into this game is revenge. He said last season his team just didn't play their best basketball against Yale and Yale played phenomenally. This year the Red Foxes want to make sure they show Yale and their home crowd how good they really are.

Tomorrow's game at McCann should draw a good crowd from the Poughkeepsie area. But the team's newest campaign is to make more of those fans students. Although the team leads the MAAC in attendance, the women wish they could draw more students in the McCann Center's student section. So make sure you make it to the game and if you cant, they play again Saturday at 2pm against Bucknell at home. This game will be special because in the pregame ceremonies, the Marist Red Foxes will be honored for their efforts last season and a Sweet 16 banner will be raised to the rafters.

Event: Yale @ Marist

When: 7:30pm

Where: McCann Center

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