Siena (5-3, 0-0) will get its first conference test tonight when the Siena Saints square off against the Iona Gaels (4-3, 0-1) in New Rochelle, NY. Iona couldn’t quite catch up to St. Peter’s this past weekend, falling to the Peacocks 56-54 in their first league play contest. It was a close game the whole [...]
Who needs Duke/UNC when we have the capital region’s best sports rivalry game coming up this Saturday at the Times Union Center! In recent years this local ‘backyard brawl’ has been such a huge community event, and has brought some great memories to fans and students. I love the UAlbany game. I remember going crazy [...]
Before Siena makes their visit to Atlanta, we’ll get a look at Georgia Tech, courtesy– From The Rumble Seat. Siena Saints Blog: What happened in San Juan, when Georgia Tech lost to Dayton? From The Rumble Seat: Against Dayton, we were up by 7 with 4:37 remaining. Inexperience and youth led to some costly turnovers [...]
Well, remember how people complain that not enough Siena students attend the games? Well, this season’s schedule is not going to make it any easier for students to get to the Times Union Center. The school has done a much better job over the past three seasons of offering transportation to the games. But, [...]
Today, the MAAC released the conference schedule for the 2009-2010 season. Day Date Team Location Fri. Nov. 13 at Tennessee State Nashville, Tenn. Tue. Nov. 17 NORTHEASTERN Albany, NY Sat. Nov. 21 at Temple Philadelphia, Pa. Tue. Nov. 24 DELAWARE Albany, NY Fri. Nov. 27 vs. St. John’s Philadelphia, Pa. Sat. Nov. 28 vs. Brown [...]
These two stories will not rile up the blood. Siena came out with a tentative non-conference schedule and says they could play one more game but are not actively searching for it. Siena will play St. John’s in Philadelphia. I am surprised that Siena could not pair another Midwest game on that Northern Iowa trip. [...]
If you don’t know, Siena is having an extremely tough time trying to schedule non-conference opponents this off season. Steve Megargee takes an in depth look at assistant coach Adam Chaskin’s daunting task of scheduling games this summer. Kudos to Raphielle Johnson for the tip. If you’re looking for the short list, here’s how the [...]
We’re a little late to this news but the anticipated and rumored Siena Northeastern match up will be played on Tuesday November 17th at Noon on ESPN. Much thanks to Pete Iorizzo from the Times Union on the story credit; his update on the story: An ESPN spokesperson wouldn’t confirm that the network is doing [...]
Yesterday, friend of the blog Kyle Whelliston was invited to participate in a mock NCAA selection committee to compile. If you haven’t already, head on over to midmajority.com and read his post on the day. It gives phenomenal insight as to what the day is really like for the actual committee and explains how they [...]
The Saints will be on national television for the second time Wednesday night, their second time being featured on ESPN2. The Saints will take on the #3 Pittsburgh Panthers, the reigning champions of the Big East from last season. This is the toughest opponent Siena has faced since they lost to #2 Memphis last season. [...]