LOUDONVILLE, NY – After playing its first 14 matches of the 2022 season away from the Capital Region, Siena Water Polo (3-11, 0-1) is set to open its eight-match home slate on Sunday morning. The Saints will continue the opening weekend of MAAC play by hosting conference rival St. Francis Brooklyn at the Siena Swim Center at 11:30 AM.
 
Live video of Sunday's match will be available on Siena All-Access, while live stats will be available on The FOSH. Additionally, live updates from all the action will be available by following @SienaWaterPolo on Twitter. Click the corresponding links above for more information.
 
Siena began its 21^st MAAC campaign by falling to nationally-ranked Marist on the road on Saturday by a score of 24-10. The #24 Red Foxes led by just one goal, 5-4, following a quarter of play, but scored eight of 11 goals in the second period to pull ahead. Senior Georgia Vargas led the Saints offensively with five goals, while sophomore Sydney Arnold netted her second hat trick of the season.
 
Vargas leads the Saints offensively on the season with 40 goals, while co-captain and classmate Bianca Prinsloo ranks second with 37 goals and 11 assists to steady the team in points. Siena also has double-digit goals on the season from junior Grace Boeve (17), Arnold (13), and junior Lily Graham (11), while freshman Emma Nosenchuck's 16 assists lead the team. Junior Anna Mossakowski and sophomore Caroline Behr have each spent time in-goal for the Green and Gold, with Mossaskowski having made 40 saves and Behr recording 33.   
 
Siena enters Sunday's contest with a 35-38-1 home record all-time, and a 16-18 mark against St. Francis Brooklyn. The Saints and the Terriers last met on February 22, 2020, with SFC edging out a 9-8 win. Siena's last victory in the series came on April 14, 2019, with the Terriers victorious in two of the last three meetings. The last three meetings between the pair have been decided by exactly one goal, while each of the last six have been decided by two goals or less.
 
St. Francis enters Sunday's competition with a 4-9 overall mark, and will open its conference slate with Siena. The Terriers went 2-2 at last weekend's La Salle invite, picking up a 15-14 overtime win against Gannon and a 14-8 victory over Mercyhurst while falling twice to Salem.
 
Sunday's scheduled nightcap against #23 LIU at 5:00 PM was postponed to a later date.