LOUDONVILLE, NY – It will be just eight days since Marist and Siena Men's Lacrosse last met on the turf and it sets up a postseason rematch as well from last season. 

With each of those outcomes tilting in the Saints' favor with a 12-9 win in last year's playoffs match up and this season's 24-9 drubbing, Siena knows not to become overconfident. 

"Yes, it's a team we just beat," said Siena head coach Liam Gleason.

"But as we say each week, it doesn't matter who the opponent is, what the record is, where they're from. It just matters how we play. We played at a very high-level last week and I want to continue to go out there and do that.  But last week's competition doesn't score us any goals tomorrow so for us, it's just about going out there and playing a similar level—if not— a better level." 

The second-seeded Saints (9-4) extended its winning streak to seven consecutive games after last Wednesday's win.

The current win streak is the longest since it won eight games in a row from March 14 through April 21, 2012. 

Siena has drawn enough attention to warrant receiving votes in a major national poll for three consecutive weeks—earning votes in the Week 12 USILA Coaches Poll this week and had received votes in each of the prior two Inside Lacrosse Kane Division I Men's Lacrosse Media Poll. It also marks the first time this has occurred since a three-week stretch from April 21 through May 5, 2014 when Siena last won the MAAC Championship. 
 
Fourth-seeded Marist (8-7) rebounded well against No. 5 Manhattan with a 16-7 win this past Sunday at home to advance.

Peter Murray led the Red Foxes with five goals while Collin Patrick and Steven Cain each completed hat tricks of their own.

Adam Wacholder made nine saves in goal to earn the victory. 

The Saints lead the Red Foxes in the all-time series history 23-22 while Siena broke Marist nine-game win streak against the Saints in last year's MAAC Quarterfinals with a 12-9 win in Poughkeepsie. 

Siena is 12-8 all-time in the MAAC Tournament including 3-1 against Marist in postseason games. Siena beat Marist 12-9 in 2024 in Poughkeepsie while the Red Foxes defeated the Saints 12-7 for the 2023 MAAC Championship.  Siena defeated Marist in the 2014 MAAC Championship 11-7 and also topped the Red Foxes 11-9 in 2012. 

Siena sports the leader in goals per game at 3.69 from senior Pratt Reynolds as well as the assist leader in the conference in Ryan McCarthy, who is averaging a league-best 2.92 assists per game. 

The Saints are averaging a league-best 14.07 goals per game, 8.86 assists per game, 22.93 points per game and 26.43 shots on goal per game as well as the league's top penalty-killing percentage squad at .744. 

Marist counters with the league's second-best points per game scorer in sophomore Patrick Collin (3.80 points per game).

The Red Foxes rank third in goals per game (11.53), fourth in assists per game (5.53), fourth in points per game (17.07) and are third in shots on goal per game (24.00). 

Marist ranks eighth in penalty-killing percentage at .613. 

The game can be watched on ESPN+ and live stats can be followed here. 

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In the face off "X", the match up went in Siena's favor last time out with Siena freshman Logan Banek winning 20-of-32 face offs while Marist senior Dylan Bedell was 14-of-32 in the same spot. 

Banek is the MAAC's top win percentage taker with those who have taken at least 100 face offs (.653 with 205-of-314 won) while Bedell also wins at a better than .600 winning clip with 194-of-323 won (.601). 

Protecting the cage, the projected goalkeepers match up features Saints graduate student Andrew Arcuri (9.46 GAA, .562 save percentage and 155 saves) against Red Foxes'  Wachholder, who has allowed 9.90 GAA, on a .506 save percentage with 90 saves.