After a game full of exciting moments for the Red Foxes, but also costly mistakes, Coach Wilkinson emphasized there are no moral victories for his team.
“I came back because I believed in the mission of Marist College and the ability of the basketball team to create an atmosphere and an environment that everyone can be proud of,” Bower said. “I have great memories from Marist and I wanted to try to help restore those same feelings to this generation of people.”
While Phippen was keeping Iona swinging, it was the thievery of Marist sophomore Caroline Baratta that won them the game. As Ali Milam stole second in the bottom of the first, Baratta snuck home on a double steal to give the Red Foxes the lead.
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On an abnormally nice day in late March, most of Marist’s second game of MAAC play was played in the colder shade of the Gartland Athletic Field. After a dominant defensive inning, the sun came out bright in the bottom of the fifth, as did the Red Foxes.
After a game full of exciting moments for the Red Foxes, but also costly mistakes, Wilkinson thought there is room for improvement.
What followed still brings a raw, genuine smile to anyone who saw it. It’s the kind of smile Courtney Fisher lived to produce. The walk-on freshman jumped into a perfectly choreographed routine that had her coaches and teammates howling in laughter.
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On the same day of Goerne’s passing on Feb. 16, the Marist Men’s Lacrosse team played the U.S. Air Force academy in Colorado. Typically, Goerne had been coming to all of Marist’s games out in the area in the past. He may not have physically made this one, but in spirit he was cheering for the Red Foxes in the stands.
Marist and Quinnipiac faced off for the second-straight year in the MAAC Championship, and in similar fashion to last year, Quinnipiac’s Jen Fay dominated to help Quinnipiac defeat Marist 81-51 Monday at the Times Union Center in Albany.