2015 WSOC Program

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2015 MAAC WOMEN’S SOCCER

2015 MAAC WOMEN’S SOCCER

THE MAAC AND THE WALT DISNEY WORLD RESORT ESPN WIDE WORLD OF SPORTS PARTNERSHIP

FUTURE DISNEY CHAMPIONSHIPS 2015 – 2016 Men’s Soccer ◆ October 31 – November 4, 2015 Men’s & Women’s Golf ◆ April 21-24, 2016 2016 – 2017 Cross Country ◆ October 25-30, 2016 Men’s & Women’s Golf ◆ April 27-30, 2017 2017 – 2018 Women’s Soccer ◆ October 25-30, 2017 Men’s & Women’s Golf ◆ April 26-29, 2018 2018 – 2019 Volleyball ◆ November 14-18, 2018 Men’s & Women’s Golf ◆ April 25-28, 2019 DISNEY CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY Men’s Soccer Champions 1999 Fairfield 2003 Saint Peter’s 2007 Loyola 2011 Fairfield Women’s Soccer Champions 2001 Loyola 2005 Fairfield 2009 Loyola 2013 Monmouth Volleyball Champions 1998 Fairfield 2002 Manhattan 2006 Siena 2010 Niagara 2014 Siena

The MAAC will support 25 sports and championships during the 2015-16 academic year, which almost all have NCAA Championship Access through automatic bids or regional qualifying systems. Highlighting the MAAC’s commitment to providing a first rate experience for its fans and student-athletes are those championships held at the Walt Disney World Resort ESPN Wide World of Sports. The 2015-16 academic year represents the MAAC’s 17th year of hosting championships at the complex where the league hosts 3 events each year. These include one fall championship each year with all 11 member schools participating as with men’s soccer in 2015. The sports that rotate include men’s soccer, men’s & women’s cross country, women’s soccer, and volleyball. In the fall of 2016, cross country will return to the complex for its championship. The championship operation at Disney allows the MAAC to provide its participating student-athletes and their families and fans a world-class sports championship experience. The access to the playing facilities, on- site hotels, theme parks, including an after-hours awards banquet, are designed to provide lasting memories as the student graduate and become alumni of the league and its member schools. The MAAC recently approved a new events agreement with Disney for 2015-18, which includes ESPN broadcasting elements for all the championships. ESPN’s state-of-the-art studios broadcast highlights of MAAC on-site tournaments throughout all Disney World Resort hotel properties as well as on ESPN3 and MAAC.TV. All MAAC contests for Volleyball, Men’s and Women’s Soccer, Men’s and Women’s Cross Country, and Men’s and Women’s Golf are broadcast by ESPN’s on-site studios. This year’s men’s soccer championships will have its final championship game, semi-finals, two of the quarterfinal games and two of the first round games broadcast on ESPN3 to a national audience available for viewing in 86 million homes on high speed internet networks. The MAAC has also co-hosted with ESPN since 2006 the Advocare Invitational (previously the Old Spice Classic) at the ESPNWWS complex. This

8-team tournament is held over Thanksgiving weekend continues to draw elite men’s basketball teams to compete. One MAAC school is included in the field each year and this Thanksgiving Monmouth University will compete in this premier event. The MAAC also hosts its Men’s & Women’s Golf Championships at the Disney complex. The men’s and women’s golf teams compete at PGA-caliber courses during the spring and rotate between Palm and Magnolia (2016) at the Arnold Palmer managed courses. The golf hosting agreement at Disney was recently extended through 2018 championships. As noted before, ESPN studios in Orlando is an important element of MAAC broadcasting efforts. It also serves as the production site for the annual MAAC Pre-Season Coaches Show and develops in-season features, commercials and promotional elements for the MAAC ESPN broadcasts and for MAAC.TV. During the 2012-13 season, both the Cross Country and Golf Championships saw live coverage on ESPN3 for the first time in MAAC history because of the valuable partnership between the MAAC and the Walt Disney World Resort. Also shot on site is the annual MAAC SAAC Forum where student-athlete leaders from all MAAC schools participate on a live issues forum on ESPN3 form the sports complex.

Men’s Golf Champions 2000 Iona 2001 Iona 2002 Iona 2003 Loyola 2004 Loyola 2005 Loyola 2006 Siena 2007 Siena 2008 Loyola 2009 Loyola 2010 Loyola 2011 Loyola 2012 Loyola 2013 Loyola 2014 St. Peter’s Women’s Golf Champions 2000 Fairfield 2001 Siena 2002 Siena 2003 Siena 2004 Siena 2005 Siena 2006 Siena 2007 Siena 2008 Siena 2009 Siena 2010 Siena 2011 Siena 2012 Siena 2013 Butler 2014 Siena 2015 Albany St. Peter’s 2015

Men’s Cross Country Champions 2000 Iona 2004 Iona 2008 Iona 2012 Iona Women’s Cross Country Champions 2000 Marist 2004 Marist 2008 Iona 2012 Iona

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