2007–08 Marist Red Foxes women's basketball team

Intercollegiate basketball season March 2026 August 2023 Women's Basketball 2007–08 Marist Red Foxes Marist "M" logo.png 150 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference MAAC 23 22 32–3 18–0 Brian Giorgis 6th Megan Gebbia Erin Leger Keila Whittington McCann Center MAAC Regular Season ChampionsMAAC Tournament Champions 2008 NCAA Tournament second round The 2007–08 Marist Red Foxes women's basketball team represented Marist College during the 2007–08 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Red Foxes, led by sixth year head coach Brian Giorgis, play their home games at the McCann Center and were members of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. They finished the season ranked No. 22 and went 32–3, 18–0 in MAAC play to finish in first place to win the MAAC regular season title for the fifth consecutive time. In the MAAC women's basketball tournament, they defeated #8 seed Canisius in the quarterfinals, #5 seed Saint Peter's in the semifinals, and #2 seed Iona in the championship game to earn the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA women's tournament. It was their third consecutive MAAC Tournament championship. Sarah Smrdel was named tournament MVP. Rachel Fitz and Nikki Flores were named to the All Tournament team. As a #7 seed, they defeated #10 seed DePaul 76–57 in the First Round before falling to #2 seed and No. 6 LSU 49–68 in the Second Round. Roster 2007 Marist Red Foxes w y yes w Julianne Viani n 3 G 5 7 JR y Poughkeepsie, NY Our Lady of Lourdes w Elise Caron n 5 G 5 5 FR Quebec, Canada Cégep Édouard-Montpetit w Erica Allenspach n 10 G 5 8 FR Miamisburg, OH Miamisburg w Brittany Engle n 11 G 5 9 SO South Easton, MA Oliver Ames w Rachele Fitz n 12 F 6 0 SO Seven Hills, OH Trinity w Maria Laterza n 13 C 6 3 FR Brooklyn, NY Bishop Kearney w Meg Dahlman n 14 F/C 6 3 SR y Spencerport, NY Holy Cross w Nikki Flores n 22 G 5 4 SR Montvale, NJ Immaculate Heart Academy w Alexis Waters n 24 F/G 5 9 SR Lansing, MI Lansing Sexton w Lynzee Johnson n 31 G/F 5 10 SO Bellbrook, OH Bellbrook w Courtney Kolesar n 33 G 5 8 SR yes Concord, OH Painesville-Riverside w Sarah Huff n 42 F 6 3 FR Canal Winchester, OH Canal Winchester w Sarah Smrdel n 50 F 6 2 SR Mentor, OH Mentor Brian Giorgis (SUNY Cortland) Megan Gebbia (Towson) Erin Leger (Marist) Keila Whittington (Dillard) https://goredfoxes.com/roster.aspx?roster=129&path=wbball March 5, 2008 Schedule https://goredfoxes.com/schedule.aspx?schedule=240 2007-08 Women's Basketball Schedule 2007–08 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings yes yes |- !colspan=9 style=Marist Red Foxes|Regular Season Nov 11, 2007 2:00 p.m. yes yes Ohio State 16 Value City Arena Columbus, OH 3,322 57–63 0–1 Nov 14, 2007 7:00 p.m. yes yes Fordham Rose Hill Gym Bronx, NY 358 75–55 1–1 Nov 16, 2007 7:00 p.m. yes yes Stony Brook Stony Brook Arena Stony Brook, NY 264 65–54 2–1 Nov 18, 2007 2:00 p.m. yes yes Dartmouth Leede Arena Hanover, NH 918 71–35 3–1 Nov 22, 2007 7:30 p.m. yes yes Utah McKinley High School Gym Honolulu, HI Oahu Classic 111 70–66 OT 4–1 Nov 23, 2007 7:30 p.m. yes yes Nebraska McKinley High School Gym Honolulu, HI Oahu Classic 134 66–59 5–1 Nov 24, 2007 12:00 p.m. yes yes Eastern Washington McKinley High School Gym Honolulu, HI Oahu Classic 323 74–50 6–1 Nov 29, 2007 7:30 p.m. yes Yale McCann Center Poughkeepsie, NY 1,814 77–62 7–1 Dec 1, 2007 2:00 p.m. Bucknell McCann Center Poughkeepsie, NY 1,549 68–56 8–1 Dec 7, 2007 7:00 p.m. Iona McCann Center Poughkeepsie, NY 1,753 81–55 9–1 1–0 Dec 9, 2007 1:00 p.m. yes Fairfield Alumni Hall Fairfield, CT 838 55–44 10–1 2–0 Dec 12, 2007 7:30 p.m. yes Hartford McCann Center Poughkeepsie, NY 1,538 32–49 10–2 Dec 22, 2007 2:00 p.m. yes yes Albany SEFCU Arena Albany, NY 325 75–71 11–2 Dec 30, 2007 2:00 p.m. yes yes Akron Rhodes Arena Akron, OH 401 76–62 12–2 Jan 5, 2008 7:30 p.m. Fairfield McCann Center Poughkeepsie, NY 1,975 73–43 13–2 3–0 Jan 11, 2008 7:00 p.m. yes Loyola (MD) Reitz Arena Baltimore, MD 582 61–59 14–2 4–0 Jan 13, 2008 2:00 p.m. yes Manhattan Draddy Gymnasium Riverdale, NY 201 61–59 15–2 5–0 Jan 18, 2008 5:00 p.m. yes Iona Hynes Athletic Center New Rochelle, NY 873 86–78 16–2 6–0 Jan 21, 2008 4:00 p.m. Canisius McCann Center Poughkeepsie, NY 2,060 93–66 17–2 7–0 Jan 25, 2008 7:00 p.m. Siena McCann Center Poughkeepsie, NY 3,200 78–48 18–2 8–0 Jan 27, 2008 12:00 p.m. Loyola (MD) McCann Center Poughkeepsie, NY 2,128 85–59 19–2 9–0 Feb 1, 2008 7:00 p.m. Rider McCann Center Poughkeepsie, NY 2,245 84–63 20–2 10–0 Feb 3, 2008 2:00 p.m. yes Siena Alumni Recreation Center Loudonville, NY 1,271 79–70 21–2 11–0 Feb 8, 2008 7:00 p.m. yes Niagara Gallagher Center Lewiston, NY 423 75–54 22–2 12–0 Feb 10, 2008 2:00 p.m. yes Canisius Koessler Athletic Center Buffalo, NY 711 91–46 23–2 13–0 Feb 15, 2008 7:30 p.m. Niagara McCann Center Poughkeepsie, NY 2,284 66–51 24–2 14–0 Feb 17, 2008 2:00 p.m. yes Rider Alumni Gymnasium Lawrenceville, NJ 1,494 76–46 25–2 15–0 Feb 24, 2008 2:00 p.m. Manhattan McCann Center Poughkeepsie, NY 2,821 71–61 26–2 16–0 Feb 27, 2008 7:00 p.m. yes 25 Saint Peter's Yanitelli Center Jersey City, NJ 645 70–57 27–2 17–0 Mar 1, 2008 7:30 p.m. 25 Saint Peter's McCann Center Poughkeepsie, NY 2,594 71–58 28–2 18–0 |- !colspan=9 style=Marist Red Foxes| MAAC Women's Tournament Mar 7, 2008 1:30 p.m. yes 24 1 Canisius 8 Times Union Center Albany, NY Quarterfinals 54–44 29–2 Mar 8, 2008 11:30 a.m. yes 24 1 Saint Peter's 5 Times Union Center Albany, NY Semifinals 3,156 78–67 30–2 Mar 9, 2008 11:00 a.m. yes 24 1 Iona 2 Times Union Center Albany, NY Championship 2,007 83–63 31–2 |- !colspan=9 style=Marist Red Foxes| NCAA tournament Mar 22, 2008 8:00 p.m. yes 22 7 DePaul 10 Maravich Center Baton Rouge, LA First Round 76–57 32–2 Mar 24, 2008 7:00 p.m. yes 22 7 LSU 6 2 Maravich Center Baton Rouge, LA Second Round 49–68 32–3 AP Poll Eastern Time References Category:Marist Red Foxes women's basketball seasons Marist Category:2008 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament participants