Cadet Isabel French ’20 was voted the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference women’s water polo pre-season Goalie of the Year in a poll of league coaches released Jan. 10, 2019. The Keydets were picked to finish fourth in the eight-team conference, with five-time defending champion Wagner College taking the top spot. French is coming off a fantastic 3rd Class campaign in which she led the league and registered a program-record 306 saves and already owns the school’s career top mark with 592 stops. She earned second-team All-MAAC honors in 2018 after taking home the league’s Rookie of the Year Award her first year at VMI. The Naperville, Illinois, native tied the program record for saves in a single match with 22 against St. Francis Brooklyn on March 11.
The Keydets finished 20-12 last year with an 8-6 mark in conference play.
Preseason All-MAAC Team
Jordan van Reeken – Iona – Utility
Grace Doerfler – Marist – Center*
Katherine Tijerina – Marist – Utility
Kelsey Sneglar – St. Francis Brooklyn – Attack
Diana Fernandez – Siena – Attacker
Sophia Torres – Siena – Defender*
Erica Hardy – Wagner – Attack
Isabel French – VMI – Goalkeeper
Preseason Goalkeeper of the Year: Isabel French ’20 – VMI
Preseason Player of the Year: Erica Hardy – Wagner – Attack
* – tie in voting
Coaches Preseason Poll
1. Wagner (7) – 63
2. Marist (1) – 57
3. Iona – 43
4. VMI – 36
5. Villanova – 29
6. St. Francis Brooklyn – 24
7. Siena – 23
8. La Salle – 13
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