POUGHKEEPSIE, New York -- The Marist water polo team is once again ranked in two national polls, picking up a #24 ranking in the USA Water Polo National Collegiate Rankings and a #23 ranking in the Collegiate Water Polo Coaches Association Week 9 Poll respectively.

The rankings mark the 11th and 12th  times the Red Foxes have been included in a national poll this season, having previously been ranked #23 in the CWPA's Preseason and Week 1 Polls, #12 in the USA Water Polo National Collegiate Rankings, #24 in the CWPA Week 2 Poll, #21 in the USA Water Polo National Collegiate Rankings, #24 in the CWPA Week 3 Poll, #T24 in the CWPA Week 4 Poll, #25 in the CWPA Week 5 Poll, #23 in the USA Water Polo National Collegiate Rankings last week and #23 in the CWPA Week 8 Poll. 

Marist is coming off a perfect 4-0 weekend to open Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference play with a 7-5 win over the Iona Gaels and a 13-10 win over the St Francis Brooklyn Terrriers on Saturday and a 22-6 win at the Siena Saints and a 24-7 win vs the La Salle Explorers. 

The Red Foxes are back in action this weekend when they travel to Los Angeles, CA for the Loyola Marymount Invitational. Marist will play Harvard (1:30 p.m.) and Princeton (7:45 p.m.) on Friday and San Jose State (1:30 p.m.) and Cal Baptist (7:45 p.m.) on Saturday.