EDISON, N.J. – The Drake University rowing team has been picked to finish sixth in the 2016 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference preseason poll as voted on by the conference's 10 head coaches, the MAAC office announced on Wednesday, Feb. 17.
Defending champion Jacksonville University has been tabbed as the 2016 preseason favorite with 88 points while last season's runner-up, Marist College, was picked second with 80 points and Canisius College and Fairfield University tied for third with 66 points. Robert Morris University with 45 points was picked just in front of Drake with 42 points. Rounding out the poll is Iona College (39 points), Stetson University (34 points), Sacred Heart University (22 points) and Manhattan College (12 points).