MAAC associate commishioner Ken Taylor sat next to me at the Rider-Lafayette game, and he was thrilled with the recent success MAAC teams have been having, which included a blowout win yesterday by Fairfield and a come-from-behind triumph by Rider.

The Trentonian's other two teams -- Princeton and Rutgers -- were on different ends of close games.

The Tigers pulled one out in OT over Army. The Scarlet Knights, meanwhile, lost a shocker to St. Bonnaventure.