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SienaAthletics Facilities Most Siena teamsmake their homes on campus,competing in and around theMarcelle AthleticComplex (MAC). In the spring of 2007, the department opened amultiple-purpose, artificial turf,outdoor athletic facilitywhich serves as a venue for Siena lacrosse, field hockey and soccer in addition to intramurals.There is also a grass soccer field and the softball field adjacent to the turf field,and both fields are scheduled to receivemajor upgrades in 2011-12. Inside theMAC,Siena student athletes have all the amenities to ensure they can succeed at the Division I level.Most recently, the Raymond Center,Home of the HarryMikhitarian Golf Training Facilitywas dedicated inMay of 2010 and includes a customputting green, an indoor driving range,a swing/video analysis center,a players' lounge,club storage area and coaches'offices.Themen's andwomen's basketball and volleyball locker roomswere all refurbished in the fall of 2009. Thewomen's basketball and volleyball teams play their home contests on UHY Court at the 4,000-seat Alumni Recreation Center (ARC). Siena'smen's basketball teammakes its home at the Times Union Center in downtown Albany.The Times Union Center is a regionally acclaimed facility billed as Upstate New York's premier sports and entertainment destination.Since its full-timemove to the Times Union Center prior to the 1996-97 season, themen's basketball teams'home attendance has soared to 66th in the country.A record 133,505 fans (7,853/game) turned out for Siena's 17 home games in 2009-10. 2012 Siena CollegeWater Polo • page 56 Field Hockey had 10 players named to the National Academic Teamin 2011 in 2009,won itsmost games in seven years Water Polo won the 2011 Saints Cup for community service,campus activism and academic performance competed in two of the last four MAAC Championship tournaments