Monthly Archives April 25, 2007

Last Wednesday, Fairfield announced the hiring of a new head women's basketball coach. Joe Frager, who led Southern Connecticut State University (SCSU) to the Division II 2007 National Championship last season with a 34-2 record, accepted the job and will become the fifth coach in the program's history.

A special guest edition of the Mirror Sports 3 x 5 in which three editors with nothing to do with the sports section answer the tough questions.

A season filled with injuries ended on a strong note for the women's tennis team, who finished in fifth place in the MAAC tournament, with a 9-12-1 record this past weekend in Flushing, N.Y. The Stags overcame injuries to Paulina Rys '10, Dana Postupack '10, Marisa Voloshin '09 and Michaela Cerrone '09 to defeat Rider and then tie Manhattan for fifth place.

At the beginning of the year the women's lacrosse team set two goals: to win a MAAC championship and to make it into the NCAA tournament. The team is now one step closer to both goals, earning a berth in the MAAC tournament. The Stags came away from the weekend with a 13-9 win over Siena and dropped their Sunday contest against conference rival LeMoyne, 16-9.

The Fairfield softball team finished the weekend with three wins and one loss in back-to-back doubleheaders against Rider and Georgetown. The Stags now stand in fifth place out of the nine teams in the MAAC, with a 4-6 conference record and an overall record of 14-21.

All season long the men's tennis team's goal was to break the school record for wins in a season, which stood at 12. The past four seasons the Stags have tied the record, finishing each year with 12 wins. This year Fairfield suceeded in breaking the record, picking up its 13th victory against Siena in the first round of the MAAC Tournament on Friday.

A new face is taking over the women's basketball program but the core philosophies of the team should remain the same. Joe Frager was announced as the new head women's basketball coach last week, replacing Dianne Nolan, who led the Stags for 28 years. Replacing an accomplished coach is always hard, but when that coach was also the longest tenured employee in University history and a respected coach throughout the D-I level, the task is even more difficult.

Following a crushing defeat to North Carolina, things were not going well for the Stags. Despite playing well in losing efforts against strong opponents, including two one-goal losses to Hobart and Georgetown, one glaring fact remained: the team had still dropped four straight games.

Scary, but true: the year is coming to an end and it's time to say good-bye to your beloved He Said and She Said of '07. Thanks for putting up with our poor writing skills and weak attempts to entertain everyone all year. Your patience has been appreciated.

I'd describe Mock Wedding in a single word, but I'm pretty sure it wouldn't fly with The Mirror editors. Let's just say if I had to pick a word to rhyme with the one I'd like to use, it would be "spit-show." Normal people would consider an hour bus ride with no air-conditioning on a 75-degree day to be a bad thing.