Monthly Archives January 20, 2009

As the press conference continued, blatant traces of anger and resentment in head coach Ed Cooley's voice tapered into resentment and defense when the third-year coach was asked '- check that, told '- that his team was a complete disappointment today.

At the Fairfield men's basketball games at the Arena at Harbor Yard this season, you might have noticed our banner. It has a hand-drawn Stag next to cardinal red letters that carry a simple message; It's Our Time.

Women's basketball swept their Buffalo road trip for only the fourth-time in program history to improve to 10-8 overall and 5-2 in the MAAC. The second-place Stags received big games from seniors Baendu Lowenthal, who was named the MAAC Player of the Week, and Lauren Groom.

Fairfield head coach Ed Cooley could not explain what had just occurred. For some reason his team walked out onto their home court to play the number one team in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, Siena, and did not come to play, leading to a disappointing 78-62 loss.