With eight minutes to play, just moments after Niagara guard Head coach Ed Cooley had seen enough. Anthony Nelson connected on a three-point shot to stretch the lead to eight, Cooley tossed the clipboard and coach speak aside and turned to his trusted senior.

Our editor-in-chief, Tom Cleary, recaps the Stags win over Niagara, as seen in this morning’s Connecticut Post.

The women’s basketball team’s season ended today with a 66-49 loss to top-seeded Marist in the finals of the MAAC Tournament.

Adversity, it seems, built character. And anyone that’s followed this team knows that character is the reason why Fairfield’s season didn’t die in Jersey City, and now finds itself as the lone antagonist to Marist’s dynasty and just 40 minutes away from a berth in the NCAA Tournament.

With a 61-57 win over the No. 2 Iona Gaels, the women’s basketball team will advance to the MAAC Tournament finals for the first time since 2001.

A 70-53 win over No. 6 Loyola propelled the women’s basketball team into the MAAC Tournament semifinals where the No. 3 Stags will face No. 2 Iona.