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Basketball Preview: ‘Fairfield’s Kid’ Overcomes Life-threatening Injury

By Tom Cleary at November 19, 2009 | 9:55 am | 60 Comments

[caption id="attachment_23989" align="alignright" width="214" caption="Senior Anthony Johnson prepares to take a free throw against CCSU (Peter Caty/The Mirror)."][/caption] Something just felt wrong. Anthony Johnson was trying to play through pain, but couldn’t figure out what it was. Neither could head coach Ed Cooley or any of Fairfield’s team of trainers or more...

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Basketball Preview: Just What Fairfield Needs

By Keith Connors at November 19, 2009 | 9:45 am | 295 Comments

[caption id="attachment_23993" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Freshman Derek Needham flies in for a layup against CCSU (Peter Caty/The Mirror)."][/caption] Derek Needham has met Jon Han. He knew Jon Han. He knows the narrative: the New York product turned Fairfield phenom, the sensational freshman turned poised veteran, the senior captain turned diversion, more...

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Basketball Preview: Inspector Geehan

By Chris Simmons at November 19, 2009 | 9:32 am | 19 Comments

[caption id="attachment_24005" align="alignleft" width="294" caption="Head coach Joe Frager and senior Stephanie Geehan pose outside of the new Stag Statue on campus (Jon Ollwerther/The Mirror)."][/caption] The women’s basketball team lost four seniors last year, all of whom played significant minutes. The past two seasons, Fairfield has had Baendu Lowenthal ‘09 more...

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Basketball Preview: Still In Production

By Chris Simmons at November 19, 2009 | 9:32 am | 48 Comments

[caption id="attachment_24002" align="alignleft" width="214" caption="Sophomore Taryn Johnson will be one of the first off the bench for the Stags (Peter Caty/The Mirror)."][/caption] The women’s basketball team enters this season with a host of new players looking to step into starring roles. After losing Megan Caskin, Baendu Lowenthal, Lauren Groom and Shireyll more...

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Basketball Preview: New Kids on the Block

By Sean Clores at November 19, 2009 | 9:27 am | 1 Comments

When the preseason polls came in for women’s basketball, it wasn’t a surprise that Fairfield was ranked sixth in the MAAC. Last year, the Stags were picked to finish second behind Marist and were a team with a good shot at a MAAC championship. Although they lost in the MAAC semifinals, the season was filled with great victories, including the defeat of powerhouse more...

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Basketball Preview: Big Shoes to Fill

By Chris Simmons at November 18, 2009 | 5:26 pm | 56 Comments

[caption id="attachment_23996" align="alignleft" width="731" caption="Katelyn Linney will take over a key role for the Stags (Peter Caty/The Mirror)."][/caption] Significant minutes are available to fill this year after the women’s basketball team graduated four key players. While some of those minutes will be filled by returning players, before the season both head more...

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