Volleyball

What are the benefits of being on a college sports team? Orr: Learning time management skills and team working skills. Obviously, it looks good on a resume, but it’s something bigger than that. For me,...

It was certainly a very exciting day on Saturday, Sept. 27 when the Stags and Quinnipiac Bobcats fought a fierce volleyball battle in Alumni Hall. The Stags ultimately won 3-0. The starting lineup was as...

After two phenomenal seasons that saw the Stags rule as MAAC champions and make the NCAA Tournament, Fairfield volleyball Head Coach Alija Pittenger and Associate Head Coach Sarah Katinger have left the...

After four years of blood, sweat, tears and two trips to the NCAA Tournament, Rachel Romansky ‘14 felt “like I ran into a wall” when their tournament game against eighth-ranked Nebraska ended with a 3-0 loss.

The only thing harder than winning a title is repeating as champion, as the old adage goes. But the Fairfield volleyball team certainly did its best to make it look easy last Sunday, defeating Marist in straight sets to give them consecutive NCAA Tournament appearances for the first time since 2001.

Over the past 18 seasons, they have won the conference regular season title 13 times. They have made the MAAC Championship Tournament in every single one of those seasons, making it to the Championship’s finale 13 times.

On Sept. 29, the Fairfield women’s volleyball team sat at 1-3 in conference play, having just lost to Siena, Manhattan and Iona, winning just one set in the latter two games combined.

With two big MAAC conference games to be played this weekend, Fairfield Volleyball knew they had to come ready to play to win on the weekend. With a 3-1 win over Canisius on Saturday and a 3-1 win over Niagara in Sunday, the Stags improved their win streak to five games and their record to 6-3.

The last time the Fairfield volleyball found themselves down two sets to none on their home floor, they pulled off one of the greatest comebacks in program history to claim their first MAAC Championship title since 2002. Last Thursday, they found out that history would not repeat itself just yet.

With their loss to USC in the first round of the NCAA Tournament, Fairfield volleyball’s season has come to an end. Just don’t expect to see many frowns from this group—it knows it has accomplished too...