Volleyball
It’s MAAC time: This past weekend may have been a struggle for the Stags (0-3 in Northern Illinois Invitational tournament), but those struggles may soon give way to victories. Many of them.
Fairfield begins its quest to repeat as regular-season MAAC champion Friday night at Alumni Hall against Rider. Dating back to last season, the Stags have lost a mere three conference games in the team’s past’ four season.
The game also marks head coach Alija Pittenger’s home debut. ‘I’m really looking forward to start MAAC play,’ said Pittenger.
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Field Hockey
Road troubles: A rivalry game against Sacred Heart and a regional game against Hofstra both ended similarly for the Stags: a disappointing loss on the road.
Sacred Heart edged Fairfield, 4-1, in a crosstown showdown. Marit Westenberg ’12 scored the first goal of the game to give Fairfield an early lead, but the Pioneers responded with three consecutive goals in a span of 3:08 late in the game. The Stags suffered a similar fate a few days later, as Hofstra scored late in the game to secure a win.
The Stags return home this weekend to play Siena.
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Men’s and Women’s Golf
Fall tee time: Both men’s and women’s golf teams continued fall outings this past weekend at invitational tournaments. The women’s golf team finished eighth overall in the annual Dartmouth Women’s Golf Invite at the Hanover Country Club. Kristen Macdonald ’11 and Christina DeStefano ’11 led the team with a cumulative score of 161.
As for the men, senior R.J. Zielinski ’09 led the pace with a two-day score of plus-two, good enough to rank 21st overall among all participants. As a team, the Stags finished 16th overall in the weekend tournament, and recorded a cumulative 34 over par score.
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Male Stag-lete of the Week
ATHLETE: R.J. Zielinski ’09
SPORT: Golf
ACHIEVEMENT: Zielinski tied for 21st at the Rutgers Men’s Golf Invitational on Sept. 12-13, on the par-71, 6,337 yard Rutgers Golf Course. He shot a plus two, 144. After a difficult first round score of 75. He bounced back in the second round with a two under 69, the second best score of the second round. The Tolland, Conn. native was named a Cleveland Golf All-American Scholar on Sept. 4, becoming the second Fairfield golfer in history to earn the national honor.
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Female Stag-lete of the Week
ATHLETE: Lauren Tehan ’12
SPORT: Cross Country
ACHIEVEMENT: It is one thing to lead a team’s top finisher. It is quite another to do it two weeks in a row, as a freshman. For the’ second consecutive week, Tehan was Fairfield’s top runner, and was recently rewarded for her efforts by being named the MAAC Runner of the Week. In the Stags’ most recent race – the Fairfield University Invitational on campus – Tehan’s impressive 19:55.65 in the women’s 5K (3.1 miles in distance) helped pace the Stags to a fourth-place finish.
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