A tale of two teams: The Fairfield swimming and diving team was hoping to build off of a season-opening victory over Holy Cross. However, the results were split. The women cruised to an impressive 174-56 victory over the Peahens. The Stags won 10 events, led by an impressive freshman class. Katie Merz was a double-winner in the 500 free and the 200 free, while fellow rookie Allison Russoniello won the 50 Free and the 100 Free. On the other side, the men lost their first meet of the season, 139-83. Junior Drew Kingman continued his strong start to the 2007 campaign, as he won and set personal bests in the 100 breaststroke and the 100 free. Sophomore Boris Ramonovsky won the 100 fly. Up next: Fairfield travels to Siena for an Oct. 27 meet against the Saints.
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Just tap it in: A Fairfield freshman is making headlines with her impressive stats on the putting green. According to golfstats.com, freshman golfer Kristen McDonald is the national leader in putts on the green in regulation. This is the first time that a Stag golfer has received national acccolades. McDonald is averaging 1.741 putts on the green. She leads junior Adriana Zwanck from Arizona by .005 in that category.
“For her to put up a number like this, and lead the nation, ahead of All-Americans from all of the top programs is very impressive,” said Head Coach Len Roberto.
Her teammates had a fairly productive weekend, finishing fourth in the Mt. Saint Mary’s Fall Classic this past weekend. McDonald led the way by shooting a score of 84 on both days, which placed her ninth overall. Annie Sperandio ’11 shot an 85-86 for a two-day score of 171. Spernandio finished 12th overall in the tournament, while teammate Christina Destefano ’11 finished 15th with an 85-87 (171 overall). On the men’s side, the Stags finished 14th overall at the 73rd Annual NEIGA Championship in Brewster, Mass. Kevin Fitzpatrick ’10 led the way by shooting a 77 overall, only five shots over par. Fitzgerald finished in a tie for 35th place. The tournament is the final competition on the fall schedule.
Women’s field hockey falls to New Hampshire: The game between New Hampshire and Fairfield was scoreless in the second half. Unfortunately for the Stags, the opposition scored two early goals in a five-minute span and never looked back. The Wildcats were able to mantain the lead for the duration, clinching a 2-0 victory in an America East game. New Hampshire out shot Fairfield by a margin of 18-6, stiffling the Stags to a mere two shots in the first half of play. Aside from the two quick goals, senior goalie Liz Thomas played fairly well, recording an impressive 16 saves. Field hockey has two important games on tap: first, the team will close out its out-of-conference schedule with Rider on Oct. 25, and then close out its competition with the America East in a season finale against the University of Maine.
A split series: Fairfield men’s double pair of Ryan Berthod ’10 and Rob Ferrante ’11 started the 2007 Wilson/ITA Northeast Regional Tournament at Princeton by knocking out a seeded pair in Yale’s 11th ranked tandem of Michael Caldwell and Connor Dawson. One day later, though, it was the Fairfield pair that fell victim to an upset. Berthod and Ferrante dropped their second-day match to Princeton’s Ryan Kim and Ilya Trubov by a margin of 8-5. Berthod, Ferrante and their Fairfield teammates will look to get back on track when they face St. Francis on the courts on Oct. 27.
Male Athlete of the Week
ATHLETE: Jean Fauchet ’11 SPORT: Men’s soccer
ACHIEVEMENT: Fauchet scored the first two goals of his Fairfield career over the weekend. His first career goal came against Canisius on Friday and was the game-winner. He received a pass from Christian Uy ’10 and scored from 20 yards out. Against Niagara he scored the first goal of the game that the Stags lost 2-1. The two goals earned him the MAAC Rookie of the Week Award.
Female Athlete of the Week
ATHLETE: Katie Mann ’10 SPORT: Volleyball
ACHIEVEMENT: Mann was named the MAAC Offensive Player of the Week while helping Fairfield to three victories. She averaged 4.27 kills with a .430 hitting percentage, along with six aces and 11 blocks. It was the second time this year Mann received the award, as she was also the Offensive Player of the Week on Oct. 1.
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