This Week in Sports – Week of Apr. 1

Women’s Lacrosse

On the rebound: Following a difficult, 17-8 loss against No. 16 Dartmouth in New Hampshire, the Stags rebounded with two convincing wins against Manhattan and Iona, the team’s first conference victories of the season. Senior Rebecca White, the MAAC Offensive Player of the Week, led the team with eleven goals on the week.

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Baseball

Making it eight:’ Building off of the momentum of a strong start to the MAAC season, the Stags captured yet another sweep – this time against University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) in this past weekend’s series – and defeated in-state rival Quinnipiac to stretch the team’s season-high win streak to eight games.’

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Men’s Tennis

National treasure: The Stags may have dropped their first match of the year on Monday afternoon (a 4-3 loss to Villanova ), but Fairfield is still garnering national attention. Senior Chip Palumbo was ranked 106th in singles play by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA). Palumbo is undefeated in singles play thus far in the spring season.

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He’ Said It…

‘I think communication is critical. I think execution is critical. And I think having a workman-like attitude is critical.” – Men’s lacrosse head coach Andy Copelan on his takeaways from the team’s 10-8 victory over Vermont on Tuesday.

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Game of the Week

Women’s Lacrosse vs. Marist
Friday, April 3
Head coach Mike Waldvogel and the Stags can do more than ease the pain of last week’s loss to Dartmouth; the team can begin to erase memory of last season’s postseason loss to the Red Foxes in the MAAC Tournament. Marist enters the game winners of five of the team’s last six games, and boast a 7-2 overall record. Fairfield has won both of its conference games thus far this season.

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Male Stag-letes of the Week

ATHLETE: Ryan Berthod ’10 and Dan Sauter ’12
SPORT: Men’s Tennis
ACHIEVEMENT: The tandem has won 10 consecutive matches and was recently
ranked nationally (61st) by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association.

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Female Stag-lete of the Week

ATHLETE: Paulina Rys ’10
SPORT: Women’s Tennis
ACHIEVEMENT: Rys, the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference’s Player of the Week,
shined in the Stags’ conference matches against Rider and Loyola, compiling a 4-0 record.
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