Men’s Tennis:
Doubled up at QU: Youth reigned for men’s tennis as sophomore Rob Ferrante paired up with freshman Joe Michalisin. The two finished as runner-up in the Flight A bracket on the Quinnipiac Invitational in Hamden, Conn. To reach the finals, Ferrante and Michalisin defeated Quinnipiac’s tandem, 8-5. In the finals, the two fell to the top-seeded pair from Connecticut, Joe Goldstein and Ben Schueler, by a final of 8-4.
Fairfield also experienced an interesting finale in the Flight B portion of the singles bracket, in which Michalisin faced fellow freshman Dan Sauter.’ After trading scores in the first two sets, both Michalisin and Sauter were named co-champions of the division.
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Women’s Tennis
Coming home with bronze: Women’s tennis finished third overall in this past weekend’s New England Championships, which took place on campus. Aside from the team’s cumulative effort, the team took home several individual awards. Junior Dana Postupack finished as the runner-up in the Flight A division of the singles’ bracket. Junior Paulina Rys captured third-place in the Flight B division, winning an impressive match against Bryant’s Katie Francazio in straight sets.
Rys and freshman Kristen Liu finished as in second-place in Flight A of the doubles’ bracket.
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Crew
Hitting the Housatonic: With the renowned Head of the Charles race just weeks away, the men’s and women’s rowing teams continued to prepare for the big race and continue their fall season by taking part in the Head of the Housatonic this weekend in Shelton, Conn.
Both teams, though, found stiff competition from MAAC opponent and in-state rivals.
The men’s varsity eight finished behind Iona. However, the Stags’ two entries in the varsity four both finished with strong showings. As for the women’s team, the two entries into the varsity four race finished twelfth and fifteenth overall.
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Male Stag-lete of the Week
ATHLETE: Vin Ferrer ’12
SPORT: Cross Country
ACHIEVEMENT: Ferrer added to an already impressive start to his career with a strong showing at this past weekend’s New England Championships at Franklin Park in Boston, Mass. For the fourth consecutive meet, Ferrer was the Stags’ top finisher. He finished with a time of 26:07 in the five-mile (8k) race, which placed him 91st overall in a field of 316 runners.’ The Stags’ next race is at the end of the month, an Oct. 26 race in New Britain, Conn. at Central Connecticut State.
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Female Stag-lete of the Week
ATHLETE: Alex Lopez ’11
SPORT: Volleyball
ACHIEVEMENT: It was quite a weekend for volleyball, and sophomore outside hitter Alex Lopez was at the middle of it. In Friday’s win over defending champion Siena, Lopez finished with a team-high 14 kills and 20 defensive digs. The Stags took the contest 3-2 in dramatic fashion. This past Sunday afternoon, Lopez added to her impressive weekend by adding nine kills and 13 digs.
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