The Fairfield University women's soccer team wraps-up the non-conference portion of its 2011 season as it hosts in-state foe Yale University on Tuesday night. The 7 p.m. game will be played on Lessing Field, with video and livestats available on line.
The Stags will show their support for National Breast Cancer Month on Tuesday night by giving discounted tickets to those wearing pink to the game and handing out pink ribbons (while supplies last). In addition, any fan that brings a ticket stub from a previous women's soccer game will receive a free ticket to Tuesday night's contest.
Fairfield is 3-8-1 in the series with Yale, with the last meeting coming in 2008 on Lessing Field. The Stags, who went to the NCAA Tournament that season, defeated the Bulldogs 3-2 in overtime. The victory snapped a four-game series losing streak for the Stags.
The Stags are allowing just 0.73 goals per game this season, eight total, over 11 games. Fairfield has posted five shutouts and allowed only two opponents to touch net twice in a game. Kelly Boudreau has made 46 saves this season and ranks 31st in the nation with a .686 GAA. She is 35th nationally with a .852 save percentage through games on October 9.
Sophomore Nikki Stanton leads the Stags with four assists. Her 0.36 assists per game is 132nd in the country entering the week. Her four points has Stanton tied up the team in that category, knotted with Lauren Reilly, who has touched net twice on the season.
