Weekly Notes

Fairfield, which has won 10 of its last 12, continues MAAC road action with stops at Loyola and Rider this weekend. The Stags take on the Greyhounds on Saturday, October 29 followed by a meeting with the Broncs on Sunday. Both matches begin at 2pm.

On The Web: Loyola will be providing Live Stats for Saturday's match while Rider will be providing Live Stats and Live Video on Sunday.

Fairfield (14-9; 10-2 MAAC) vs. Loyola (6-19; 3-9 MAAC): The Stags opened the month of October by winning their 15th consecutive match over Loyola in a 3-0 decision at Alumni Hall. In that contest, senior Haililani Pokipala just missed a double-double, finishing with nine kills on .353 hitting and eight digs. Junior Brianna Dixion and freshman Caitlin Stapleton each added eight kills, Senior Kendal Dirkin had five kills and three block assists while setter Rachel Romansky finished with four total blocks, eight digs, 28 assists, and two kills. The Stags are 25-6 all-time against the Greyhounds.

Fairfield vs. Rider (4-20; 2-10 MAAC): Fairfield topped Rider, 3-1, in the first meeting of the season back on October 2. In that match, junior Brianna Dixion set a new career-best with 22 kills and had a season-high 11 digs for her first double-double of the year. Dixion, who hit .362 for the match, also added three assists and a block. Senior Haililani Pokipala recorded her first double-double of the year with a season-high 15 kills on .367 hitting and 21 digs, which tied a career-high. Setter Rachel Romansky tallied her seventh double-double of the year with 51 assists and 12 digs to go along with four kills. The Stags have taken four-straight from the Broncs to improve their record to 18-3 all-time against Rider.

Career Milestone Watch: Senior Haililani Pokipala is just 26 digs away from reaching the 1,000-career dig milestone. Pokipala, who has 974 for her career, recorded her 900th career dig against Rider on October 2.  She will be the second Stag this season to reach the milestone as libero Kara Reis tallied her 1,000th at the beginning of the month. In addition, junior Brianna Dixion is approaching the 900-career kill mark, entering the weekend with 892 to her credit.