Weekly Notes

Fairfield travels to Yale University on Wednesday, April 11 for a doubleheader against the Bulldogs beginning at 3:30pm.

On The Web: Yale will be providing Live Stats for both games of the doubleheader.

Fairfield (12-19) vs. Yale (6-22-1): Fairfield and Yale got rained out last season at Alumni Diamond, so the Stags will make their 13th consecutive trip to the Bulldogs' home turf. The squads have split the last four games, including a doubleheader split in 2010. During that doubleheader, Fairfield used a seventh-inning rally to take the first game, 4-3, before falling, 7-3, in the second game. Fairfield is 15-25 all-time against Yale.

A Look At Yale: Yale has dropped 10 straight games entering Wednesday's contest. The Bulldogs' last victory came on March 24 when they split a doubleheader at Hartford. Yale's pitching staff yields a 5.78 ERA. The Bullogs have scored just 85 runs this season (2.45/g). Cale Hanson has started all 29 games for the Bulldogs and is batting .361 this season with 11 runs scored and five RBI. Hanson has reached base in 26 consecutive games. Kyle Fortunato has driven in a team-best 17 runs.

Last Time Out: Senior Brett Shulick threw a complete game to help the Stags defeat Rider, 3-1, in the series finale at Alumni Diamond on Monday afternoon. Shulick (3-3) went the distance, scattering seven hits while striking out four batters over nine innings. He retired 15 of the final 17 batters he faced, including eight straight to end the game.

Closing in on 500: Head Coach Bill Currier is closing in on his 500th career victory as a Division I head coach needing just four wins. Currier has an overall coaching record of 498-489 in 23 seasons as a head coach. Currier was 486-470 in 22 seasons as the head coach at Vermont.

Fairfield Among the MAAC leaders: The Stags pitching staff is second in the MAAC with a 4.25 ERA with opponents hitting just .270. Fairfield is also second in the MAAC in strikeouts with 184.  Individually, senior Scott Warwick is fourth in the league with a 2.90 ERA. Offensively, Fairfield is fourth in runs scored (138) and RBI (126) and fifth in hits (255) and doubles (44). The Stags are also second in triples (8). Individually, senior Larry Cornelia is third in stolen bases (13) while sophomore Ryan Plourde is fifth in slugging percentage (.505).

Providing Relief: Rookie Andrew Gallagher has allowed just one run in his last 11 relief appearances. Before giving up a run at Iona on March 24, Gallagher had thrown 12 scoreless innings of relief. Gallagher is 1-0 with a save and a 1.12 ERA this season.

Up Next: Fairfield is off until April 17 when the Stags return home to Alumni Diamond to host Big East foe UConn at 3pm.