FAIRFIELD, Conn. – The Fairfield University women's lacrosse team will take on Rutgers on Saturday, February 21 for their third home contest of the season. The game is slated for 2:00 p.m. at Rafferty Stadium.
Fairfield (1-1) vs. Rutgers (1-0): The Stags are 0-3 all-time against the Scarlet Knights dating back to 2012. Last season, the Stags were edged 6-5 to Rutgers on February 20 in Piscataway, N.J. In that contest, Courtney Chmil, Jamie Leone, and Maeve Quinn all netted goals for Fairfield while goalkeeper Chelsey Sidaras manned the net for the Stags, making eight saves.
Scouting the Scarlet Knights: Rutgers is currently 1-0 on the season, and is coming off a 10-7 victory over Villanova last Saturday. The Scarlet Knights return standouts Lauren Sbrilli and Kristin Kocher. Last season, Sbrilli scored 30 goals with seven assists for a total of 37 points while Kocher tallied 19 goals with six assists to total 25 points. This year, Jenny Vlahos is Rutgers' leading scorer, tallying three goals. Senior goalkeeper Candice Dandridge will be charged with keeping the ball out the net for the Scarlet Knights. Dandridge has tallied 10 saves with a save percentage of .588.
Last Time Out: The Fairfield women's lacrosse team fell to Hofstra, 9-5, on Tuesday, February 17 at Rafferty Stadium. In that contest, junior Maeve Quinn had two goals for the Stags, who also received goals from Jenna Fuchs, Scarlett Sulliman, and rookie Brenna Connolly. Goalkeeper Chelsey Sidaras tallied seven saves for the Stags.
Ready for Rafferty: The Fairfield men's and women's lacrosse teams will celebrate their inaugural season at Rafferty Stadium throughout the spring of 2015. The construction of Rafferty Stadium was made possible through the generosity of Fairfield alumni, parents and friends. The stadium is named in recognition of the principal leadership gift from Larry Rafferty '64 and his family, and the field is named in recognition of a gift from Tim Conway '76 and family. Several other locations around the stadium are named to recognize major supporters and contributors to the project, who will be recognized along with additional donors on a plaque located inside the stadium.
Rafferty Stadium seats 3,500 fans in grandstands spanning both sidelines. The FieldTurf playing surface is complemented by state-of-the-art lighting, which provides optimal light levels for both competition and practice, and a Daktronics high-definition video scoreboard. In addition, the stadium includes a terrace level with a fully-enclosed press box that includes a large media suite, two VIP suites and a production suite to support the video capabilities of the scoreboard, television broadcasts and web streaming. On the ground level are two team rooms, food/beverage and apparel concessions, restrooms, a box office and entry plaza.
Looking Ahead: After Saturday's matchup, the Stags will take action on the road. Fairfield will travel to Bethlehem, Pa. to face Lehigh on Saturday, February 28 at 1:00 p.m.
Run with the Stags: Fairfield lacrosse season ticket packages and individual game tickets are available now. For more information and for group rates, please contact the athletics ticket office at StagsTickets@fairfield.edu or (203) 254-4136 or visit FairfieldStags.com/tix.
