FAIRFIELD, Conn. – The Fairfield University women's lacrosse team will host New Hampshire on Friday, March 6 for their fourth home contest this season. The game is slated for 3:00 p.m. at Rafferty Stadium.
Fairfield (3-1) vs. New Hampshire: The Stags are 3-4 all-time against the Wildcats in a series dating back to 2004. Fairfield is currently on a three game winning-streak against New Hampshire, with the last season's 10-8 victory on March 14 in Durham, N.H. In that contest, Courtney Chmil and Riley Hellstein scored two goals apiece for the Stags, who also received goals from Jamie Leone and Colleen Reynolds.
Scouting the Wildcats: New Hampshire is currently 1-3 on the season, and is coming off a 17-8 loss to UConn last Sunday. The Wildcats have posted a victory over Holy Cross and have fallen to Hofstra, Massachusetts and UConn. New Hampshire returns standouts Laura Puccia and Laura McHoul. Last season, Puccia scored 41 goals with six assists for a total of 47 points while McHoul tallied 21 goals with 39 assists to total 60 points. This year, Kayleigh Hinkle is the Wildcats' leading scorer, tallying 10 goals. Rookie goalkeeper Kate Clancy will be charged with keeping the ball out the net for New Hampshire. Clancy has tallied 28 saves with a save percentage of .350.
Last Time Out: The Fairfield women's lacrosse team edged Lehigh, 5-4, for their first road contest of the year on Saturday, February 28 at the Ulrich Sports Complex in Bethlehem, Pa. In that game, junior Colleen Reynolds scored two goals for the Stags who also received goals from Courtney Chmil, Jamie Leone, and Alex Fehmel.
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 Friday's matchup, the Stags will take action on the road. Fairfield will travel to New Britain, Conn. on Friday, March 13 to take on Central Connecticut State at 5:00 p.m. before returning home to host UConn on Wednesday, March 18 at 3:00 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.
