FAIRFIELD, Conn. – The Fairfield University softball team will continue conference play when it hosts Sacred Heart University on Tuesday at Alumni Softball Field. The doubleheader is scheduled for a 2 pm first pitch. The week also includes a single non-conference game at UConn on Wednesday afternoon. Game time against the Huskies has moved to 4 pm.

The Stags finish a lengthy home stand with the two Sacred Heart games, having played their 14 straight games on Alumni Softball Field dating back to March 26. Fairfield won nine of its 10 games when it was the home team not including the two games against Marist. The Red Foxes were the home team in the doubleheader on April 4 since their field was not available.

Most recently, Fairfield won two of three games against Niagara University including a 6-3 come-from-behind win against the Purple Eagles on Sunday. The Stags scored five times in the bottom of the sixth inning to secure their 10^th Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) win, placing the team in third place in the MAAC standings.

The top of the lineup excelled last week in the four games played against Yale University and Niagara. Leadoff hitter Charli Warren posted a .583 batting average and reached base 10 times in 15 plate appearances (seven hits, three walks). Delaney Whieldon followed Warren and responded with a .500 hitting percentage after stroking six hits in 12 at-bats which included her team-leading fourth home run and five RBI.

Warren sits on top of the team statistics in most offensive categories including batting average (.376), runs scored (34), and stolen bases (22). She is just 12 hits away from joining the exclusive 200-hit club at Fairfield, checking into the week with 188 base hits.

Anna Paravati, who stroked the game-winning single in a 2-1 win over Yale last week, continues to produce runs with her team-best 24 RBI in 36 starts. She places second among her teammates with a .342 batting average, just a few points ahead of Quinn McGonigle's .329 hitting percentage.  

Alyssa Weinberg picked up two more wins to continue her impressive junior campaign, winning 12 games to date. The left-hander remains the MAAC leader with 133 strikeouts in 120.2 innings pitched, averaging 7.7 strikeouts per seven innings. Peyton Shields earned her first MAAC win in the series finale against Niagara, tossing the final two innings out of the bullpen in Fairfield's 6-3 win.

Sacred Heart enters the week with a 16-19 overall record and a 6-6 MAAC mark after dropping a doubleheader against Manhattan in its last conference outings. Following today's road doubleheader, the Pioneers will play consecutive three-game sets against Marist University this weekend and Quinnipiac University next weekend.

Sacred Heart has three student-athletes hitting over .300 for the season, namely Elle Leckrone (.389), Charlene Davis (.315), and Morgan Teodosio (.303). Nicole Henke paces the team with five home runs and ranks second with 22 RBI. Teodosio owns four home runs and a team-best 24 RBI in 2025.

UConn brings a 24-14 overall record and an 11-4 slate against Big East opponents into the week after taking two of three outings against Providence College. Grace Jenkins and Kaitlyn Breslin are both hitting .400 on the season with Jenkins adding 14 homers with 52 RBI and Breslin contributing 13 home runs and 38 RBI. Hope Jenkins paces the pitching staff with eight wins while Payton Kinney has seven wins a team-best 1.92 ERA.