NIAGARA UNIVERSITY, N.Y. – The Fairfield University Women's Soccer team will embark on their longest road trip of the conference season when they travel to Western New York to face the Niagara Purple Eagles on Saturday at noon. The Stags enter the match with a perfect 7-0 record in the Metro while Niagara enters tied for second with 18 points.
 
Fairfield is coming off another fiery offensive week as they tallied 12 goals in their two victories. Both wins were comeback decisions, highlighted by a seven-goal output in the final 25 minutes of the match against Merrimack.
 
Payton Zaun was the offensive leader as she combined for nine points on the week with two goals and a national-best five assists. She started the week with three helpers in the win at Marist and concluded her performance with a career-high six points with a pair of goals and assists against the Warriors.
 
For her success, Zaun was recognized on the national stage earning the Top Drawer Soccer National Player of the Week while also taking home Metro Offensive Player of the Week honors.
 
That offensive output is also among the national leaders as the Stags enter play leading all of Division I in shots per game (23.2) and ranking second in shots on goal per contest (10.3). Fairfield also ranks: 12th in goals (35), 14th in points (101), and 21st in assists (31).
 
Fairfield also has 15 different student-athletes who have registered at least one point with Zaun leading the squad with 20. She ranks eighth in the nation with her eight assists and in the top-50 in the country with her 20 points.
 
Niagara brings a 9-3 overall record and a 6-2 Metro mark into the contest. Caitlyn Gratton is the team leader with 22 points and 10 goals. Julia Poissant has spent all but eight minutes in net with a 1.01 goals against average and a .810 save percentage.
 
Fairfield will head back home when they take on in-state rivals Quinnipiac on Wednesday at 7pm on SNY.