FAIRFIELD, Conn. – Fairfield University Volleyball wraps up the month of October and kicks off a four-match Metro Conference road swing this weekend with visits to Merrimack and Quinnipiac. The Stags enter the weekend in first place in the league standings at 12-0.
 
Metro Lines

• With Tuesday's win over Sacred Heart, Fairfield clinched a berth in the Metro Conference postseason for the 31st consecutive season.
• The Stags can clinch top seed and at least a share of the regular season championship – their eighth in a row and 25th since 1996 – with two victories this weekend.
• Quinnipiac enters the weekend in second place at 9-3 with Siena and Marist deadlocked at 8-4 after splitting their season series on Tuesday.
• The top six teams at the conclusion of the 18-match regular season will qualify for the 2026 Metro Championship.

 
Fairfield University Stags (18-5, 12-0 Metro)

• Fairfield earned a 3-2 win over Sacred Heart – its second five-set victory over the Pioneers this season – on Tuesday at Mahoney Arena to improve to 12-0 in the Metro.
• Harlan Wyche set a Fairfield "rally scoring era" record with 14 blocks in the win – also the most overall by a Stag since 1994.
• Wyche's 129 rejections this season are second-most in the nation and the most at Fairfield in a single season since 1995.
• Mamie Krubally led the attack with 15 kills on Tuesday. She ranks seventh in the Metro with a team-best 3.17 kills per set and tops the conference with a .400 hitting percentage.
• On the season, Krubally is the only player in the nation hitting .400 or better with more than 500 swings.
• As a team, the Stags lead the Metro and rank 18th nationally with a .273 hitting percentage.
• Fairfield is third in the conference defensively with opponents hitting .188 against them.
• In addition to chasing a regular season crown, the Stags are also two wins shy of a seventh consecutive 20-win season (excluding a 9-1 final record in the spring of 2021). Fairfield has won at least 20 matches in 20 of the last 30 seasons.

 
Merrimack College Warriors (3-22, 3-9 Metro)

• Merrimack was swept by Quinnipiac on Tuesday to drop to 3-9. The Warriors have won three of their last seven matches since an 0-18 start to the campaign.
• Tamilore Afolalu and McKenna Shotwell lead Merrimack with 2.55 and 2.51 kills per set, respectively.
• Jocelyn Hammerstrand leads the rotation with a .182 hitting percentage on her way to 2.26 kills per frame.
• Ella Maldonado heads the back row for the Warriors with 3.65 digs per stanza.
• Fairfield won the first meeting, 3-1, on Oct. 3 at Mahoney Arena.

 
Quinnipiac University Bobcats (10-13, 9-3 Metro)

• Quinnipiac, which hosts Sacred Heart on Friday before welcoming the Stags on Saturday, has won six in a row to move into second place in the Metro at 9-3.
• Giulia Ragusa leads the Bobcats and ranks eighth in the Metro with 3.14 kills per set. Ozbiltekin is right behind her in ninth place at 2.88 kills per frame.
• Middle blocker Asia Belli is hitting a team-best .361, putting down 1.56 kills per set.
• Sophia Gisslen has started at setter for the Bobcats in their last five matches, posting 9.24 assists per frame this season.
• Fairfield claimed the season's first meeting and is seeking its first home-and-home sweep of the Bobcats since 2022.

 
Up Next

• Fairfield's final Metro road weekend of 2026 sends the Stags to Rider and Saint Peter's on Nov. 6-7.
• The home slate and regular season conclude the following weekend with visits from Canisius and Niagara on Nov. 13-14.