FAIRFIELD, Conn. – The Fairfield University field hockey team will play a pair of road games this weekend, heading down to the state of Virginia for a CAA match up with the College of William & Mary and a non-conference game with VCU.

The Stags come off a weekend sweep at home which included a CAA victory against Hofstra University before finishing up with a win over Lehigh University. Two Fairfield student-athletes distinguished themselves over the weekend with Catalina Ness earning the CAA offensive player of the week and Paige Jackson securing the CAA defensive player of the week.

Ness scored a pair of goals and added an assist in those two contests while Jackson posted back-to-back shutouts in the Stags' goal. Fairfield tallied 10 goals in the two wins, one goal less that the 11 its scored against the College of the Holy Cross and LIU in consecutive games between August 30 and September 6. Those two matches also marked the last clean sheets recorded by the defensive unit.

Rylee LaLoup continued her successful season inside the circle by scoring twice in the Hofstra contest, pushing her into in the top spot on Fairfield's goal scoring list with eight. Kylie Corcoran is a close second with seven goals along with three assists for a team-best 17 points. Jackson lowered her season goals against average to 1.12 with eight saves to date.

William & Mary split its first two CAA games this year with a win over Towson University and a two-goal setback against Northeastern University. The team is one of five CAA teams with a .500 record or better heading into the weekend, joining Monmouth University (3-0), Northeastern University (2-0), Fairfield (2-1), and Drexel (1-1).

Callia Uivedo earned the CAA rookie of the week for her performance a week ago, scoring the game winner in the team's conference win over Towson. She also added an assist against James Madison University, giving her a goal and two assists through her 10 appearances this year. Josie Mae Gruendel paces the offense with three goals and two assists for eight points.

VCU split a pair of games last weekend as well, falling to 20^th-ranked California before rallying for a win over Towson. Julia Spohr posted the game-winning goal in the 55^th minute to lift the team to its sixth win of the season.

Josefina Ventimiglia leads the team in scoring with four goals and one assist for nine points while Spohr places second among her teammates with two goals and three assists for seven points. Emma Clements has handled most of the goalkeeping duties this year, sporting a 2.06 goals against average with a .723 save percentage off 60 saves in her 11 appearances.

Fairfield will return home for another conference match when it hosts Northeast University on Friday, October 16. Game time is slated for 3 pm.