FAIRFIELD, Conn. – It all comes down to Championship Sunday. The Fairfield University Women's Soccer team will compete in the Metro Conference Championship Match when they make the short trip and take on top-seeded Quinnipiac in Hamden on Sunday at 1pm. The Stags will be looking for their ninth conference title in program history and a spot in the NCAA Tournament for the second time in the last three seasons.
 
Fairfield earned their chance for a title shot with an emphatic 6-2 victory over Niagara, marking the most goals scored in a Metro Semifinal match since 1998.
 
The Stags had seven different student-athletes tally a point led by a career-high six from Kelly O'Connor. The sophomore also led the Stags with a pair of goals and a pair of assists in the victory. Brooke Kennedy, Amelie Stewart, Bella Bingham, and Anya Moser also recorded goals for the Stags with Payton Zaun adding her league-leading 11th assist.
 
Zaun's 11 helpers are also the fifth-most in Division I and are tied for the fifth-most in a season in program history, the most since Nicole Cavallaro in 2007.
 
The Stags will try to claim this season's title on the back of their offense which ranks not only tops in the conference but also among the best in the country. Fairfield leads the Metro – and ranks top-10 nationally in: goals (53), points (154), scoring offense (2.65), shots on goal per game (9.5) and a national-leading shots per game (21.7).
 
Eighteen different student-athletes have tallied a point with eight recording double-figures. Zaun leads the squad with 27, a number that ranks fifth in the conference and in the top-50 nationally.
 
Stewart holds the team-lead with 10 goals which is also fifth in the Metro and top-50 in Division I.
 
O'Connor's brace in the semifinal victory was the 10th time this season a Stag has tallied two or more goals in a match.
 
The 53 goals scored this season is the second time in the last three season the Stags have netted 50 or more scores. It also ranks third in a single season in program history.
 
Quinnipiac earned the top-seed in the Championship after claiming the Regular Season crown with a 9-2-1 conference record and a 12-3-2 overall mark. Morgan Cupo – who tallied the game-winner in the semifinals – leads the squad with 28 points on 11 goals.
 
This is Fairfield's 14th appearance in the conference title match, and the fourth time under Head Coach David Barrett. Fairfield will be looking for their ninth championship and automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament.