FAIRFIELD, Conn. – The Fairfield University Women's Basketball team dropped their first contest of the 2026-27 season, falling to the Villanova Wildcats 67-56 on Sunday.
Kaety L'Amoreaux led the Stags with 22 points on 8-for-15 shooting as she joined
Meghan Andersen (13 points) as the two Stags in double-figures.
"We are very aggressive in our non-conference schedule intentionally," Head Coach
Carly Thibault-DuDonis said. "We want to be one of the best women's basketball teams in the country so we have to beat the best. There are no cupcakes in the schedule and that's how the team wants it. We have to learn about ourselves now. We need to learn what our holes are, what our gaps are and be exposed now so we are ready when we have to be ready."
After trailing for just over one minute in their first three games, the Stags would fall behind early after Villanova connected on the first shot of the game just 30 seconds in.
Cyanne Coe tied the game with a bucket to put the score at 2-2, but the Stags would not be able to even the contest again.
Coe would put the Stags within five in the second quarter with an unassisted layup, but the Wildcats answered with a 3-pointer and would extend the lead to double-figures by intermission.
The Stags cut their deficit to single figures four times in the third, with a triple by
Jillian Huerter putting the score at 51-43 at the 1:48 mark.
Coe neared double-figures with nine points while leading the Stags on the boards with eight rebounds.
L'Amoreaux filled out the stat-sheet with 22 points, six rebounds, and a team-high four assists. The graduate student has now recorded 20 or more points in three of her first four contests.
Fairfield will now begin a six-game road trip spanning four different states, beginning with a Thursday night contest at Oregon at 10pm EST.
