FAIRFIELD, Conn. -- Goalkeeper Georgia McDade earned her second CAA Defensive Player of the Week award for her performance in the Fairfield University field hockey team's performance against #3 UConn last week. 

McDade faced the nationally-ranked Huskies and made a career-best nine saves in the 3-1 setback, including five stops in the second quarter which allowed Fairfield to enter halftime in a 1-1 deadlock with UConn. She would go on to make three more saves in the second half, keeping the Stags within striking distance of their road opponent.

For the season, McDade sports a 2.23 goals against average with a .679 save percentage off her 36 saves in her nine appearances. The sophomore was also part of a pair of combined shutouts this year, playing 30 scoreless minutes in wins over Holy Cross (4-0) and LIU (7-0). She made six or more saves in three of her nine appearances this season, reaching six stops in the Yale match and eight against Brown.

McDade earned the CAA Defensive Player of the Week on September 14, making 14 saves in a pair of games against nationally-ranked Yale University and eight more saves versus Brown University. She finished the week with a 2.00 goals against average with a .778 save percentage.

The Fairfield University field hockey team, under Head Coach Laura Gebhart, will begin play in the 2026 CAA Championship this week. The top-seeded Stags will play fourth-seeded Northeastern University on Wednesday, November 4 beginning at noon. The second semifinal features #2-seed Monmouth University against host and #3 seed Drexel University at 3 pm. The two semifinal winners will meet on Friday, November 6 at 3 pm on the Drexel University campus with the winner receiving a berth to the 2026 NCAA Championship.