FAIRFIELD, Conn. – The Fairfield University Women's Soccer team will open Metro Championship play when they travel to Poughkeepsie, N.Y., to face the sixth-seeded Marist Red Foxes in Quarterfinal action on Sunday at noon. This will be Fairfield's 30th all-time appearance in the conference tournament while earning a spot in eight-straight seasons.
 
The Stags notched the three-seed in the championships after finishing the regular season with an 8-3-1 Metro record to account for their 25 points.
 
Fairfield's success has been on the back of their balanced high-powered offense that led the league in: points (131), goals (45), and assists (41) all rank in the top-20 in the nation. Fairfield actually led all of Division I in shots per game with 21.8 attempts and placed second with 9.2 of those on target.
 
That balanced offense was apparent with the sharing of the ball with 17 different student-athletes recording at least one point and 11 tallying at least one goal.
 
Payton Zaun and Amelie Stewart tied for the team lead with eight goals which placed them sixth in the Metro and in the top-100 in the nation.
 
Zaun was the top points leader for the Stags with 26 after she led the conference and placed 11th in the country with her 10 assists.
 
Zaun and Stewart were two of the five different players who notched at least five scores which included Brooke Kennedy, Ella Pisani, and Ashlyn Walsh.
 
Marist earned the six-seed in the championships after posting a 7-4-1 record in the conference for their 22 points. Ariana Mullin is the team leader with 10 points on three goals and four assists. Samantha Graf has started all 17 matches in net with an 1.35 goals against average and a .733 save percentage.
 
The winner of the match will advance to the Metro Championship Semifinals on the road against second-seeded Niagara on Thursday at 6pm.