OPENING FACEOFF
Fairfield University Men's Lacrosse makes the short trip across town for a Wednesday, Feb. 18 clash at Sacred Heart. Opening faceoff on Campus Field is set for 3 p.m.
 
LAST TIME OUT
A wild final three minutes saw Fairfield pull within two goals of Brown on Saturday at Rafferty Stadium. But the visiting Bears got the stop they needed to see out the remainder of the contest and head back to Providence with a 10-8 decision.
 
Trailing 10-6 with under 10 minutes to go, the two teams played scoreless lacrosse for more than seven minutes. Fairfield ended that drought on John Okupski's second goal of the day, cutting the deficit to 10-7 with 2:32 remaining. Brown won the ensuing faceoff but the Stags forced a turnover, leading to Will Consoli completing his hat trick off a Jake Gilbert to push the count to 10-8 with 1:33 left.
 
Jonathan Lewis won the next pivotal faceoff for the Stags, who called a timeout to draw up a play. The designed set resulted in a chance on the doorstep for Okupski, but Brown goalkeeper Connor Foley made the last and most important of his 14 saves, and the Bears saw out the 10-8 final.
 
TALKING POINTS

• Will Consoli has posted three goals and an assist in each of Fairfield's two games to date.
• All-America defenseman Julian Radossich enters the week leading the nation with 4.50 caused turnovers per game.
• Radossich's eight ground balls against Brown were the most by a CAA player this season, including faceoff men.
• Owen Hirsch has been above .500 in the cage in both of his starts this season.
• Fairfield won last season's meeting with the Pioneers in a double overtime thriller, 13-12, at Rafferty Stadium.

 
SERIES VS. SACRED HEART
Fairfield won a double-overtime thriller last season at Rafferty Stadium to take a 6-3 lead over the Pioneers in a series that dates back to the Stags' inaguural season as a varsity program in 1993.
 
The teams have met in five consecutive seasons. Fairfield is 4-1 in that span, with the Pioneers' last win coming in 2024 when the teams last met on the SHU campus.
 
UP NEXT
Another MAAC foe awaits the Stags with a visit to Manhattan on Saturday, Feb. 21. Opening faceoff from Gaelic Park in the Bronx is set for 11 a.m.