OPENING FACEOFF
Fairfield Men's Lacrosse concludes a three-game road swing and wraps up the month of February with a Saturday, Feb. 28 visit to Providence. Opening faceoff with Friars on Chapey Field at Anderson Stadium is scheduled for noon.
 
LAST TIME OUT
Faced with a 6-5 deficit entering halftime last Saturday at Manhattan, Fairfield scored the first nine goals of the second half to surge to a 15-9 victory. John Okupski scored three goals for the Stags, and Jake Gilbert netted two tallies with four assists.
 
Okupski's hat trick paced nine goal scorers for the Stags. Gilbert, Devin Lampron, Rob Moore, and Logan Bryant netted two goals apiece, with Bryant tallying the first pair of his career. Will Consoli, KJ Delane, Carson Dyl, and Luke Patchen each added a single goal for the Stags.
 
Fairfield stayed on the attack courtesy of Daniel Davis at 12-for-18 on the faceoff X. Davis's dozen wins included seven ground balls.
 
On the defensive end, Julian Radossich recorded three caused turnovers, and LSM Bryce Hrubiec had two. In total, Fairfield pressured the Jaspers' offense into 20 turnovers.
 
TALKING POINTS

• Opening the season with four of their first five games on the road, the Stags are 2-2 overall and 2-1 away from home.
• Julian Radossich was named the CAA Defensive Player of the Week after posting four caused turnovers and three ground balls in the Stags' two games.
• Jake Gilbert leads the Stags with 14 points (6g, 8a).
• Will Consoli and Rob Moore share the team high of seven goals apiece.

 
SECOND HALF SURGE
Fairfield opened the second half on a 9-0 run on Saturday at Manhattan, flipping a 6-5 deficit to a 15-6 lead en route to victory. The run featured points from the seven different players.
 
Defensively, Fairfield kept the Jaspers off the board for a span of 20:26 as the defense forced six turnovers in that stretch. In total, Manhattan only scored one even-strength goal in the second half alongside two man-up markers.
 
UP NEXT
After playing four of their first five on the road, the Stags begin a three-game homestand on Saturday, March 7 with a noon visit from Yale.