Fairfield University Athletics

General: Returns for her third season with the program … Slated to once again help anchor the Stags defense at center back … Off The Field: Is a Sociology major … 2009: All-MAAC First Team … Started all 21 games at center back for the Stags … Rarely left the field as the Stags held opponents to less than 1.5 goals per contest ... Tallied all four of her points in a three-game, seven-day span … Started the stretch with her first career game-winning goal at Holy Cross … Assisted on a goal in the team's victories over Stony Brook and Iona …   2008: All-MAAC Second Team … All-MAAC Rookie Team  … Started each of the 20 games in which she appeared, missing three contests due to injury ... Helped Stags hold opponents to 12 goals in those 20 games ... Also contributed on the offensive end, with a goal and an assist ... Added an assist in the team's overtime win over Yale ... Her first career points was the game-tying goal against Colgate ... High School:  Earned four varsity letters for coach Jeff Vagel's Tigers ... Served as team captain as a senior ... Led the team to four Quinnipiac Conference titles during her career, earning Middletown Press First Team accolades each season ... Named All-State as a Senior ... Also named All-League each of her four seasons ... Earned a varsity letter in indoor track ... Personal: Alyssa Mary Decker ... Is the daughter of Darleen Fresia and Blair Decker ... Has one sister, Robyn, a 2008 teammate on the Stags MAAC Championship team.