Fairfield Lacrosse Hosts CAA Championships at Rafferty Stadium

After securing the outright regular season title in the Colonial Athletic Association, the Fairfield University men’s lacrosse team will be the top seed and host for the upcoming CAA Championship. The semifinal rounds will be held on Thursday, April 30th, at Rafferty Stadium, followed by the CAA Championship Game on Saturday, May 2nd, at the new, state-of-the-art facility on the Fairfield campus.

Last Friday night, the Stags scored the first five goals of the regular season finale against visiting Hofstra, and the Fairfield defense made the early run stand up in a 5-4 win on Senior Night at Rafferty. With the victory, Fairfield clinched at least a share of the CAA regular season title. Fairfield (9-5, 4-1 CAA) then won the outright regular season crown and earn the right to host the CAA title games when Towson lost at Drexel last Saturday afternoon.

The Stags’ semifinal opponent on April 30th will be fourth-seeded UMASS at 7:00 PM. Fairfield topped the Minutemen, 10-9, on April 4 in Amherst. Towson and Drexel will meet again in the first semifinal matchup at 4:00 PM. The Dragons hosted and topped the Tigers, 11-10, last Saturday to complete the CAA regular season. Both games will air live on CAA.tv.

The advancing teams will meet on May 2nd in the 2015 CAA Championship Game at 1 p.m. The contest will air live on the American Sports Network (ASN).

Tickets

Adults: $10.00

Children (13 and under): $5.00

Students of participating schools are admitted free with valid school ID. All tickets are for general admission seating.

More information will be available throughout the week on FairfieldStags.com and CAASports.com.

Last Friday against Hofstra, five different Stags scored as Fairfield jumped out to a 5-0 lead after the first quarter. Tristan’s unassisted tally at 13:00 started the scoring followed by a Jake Knostman goal assisted by Drew Federico. Joe Rodrigues added a goal off a Sperry assist, TJ Neubauer sent home his team-leading 29th goal from a Colin McLinden feed, and Dave Fleming added an unassisted goal with 42 seconds left in the period to account for the 5-0 lead.

Though the Stags would not score again, Fairfield’s defense put forth one of its strongest efforts of the season, including two scoreless quarters.

Reigning CAA Rookie of the Week Will Fox turned in another strong showing at the faceoff ‘X’. Fox went 7-for-11 with six ground balls. Rounding out the effort was Joe DeLasho, who won one of his two draws attempted.

This year, the Stags’ marked their second consecutive regular season title; Fairfield won the 2014 ECAC Lacrosse League regular season crown in the league’s final year of existence. The victory is also the third game in which the Stags allowed a season-low four goals, the eighth (and fourth consecutive) game of the season decided by one goal and the lowest-scoring performance in a victory since defeating Air Force, 4-3, in 2010.