Fairfield Women Basketball Reaches 600-wins in program's Div. I history, Visits Monmouth Next

Mark the date January 28, 2016 in the history books. Fairfield University women’s basketball program reached the 600-victory milestone in the school’s Division I history with a 63-56 victory over Rider University. The Stags achieved the plateau in front of the home crowd at Alumni Hall on George Bisacca Court on the university campus. Head coach Joe Frager has piloted Fairfield to 166 of the 600 wins.

“I made it a point after the game to mention that to them,” Frager said. “They gave a really loud cheer. They were really proud of that fact.”

When the final buzzer sounded, Kristine Miller looked at her teammates and said: “Girls, congratulations on the 600th win.” The entire team celebrated on the court having contributed to an important piece of Fairfield history. Kelsey Carey led the way for the Stags with 20 points, the fifth time in her career. “First ‘Schatz” gets 1,000 points, now we are at 600 wins. It’s great to be a part of that especially with this group of girls and coaches.”

Carey was referring the Kristin Shatzlein reaching the 1,000 point plateau of her career on Sunday (January 24). The Stags are back at the .500 mark at 10-10, winning four of their last five games as they head into the final month of the season.

“I think we’re really moving in the right direction,” Miller said. “I think this is really a confidence boost for us and I think this is just a big confidence builder. I think this is huge and we just want to keep going and put W’s in the win column.”

Fairfield will hit the road for their only away game in an eight-game span when they take on Monmouth Saturday (January 30) at 4:00 PM on ESPN3.