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Post by FU73 on May 10, 2021 6:05:32 GMT -5
 Fairfield University Women's Lacrosse will travel to Newton, Mass. to meet fourth-seeded Boston College on Friday, May 14 in the NCAA Championship First Round. Opening draw is slated for 1 p.m. The MAAC champion Stags are 1(3-1) on the season following Sunday's 12-8 win over Siena to secure their third consecutive MAAC Championship. Friday's game kicks off the sixth NCAA postseason appearance in program history.
ACC Boston College is (13-3) this Spring, most recently falling to Syracuse on April 30 in the ACC Championship Semifinals. The Eagles reached the National Championship Game in the 2019 edition of the NCAA Championship. The other side of the Newton bracket features UMass and Temple squaring off on Friday at 4 p.m. All games will be played at the Newton Soccer and Lacrosse Field and tickets will not be open to the public. The winners of the four Quarterfinal games will advance to the national Semifinals hosted by Towson University at Johnny Unitas Stadium in Towson, Maryland. The Semifinal games will be shown live on ESPNU at Noon and 2 p.m. Eastern time, Friday, May 28. The championship game will air live on ESPNU Sunday, May 30 at Noon. 2021 NCAA Women's Lacrosse Championship Bracketwww.ncaa.com/brackets/print/lacrosse-women/d1/20212021 NCAA Women's Lacrosse RPI Rankingswww.ncaa.com/rankings/lacrosse-women/d1/ncaa-womens-lacrosse-rpi |
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Post by stags74 on May 10, 2021 7:57:40 GMT -5
Congrats to women’s lax for an outstanding season! Impressive six NCAA appearances is a good sign of a successful program. Good luck vs BC.
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Post by stag76 on May 10, 2021 8:11:41 GMT -5
Based solely on the rpi listing, I'd have thought BC would play Temple first and our first game would be with UMass. I guess there's some other factor that goes into making the pairings, but I don't follow women's lacrosse enough to know what that might be.
From the link to the NCAA women's lacrosse rpi rankings:
12. UMass
14. Fairfield
18. Temple
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Post by FU73 on May 10, 2021 9:06:19 GMT -5
Congrats to women’s lax for an outstanding season! Impressive six NCAA appearances is a good sign of a successful program. Good luck vs BC.  Since 2000, Fairfield Women's Lacrosse is tied with Canisius with the most MAAC Championships (6) and leads the MAAC in Championship Appearances (12). MAAC Women's Lacrosse Championships by SchoolCanisius-6 Fairfield-6Le Moyne-4* Manhattan-3 Marist-2 Monmouth-1 MAAC Women's Lacrosse Championship Appearances by SchoolFairfield-12Canisius-9 Marist-7 Le Moyne-5* Manhattan-3 Niagara-2 Siena-1 * No longer in the MAAC maacsports.com/sports/2007/6/30/1060604.aspx |
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Post by stag76 on May 12, 2021 13:04:32 GMT -5
A rather fascinating piece of information in our athletic department's article on the upcoming tourney game with BC: . ..Fairfield and Boston College have played nine times in program history – all between 2000 and 2009 – with the Eagles holding a 9-2 advantage in the series. The Stags won the last two meetings between the squads – 14-12 in Fairfield in 2008 and 19-12 in a neutral-site clash in West Palm Beach in 2009...fairfieldstags.com/news/2021/5/9/womens-lacrosse-maac-champion-stags-draw-4-boston-college-in-ncaa-first-round.aspxSomehow there's been eleven results from the nine times we've played BC in the history of our women's lacrosse program. I'm willing to bet '73 posts the correct information on this board before the athletic department corrects the math in their article. |
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Post by FU73 on May 12, 2021 14:06:07 GMT -5
...with the Eagles holding a 9-2 advantage in the series.Stag Women's Lacrosse vs. BC 2000-2009 are (2-7) but not a "(9-2) advantage in the series" for BC.  2000 - L 2002 - L 2003 - L 2004 - L 2005 - L 2006 - L 2007 - L 2008 - W 2009 - W
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Post by stag76 on May 12, 2021 14:29:57 GMT -5
‘73 did you notify someone in the athletic dept. of the correct information because I checked the article and now the information matches your post?
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Post by FU73 on May 12, 2021 15:11:41 GMT -5
Nope. Not me.  Fairfield and Boston College have played nine times in program history – all between 2000 and 2009 – with the Eagles holding a 7-2 advantage in the series. The Stags won the last two meetings between the squads – 14-12 in Fairfield in 2008 and 19-12 in a neutral-site clash in West Palm Beach in 2009. |
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Post by stags74 on May 13, 2021 8:34:11 GMT -5
‘73 did you notify someone in the athletic dept. of the correct information because I checked the article and now the information matches your post? ‘76 It appears like someone in FU athletics woke up from their regular deep slumber and caught the error! |
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Post by stag76 on May 13, 2021 8:57:05 GMT -5
‘73 did you notify someone in the athletic dept. of the correct information because I checked the article and now the information matches your post? ‘76 It appears like someone in FU athletics woke up from their regular deep slumber and caught the error! Or did someone other than ‘73 on this board wake them up to a rather glaring misstatement in their article on the upcoming NCAA tourney game with BC? I’ll never know the answer to that but I prefer to focus on the women’s upcoming game and hope we’re able to pull off the upset. I always want us to do well in a national tourney, regardless of the sport. |
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Post by FU73 on May 13, 2021 10:50:49 GMT -5
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Post by FU73 on May 14, 2021 13:09:39 GMT -5
Stags 3-13 at the half as BC scores their first goal 90 seconds into the game.
BC with a 20/7 advantage in shots and 14/5 SOG.
BC 3/4 on FPG and none for the Stags
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Post by FU73 on May 14, 2021 14:10:11 GMT -5
 Today's game marked the fifth NCAA postseason appearance in program history. Diana DeVita, Meaghan Graham and Kelly Horning each net a goal in the second half as the Stags wrap up their third straight MAAC Championship season at #4 Boston College in the NCAA Championship First Round. "We can be very proud of our effort today," said Head Coach Laura Field. "The final score is tough, but we when watch this film in a couple of weeks, we're going to see good fight and good effort for 60 minutes. While we're very proud of this season, I also know that we aren't satisfied; we want to take this experience, learn from it and make the most of the opportunity when we're able to play on this stage again."
"I'm incredibly proud of our seniors," Field continued. "I can't say enough about this class – three MAAC Championships and three NCAA appearances is quite the statement as to what they mean to our program." |
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Post by stag76 on May 29, 2021 9:12:06 GMT -5
Tomorrow, BC will play Syracuse at noon in the championship game. I’m hoping BC wins so we can “claim” that the “only” reason we lost in the tourney was because we had to play the best women’s lacrosse team in our first game.  |
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Post by Stagophile on May 30, 2021 13:42:32 GMT -5
No shame in losing to the eventual National Champs!
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