Men: CAA Drexel Comes to Rafferty Stadium, Saturday April 1

[FU73]

CAA action comes to Rafferty Stadium for the first time in 2023 as the #4 Stags (3-6)(1-1) hosts #2 Drexel (5-3)(2-0) on Saturday, April 1. Opening faceoff between the Stags and Dragons is slated for Noon. Fairfield is (1-2) at home averaging 616 fans.

The contest is the first part of a Fairfield Lacrosse Doubleheader that will also feature Fairfield Women's Lacrosse hosting Marist in MAAC action at 4:00 pm.

Weather Forecast
Rain in morning with isolated afternoon thunderstorms, High 62F.

Game Notes
fairfieldstags.com/documents/2023/3/30/Game_10_vs_Drexel.pdf

Watch
streamstak.com/lacrossetv/

Live Stats
stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=456205

Tickets ($10-$30)
fairfield.evenue.net/cgi-bin/ncommerce3/SEGetEventInfo?ticketCode=GS%3AMULTI%3ALAX2223%3AMLAX0401%3A&linkID=fairfield-multi&shopperContext=&pc=&caller=&appCode=&groupCode=LAX&cgc=&dataAccId=448&locale=en_US&siteId=ev_fairfield-multi

CAA Men's Lacrosse Standings
caasports.com/standings.aspx?path=mlax

[stags74]

An important game for the stags to win because after this game with Drexel the stags will be on the road at U. Delaware which is the leading team in the CAA. Losing two games in a row will be the death blow to an already disappointing stag lax season. Let’s hope the stags can play a good game on both offense and defense. Consistency has been a problem all season long!
Stags up!

[stags74]

4 up after 1Q.

[stags74]

Stags fall apart defensively in 2Q and are dominated by Drexel.
Dragons outscore stags 6-1. 10-5 Drexel.

[FU73]

Stags 5-10 at the half and outscored 6/1 in the Second Quarter.

Stags had jumped out to a 2-0 lead with goals by McKenna and Ford in the first 2:43 of the game. Jack McKenna with hat trick and Bryce Ford with 2 goals so far.

Stags 5-11 as Drexel scores again 54 seconds into the Third Quarter.

Stags 8-12 at the end of the Third Quarter. Stags outscore Drexel 3/2 in the quarter.

Stags 10-12 at 4:30 into the final quarter.

Stags 11-12 with 8 minutes left in the game.

Stags 11-15 with 3 Drexel goals in just over a minute and now 3:15 left in the game.



"I told the guys in the locker room that I was proud of their effort," said Head Coach Andrew Baxter. "We talk a lot about being 'one play warriors' and we did a much better job of that in the second half. We didn't play to the scoreboard, we focused on the play in front of us and competing up to our standard. But we need to do a better job of that for a full 60 minutes."

"Drexel is a very good team that thrives in unsettled situations – they win faceoffs and 50/50 balls, they can run and they have a lot of guys that can finish," Baxter noted. "You can't necessarily prepare for that as well as you can prepare for a settled offense, you just have to win more of those 50/50 balls and stop those situations from happening. But they did a better job than us on 50/50 balls today and that led to a few goals that were a big part of the difference."

Box Score
drexeldragons.com/sports/mens-lacrosse/stats/2023/fairfield/boxscore/9714

Fairfield (3-7)(1-2) done in by the 6 Drexel goals in the second quarter and 3 quick goals with the Stags down by only one in the Fourth Quarter. 697 fans at the game on a rainy Saturday with the Stags now (1-3) at home.

With 4 games left (2 home, 2 away) in the regular season, another CAA road game is on deck for the Stags, who visit Joe Biden's (Delaware '65) defending league champion #1 Fightin' Blue Hens (7-3)(3-0) on Saturday, April 8 at Noon.

[stags74]

Stags comeback in 2H and get the score to 12-11 and then the defense sucks allowing Drexel to score 3 goals in 90 seconds.
FF now 1-2 in CAA play and heading to the bottom of the league standings once again.

[FU73]

Maybe a better outcome later this afternoon for the Fairfield Women's Lacrosse (6-3)(1-0) game against Marist (2-8)(0-2) in the second half of the Stag Lacrosse Doubleheader at Rafferty Stadium? With 7 games left in the MAAC Regular Season, Fairfield is (3-0) at home.



ESPN3
www.espn.com/watch/player?id=9253b201-17dc-4295-87a5-3d00e9c461c8

Live Stats
stats.statbroadcast.com/broadcast/?id=456782

Admission
No charge

[FU73]

Stags win 20-4

406 fans at the game as the Stags go to (7-3)(2-0) and (4-0) at home.

Box Score
fairfieldstags.com/sports/womens-lacrosse/stats/2023/marist/boxscore/13387

One of the major highlights on the afternoon came from the Stags' top draw taker in Nicolette LaVista who set a new program record with 12 draw controls on the day. The career day also pushes her past 200 draw controls for her career, and she now sits in sole possession of second place on the all-time draw controls mark at 204. fairfieldstags.com/sports/womens-lacrosse/roster/nicollette-lavista/6152

Fairfield Women's Lacrosse (7-3)(2-0) will continue its homestand against Quinnipiac (5-5)(1-1) on tap Wednesday afternoon. Opening draw in the Battle of the MAAC's Nutmeg State is slated for 3:00 p.m. at Rafferty Stadium.

[Stagophile]

Sigh...

[aljr2424]

maybe the girls can take over the mens schedule lol

[stags74]

I am afraid the outcome of this game might be very ugly for FF. Stags have not exactly played a killer of a schedule and are under.500. This game against a nationally ranked team on the road could be a 20 goal loss.