Volleyball: Home Opener, Saturday September 2nd

[FU73]

The Stag Volleyball (2-1) Home Opener is Saturday, September 2 at 2:30 pm against America East UMBC (1-2) in Mahoney Arena with FREE admission and available on ESPN+.

On Saturday, Fairfield Athletics is partnering with FUSA for a raffle exclusively for the incoming Class of 2027. Students must check in to the game with the Super Stags app to be eligible to win.

[paulie74]

Would be so much better with the dedicated volleyball floor from the RecPlex.

Need a better solution than dozens of irrelevant lines on the court.

They "cheaped out" on this one.

[jenningsbeach]

Nebraska didn't cheap out.

[paulie74]

I believe it included a concert after the match to sweeten the draw.

But surely they added some permanent/repeat fans.

Nice floor. We have one, LETS USE IT!!!!

[jenningsbeach]

Nearly 5% of Nebraska's population attended the game.

[stag76]

Bet they’re glad it didn’t rain in Lincoln, Nebraska yesterday.

[ctghostman]

Aug 31, 2023 4:52:58 GMT -5 paulie74 said:

I believe it included a concert after the match to sweeten the draw.

But surely they added some permanent/repeat fans.

Nice floor. We have one, LETS USE IT!!!!

Hartford used to bring in concerts for hoops games at the Civic center - FU should try something to bring in more fans to everything

[paulie74]

Stags VB warms up for their home opener on Sat. — sweep the Pioneers 3-0 at the Pitt Center. Nice crowd on hand.

[FU73]

Fueled by 10 blocks to limit the hosts to a .033 hitting percentage, Fairfield University Volleyball (3-1) swept Sacred Heart 3-0 on Thursday at the Pitt Center. The Stags completed their first sweep of the Pioneers since 2013 by scores of (25-13, 27-25, 25-15)

"Blocking and shot selection were two of our focuses in the practice gym this week, and it was good to see improvement in both of those areas on the court tonight," said Head Coach Nancy Somera. "It's very early in the season, and we are more focused on cleaning things up on our side of the net than on our opponent, but of course it's a positive step to play well against a good team that was picked to win their conference. I'm proud of our overall effort and by how many different players contributed to tonight's win."

523 at the Pitt Center for the SHU (0-3) home opener.

Box Score
fairfieldstags.com/sports/womens-volleyball/stats/2023/sacred-heart/boxscore/13704

[stags74]

Stags VB debut in Mahoney Arena is a failure. Stags play uninspired VB and loose 3-1 against UMBC. Nice crowd of Frosh students on hand at the beginning of the match for the Mahoney debut. Just like their upper classmen counterparts they disappear after the 2nd set.

[paulie74]

1,715 Strong!

[FU73]

"We played tough, and we were right there with a very good team. We let the first set get away, but we bounced back in the second. It was just a competitive match and we need to clean up some things to be on the positive side of that type of match going forward," said Head Coach Nancy Somera. "We were at our best when we got them out of an offensive rhythm. The block was there, but we got a little soft with our serving and we need to improve our transition offense and get our middles more involved."

The crowd of 1,715 was the largest-ever for a Fairfield Volleyball home match. The previous mark of 1,018 was set in the 3-0 sweep of UConn at Alumni Hall on Nov. 6, 1999. Alumni Hall also hosted a crowd of 1,002 fans for the 2007 MAAC Championship Match between the Stags and Siena.

1,715 at the Mahoney Arena for the Stags (3-2) home opener loss 1-3 (24-26, 25-15, 19-25, 22-25). Disappointing loss. Not the way to build interest with the students or the way to start the Mahoney Arena era for Stag Volleyball.

Box Score
fairfieldstags.com/sports/womens-volleyball/stats/2023/umbc/boxscore/13705

The Stags return to action on Tuesday, Sept. 5 for a 6 p.m. match at LIU. The next match at Mahoney Arena is slated for Sunday, Sept. 10 with the Stags hosting Big Ten foe Northwestern at 1 p.m. Will the students show up again next Sunday? Will there be a promotion by the Athletic Department to try to get them there? Stag Women's Soccer also hosts ACC Syracuse at the same time next Sunday on Lessing Field.

[paulie74]

[ctghostman]

Sept 2, 2023 16:31:56 GMT -5 stags74 said:

Stags VB debut in Mahoney Arena is a failure. Stags play uninspired VB and loose 3-1 against UMBC. Nice crowd of Frosh students on hand at the beginning of the match for the Mahoney debut. Just like their upper classmen counterparts they disappear after the 2nd set.

1- I assume there was some incentive to come(good). 2-They need some incentive to stay-hopefully enjoy themselves-and hopefully comeback to future games. I don’t think FU has the folks with the thought process to take it to the next level (2).

Nebraska had a concert with mid level country music star Scotty McCreery.
90k don’t show up for Scotty McCreery. 90k show up for the game/record and then the post show.

[paulie74]

Sept 3, 2023 8:03:56 GMT -5 ctghostman said:

Sept 2, 2023 16:31:56 GMT -5 stags74 said:

Stags VB debut in Mahoney Arena is a failure. Stags play uninspired VB and loose 3-1 against UMBC. Nice crowd of Frosh students on hand at the beginning of the match for the Mahoney debut. Just like their upper classmen counterparts they disappear after the 2nd set.

1- I assume there was some incentive to come(good). 2-They need some incentive to stay-hopefully enjoy themselves-and hopefully comeback to future games. I don’t think FU has the folks with the thought process to take it to the next level (2).

Nebraska had a concert with mid level country music star Scotty McCreery.
90k don’t show up for Scotty McCreery. 90k show up for the game/record and then the post show.

I'm enjoying the glass half full.😉