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Fairfield Women’s Basketball Fairfield University Sports Information Walsh Athletic Center 1073 North Benson Rd. Fairfield, CT 06824 SID: Kelly McCarthy [email protected] O: 203-254-4000, ext. 2877 C: 203-395-3858 F: 203-254-4117 2011 SCHEDULE & RESULTS 2011-12 FAIRFIELD STAGS BASKETBALL GAME NOTES DAY DATE OPPONENT TIME (TV) GAME FAIRFIELD UNIVERSITY STAGS (0-00; 0-00 MAAC) Mon. N11 Stony Brook (AH) 7pm 1 VS. STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY SEAWOLVES (0-00; 0-00 AMERICA EAST) Sun. N13 Pacific (AH) 1pm Friday, November 11 at 7pm Wed. N16 at Vermont 7pm Alumni Hall Fairfield, Conn. Sun. N20 at Quinnipiac 1pm GAME DAY MEDIA INFORMATION Wed. N30 at Brown 5pm Radio: 88.5 WVOF Sat. D3 vs. Providence^ 4pm Live Stats/Live Video: FairfieldStags.com Sun. D4 vs. Rhode Island^ 2pm Thu. D8 Columbia (AHl) 7pm FAIRFIELD VS. STONY BROOK Tue. D13 at St. Francis (NY) 7pm SIDE-BBY-SSIDE (’10-111) Fairfield and Stony Brook have met just one other time in program his- Thu. D22 at LaSalle 2pm FFD CATEGORY SBU tory. The outing came on December 9, 2009 on Long Island where the 17-13 Record 7-23 Thu. D29 at Connecticut 7:30pm (CPTV) Stags topped the Seawolves, 65-49. Fairfield led by 18 at the half and 55.3 Points/g 60.4 Mon. J2 Iona* (AH) 7pm the final margin of 16 was the closest Stony Brook got in the second 51.2 Opp. Points/g 67.0 Wed. J4 at Saint Peter’s* 7pm half. The Stags received an outstanding performance from Stephanie +4.1 Scoring Margin -6.6 Sat. J7 at Manhattan* 2pm .391 FG% .362 Geehan that night, as she hauled in 18 rebounds while tallying 11 Mon. J9 Siena* (AH) 7pm .362 Opp. FG% .415 Thu. J12 Marist* (WBA) 7pm (SNY) points. Katelyn Linney registered 14 points and three assists while .314 3pt FG% .266 Sun. J15 Canisius (AH) 1pm Taryn Johnson added seven boards and three blocks. .298 Opp. 3pt FG% .346 Fri. J20 at Siena* 7pm .662 FT% .680 Sun. J22 Niagara* (AH) 1pm SCOUTING STONY BROOK .690 Opp. FT% .717 Fri. J27 Manhattan* (WBA) 4pm (ESPN3) Stony Brook University is under the direction of first year Head 10.8 Assists/g 11.3 35.9 Rebounds/g 38.4 Sun. J29 at Iona* 2pm Coach Beth O’Boyle who took over the program in April 2011. O’Boyle 34.7 Opp. Rebounds/g 39.8 Thu. F2 Rider* (WBA) 7pm may be a familiar face to Stags fans as she spent the last four years at +1.2 Reb. Margin -1.4 Sat. F4 Saint Peter’s* (AH) 1pm Canisius College, including the last two as the associate head +0.3 Turnovers/g +2.2 Fri. F10 at Marist* 7pm women’s basketball coach. 7.0 Steals/g 9.8 Sun. F12 at Loyola* 12pm Stony Brook returns 10 letterwinners – four seniors, six juniors – 3.9 Blocks/g 1.5 Fri. F17 at Niagara* 7pm from last season who combined for 76.8 available minutes. 762 1st Half Pts. 824 Sun. F19 at Canisius* 2pm The Seawolves are looking to rebuild after going 7-23 last season 680 Opp. 1st Half Pts. 916 888 2nd Half Pts. 989 Fri. F24 Loyola* (AH) 7pm and losing All-America East selection Kirsten Jeter to graduation. Jeter 850 Opp. 2nd Half Pts. 1095 Sun. F26 at Rider* 1pm (ESPN3) left the program ranked among Stony Brook’s top-10 in points, Thu.-Mon. March 1-5 MAAC Tournament rebounds, and steals and was the America East career leader in those categories as well. AH - Game played at Alumni Hall Stony Brook is 2-3 in its last five season openers, three of which were against opponents from the WBA - Game played at Webster Bank Arena Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC). The Seawolves will face two other MAAC schools during ^Brown Classic (Providence, R.I.) * indicates MAAC opponent their 2011-12 campaign when they take on Iona College on November 18 and Rider on December 6. ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS PRESEASON PICKS Associate AD/Athletic Communications Director The Stags were picked to finish third in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) in the Jack Jones Preseason Coaches Poll. Three Stags were named to the Preseason All-MAAC Teams. Senior forward Asst. AD/Athletic Communications & Digital Media Taryn Johnson was named to the First Team, junior guard Katelyn Linney was named to the Second Chris O’Connor Team, while senior guard Desiree Pina was selected to the Third Team. Marist College was picked to Asst. AD/Athletic Communications & Publications/ repeat at MAAC Champions while Loyola University Maryland was selected second. Women’s Basketball Contact: Kelly McCarthy PROBABLE STARTERS (2010-11 STATS) Athletic Communications Graduate Assistant No. Name Yr. Pos. Ht. PPG RPG APG Notes Sarah Minice 05 Felicia DaCruz Fr. G 5-7 -- -- -- 2nd Team All-NY Honors at Albertus Magnus McCarthy Office 203-254-4000, ext. 2877 12 Katelyn Linney Jr. G 5-8 12.7 2.4 1.3 Preseason All-MAAC Second Team McCarthy Cell 203-395-3858 21 Desiree Pina Sr. G 5-6 9.9 4.6 3.2 Preseason All-MAAC Third Team McCarthy E-mmail [email protected] 23 Taryn Johnson Sr. F 5-11 12.8 8.1 1.7 Preaseason All-MAAC First Team Athletics Website FairfieldStags.com 44 Katie Cizynski So. F 6-2 3.7 2.2 0.3 Appeared in 26 games with one start University Website Fairfield.edu Facebook FairfieldUAthletics RESERVES (2010-11 STATS) Twitter @FairfieldStags 03 Sarah Paulus R-Jr. G 5-8 0.4 0.6 0.5 Appeared in 28 games with 11 steals 10 Christelle Akon-Akech So. F 5-10 1.1 1.0 0.3 Played in 21 games in a reserve role In order to eliminate any misunderstanding, all Media 11 Brittany MacFarlane Jr. F 6-1 4.8 6.4 1.1 Started 20 games as a sophmore Credential requests must be made 72 hours in advance 13 Alexys Vazquez So. G 5-10 1.6 1.0 0.2 Came off the bench in 25 games of a home basketball game. Credentials will be available 14 Laura Vetra Jr. C 6-2 4.1 3.7 0.4 Posted 17 blocks in 2010-11 at the media entrance on game day. To secure creden- 24 Sydney Ransom Fr. G 5-8 -- -- -- All-Conference honoree at Cardinal McCarrick tials, please contact Kelly McCarthy. 32 Brittany Obi-Tabot So. C 6-1 0.9 1.2 0.1 Saw action in 15 games off the bench 2011-12 Fairfield University Stags Women’s Basketball Game Notes HEAD COACH JOE FRAGER FAIRFIELD IN SEASON OPENERS SEASON OPENERS AT HOME Record at Fairfield Fairfield has won the last four season openers under Head YEAR OPPONENT RESULT 77-49 (Four Seasons) Coach Joe Frager. The Stags are 16-15 all-time in season 1982-83 East Carolina W, 58-54 (AH) Overall Record 1983-84 Northeastern W, 73-58 (AH) 266-132 (14 Seasons) openers. 11/27/93 Brown W, 85-81ot (AH) 11/22/02 Penn State L, 96-50 (AHY) he 2011-12 campaign marks the fifth FAIRFIELD IN SEASON OPENERS AT HOME season that Joe Frager has been at the 11/19/04 Harvard L, 71-69 (AHY) Thelm of the Fairfield University The Stags open their season at home for the second consec- 11/18/05 Brown L, 72-62 (AHY) women’s basketball program. Under his utive time. Last year, Fairfield tipped things off by defeating 11/11/06 Richmond L, 58-49 (AH) tutelage the Stags have won 77 games, earned 11 All-MAAC the visiting Quinnipiac Bobcats, 65-48. Fairfield is 4-4 when 11/12/10 Quinnipiac W, 65-48(AH) and four All-Met Team recognitions, earned a berth in the opening a campaign at home. 2010 MAAC Championship Game and won the program’s first-ever national postseason tournament game. All told, Frager has been a head coach at the collegiate FAST START FRAGER level for a dozen years, with nine seasons at Southern Opening day has been good to Head Coach Joe Frager and his squads. As he enters his 14th year as Connecticut State University, and boasts a career record of a head coach and fifth at Fairfield, he is 12-1 in season openers all-time. Frager has guided his 266-132, including a 77-49 mark at Fairfield. His resume includes the 2007 NCAA Division II National Championships teams to 11-straight opening day victories and is the only coach in Fairfield varsity history to win his and six Coach of the Year awards. Outside of being honored opening game each of his first four seasons at the helm of the team. for an individual season’s accomplishments, Frager has also been honored for the breadth of his achievements. In 2008 HOME AKA ALUMNI HALL IS WHERE THE WINS ARE he was inducted into the Connecticut Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame and in October 2009 was inducted into the New The Stags have played 293 games in the building all-time with a 223-70 record (.761) England Basketball Hall of Fame. Fairfield posted a 10-2 record at Alumni Hall during the 2010-11 campaign Frager’s four seasons at the helm have rekindled the spir- Joe Frager is 28-6 in his three seasons in the building it and tradition of Fairfield University women’s basketball. The Stags are playing nine games at Alumni Hall this season The Stags have won 61 percent of their games during that time, with two 20-win seasons in the books.