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Fairfield University Men’s Lacrosse 2019 Media Notes Fairfield University Athletic Communications • Walsh Athletic Center • 1073 North Benson Rd. • Fairfield, CT 06824 2019SID: Drew Schedule Kingsley • [email protected] • O: (203) 254-4000 ext. 2877 • C: (203) 314-7561 • F: (203) 254-4117 (Facebook Live) Last Meeting ...................................First Meeting All-Time Series ...................................................0-0 Feb. 16 SAINT JOSEPH’S .............L, 10-21 Copelan vs. Utah ................................................0-0 (Lax Sports Network) Feb. 23 at Sacred Heart .............................................. W, 12-11 Live Video .......................... Lax Sports Network (Facebook Live) Live Stats ............................... FairfieldStags.com March 2 RUTGERS .................... L, 4-8 Fairfield Twitter .....@FairfieldStags, @StagsMensLax Utah (Facebook Live) Stags Utes March 5 SIENA ........................................ 3 PM (3-3) (4-4) March 9 #16/18 GEORGETOWN ....L, 6-19 March 15 UTAH (Lax Sports Network) .......................7 PM Game 7 • March 15, 2019 • 7 PM March 12 at Bryant .................................................W, 12-11 (OT) The LeadFairfield, Conn. • Conway Field at Rafferty Stadium (Facebook Live) March 19 at NJIT ........................................................................ 6 PM (Facebook Live) For the first time this season, Fairfield University Men’s March 23 VILLANOVA ............................ 1 PM (Facebook Live) Lacrosse will be in action under the lights on Conway Field at March 30 DELAWARE* .......................... 1 PM Rafferty Stadium when Utah comes to town on Friday, March April 6 TOWSON* ............................... 1 PM On15. theOpening Air faceoff with the Utes is slated for 7 p.m. (Lax Sports Network) April 13 at Drexel*.................................................................. 3 PM (Facebook Live) April 20 at UMass* ..................... 4 PM Friday night’s game will be available for free on the Lax April 26 HOFSTRA* ............................... 7 PM Sports Network at laxsportsnetwork.com and on the LSN app Lastwith TimeTravis Out Eldridge and Joe Keegan on the call. * Colonial Athletic Association game Taylor Strough Home games played on Conway Field at Rafferty Stadium Quick Facts scored the equalizing goal for Fairfield with just nine seconds remaining in regulation on Tuesday at Bryant, sending the contest into an extra session. The Location .......................................................................Fairfield, Conn. sophomore then punctuated his career day with his sixth Founded ........................................................................................... 1942 strike of the afternoon, netting theDylan game-winner Beckwith to propelPatrick the Enrollment ..................................................................................... 5,137 DrakeStags to a 12-11 victory. The Fairfield offense also saw and Affiliation ...................................................................NCAA Division I Travis Ford each post Brendantwo goals Quinnand two assists. Rounding out Conference ......................................Colonial Athletic Association the goal scoring was with two markers and School Color ................................................................... Cardinal Red one assist, while racked up five points in Nickname .........................................................................................Stags the midfield without theBrian benefit Cosgrove of a goal as he distributed a Home Field ...........Conway Field at Rafferty Stadium (3,500) career-best five assists. Program History On the defensive end, George got Elmquist the call for his first career start as a defenseman and collected a team-leading and career-high five ground balls.James Corasaniti added First Season .................................................................................... 1972 a pair of new career highs with four ground balls and four First NCAA Varsity Season ....................................................... 1993 caused turnovers. In the cage, made eight saves and collected threeLast groundGame’s Startersballs. Varsity Record ........................................................................186-189 Attack Close Defense NCAA Appearances (2) ................................................. 2002, 2005 Team Information #4 Patrick Drake #21 Brian Cosgrove #22 Dylan Beckwith #43 George Elmquist Head Coach .....................................Andy Copelan (Bucknell ’03) Offensive#30 Brian MidfieldReda Faceoff#47 Jack Kornutik Record at Fairfield ........................................85-72 (11th season) Career Record ..............................................103-87 (13th season) #12 Taylor Strough Long#14 Liam Stick Lynch Midfielder Associate Head Coach ...............................................Andy Whitley #15 Brendan Quinn Assistant Coaches .................Colin Hulme, Justin Schneidman Defensive#28 Travis MidfieldFord #35 Lucas Pedersen 2018 Overall Record .................................................................... 4-11 Goalkeeper 2018 CAA Record .............................................................1-4 (T-5th) #33 Samuel Murphy #36 Kendall Keahey #13 James Corasaniti 2019 Media Notes Fairfield University Men’s Lacrosse Head Coach Andy Copelan 11th Season • Bucknell ’03 2015 CAA Coach of the Year The 2019 season is Andy Copelan’s 11th at the helm of the Fairfield University men’s lacrosse team. He has posted an 85-72 (.541) record with the Stags and owns an 13-year NCAA Division I head coaching record of 103-87 (.542). Copelan was named the program’s third head coach in varsity history on August 25, 2008 and has returned the Stags to the national conversation. Fairfield has entered the USILA national rankings in seven of Copelan’s completed 10 years on the sidelines and defeated a nationally- ranked foe in eight of his 10 prior campaigns with the Stags. Copelan led the Stags into a new era beginning in 2015, as Fairfield joined the nationally- prominent Colonial Athletic Association. The Stags made an immediate impact on the CAA, winning back-to-back regular season titles. Fairfield hosted the 2015 CAA Championship on newly-constructed Conway Field at Rafferty Stadium. In 2016, the Stags advanced to the CAA Championship Game. Copelan was tabbed as the CAA Coach of the Year in 2015. In four seasons with the Association, the Stags have collected 22 All-CAA honors, highlighted by 2015 Rookie of the Year recognition for Will Fox ’18 and 2016 Rookie and co-Player of the Year nods for Colin Burke ’19. Fairfield student-athletes also continue to gain the national and regional spotlight. Burke and TJ Neubauer ’16 were USILA All-America Honorable Mentions in 2016 with Neubauer also garnering All-New England First Team distinction for the third straight season. Neubauer was also drafted by the Rochester Rattlers in the fourth round of the Major League Lacrosse Collegiate Draft. Neubauer was the highest-drafted Stag since Greg Downing ’07 was tabbed as the sixth overall pick and only First Round selection in program history in 2007. Neubauer was the 10th Stag during Copelan’s tenure to be drafted or signed as a free agent into the MLL ranks. The 2014 edition of the club boasted a final record of 12-4, tying the program’s single-season wins mark. The campaign began with a record-setting 7-0 start and included the team’s first-ever ECAC Lacrosse League Regular Season Championship and a trip to ECAC Championship Game. Fairfield made four consecutive ECAC postseason appearances from 2011-14, including three trips to the ECAC Championship Game. Along the way, the program earned several landmark victories. Copelan’s 2013 club recorded the Stags’ first-ever victory over the nation’s top-ranked team with an overtime triumph at No. 1 Denver, and the 2010 Fairfield team topped a Notre Dame club that went on to reach the NCAA National Championship Game. Copelan has seen his student-athletes excel in the classroom as well. During his stay at the helm, every student-athlete that has completed his eligibility has also earned a degree from Fairfield. The Stags have won the CAA Team Excellence Award in each of the last two seasons, recognizing their academic performance as the CAA team with the highest GPA. Individually, Will Fox was recognized in 2018 as a USILA Scholar All-American and a candidate for the Senior CLASS Award. Signs of the Stags’ return to national prominence were immediate when Copelan took the reins for the 2009 season. His first team went 7-6 overall to earn the program’s first winning record since 2005 and a winning mark (4-3) in the ECAC Lacrosse League for the first time since joining the league in 2006. Fairfield is the second head coaching stop on Copelan’s resume, who was the youngest head coach in the nation when he was hired to lead Marist College in 2004. In his first season with the Red Foxes, he was named the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) Coach of the Year following a MAAC Regular Season Championship and the program’s first winning season in six years. In 2005, he led Marist to its first-ever NCAA postseason berth. His two-year run with the Red Foxes produced nine All-MAAC honorees, including 2004 Offensive Player and Rookie of the Year Keith Detelj and 2005 Rookie of the Year Dan Needle. After his stint at Marist, Copelan held an assistant coaching position at the University of Maryland from 2006-08, rising to the