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Fairfield University Men’s Lacrosse 2018 Game Notes Fairfield University Athletic Communications • Walsh Athletic Center • 1073 North Benson Rd. • Fairfield, CT 06824 2018SID: Drew Schedule Kingsley • [email protected] • O: (203) 254-4000 ext. 2877 • C: (203) 314-7561 • F: (203) 254-4117 Last Meeting ...................... L, 3-8 (2/25/2017) All-Time Series ....................Fairfield leads 4-3 Feb. 1024 atVERMONT #13/15 (DH)Rutgers ........................................................................................L,12 5-12 PM Copelan vs. Rutgers ..........................................1-2 Feb. 17 at Saint Joseph’s ...............................................W, 11-6 Live Video ................................................ BTN Plus Live Stats ............................. ScarletKnights.com #13/15 Rutgers (2-1) Fairfield (1-1) Twitter .....@FairfieldStags, @StagsMensLax Feb. 27 HARTFORD .............................................................. 3 PM Scarlet Knights March 3 STONY BROOK ....................................................... 1 PM Stags March 6 QUINNIPIAC ............................................................ 3 PM Game 3 • Feb. 24, 2018 • 12 PM March 10 YALE ........................................................................... 1 PM The LeadPiscataway, N.J. • High Point Solutions Stadium March 17 PENN STATE (Lax Sports Network) ............. 1 PM March 20 NJIT ............................................................................. 3 PM March 24 at Villanova .............................................................. 3 PM Fairfield University Men’s Lacrosse challenges a March 31 at Delaware* .........................................................12 PM nationally-ranked opponent for the first time in 2018, April 7 at Hofstra* ............................................................... 7 PM traveling to Piscataway to meet #13/15 Rutgers on April 14 DREXEL* (DH) .....................................................12 PM Saturday, Feb. 24. April 21 UMASS* (Lax Sports Network) ....................... 1 PM Faceoff from High Points Solution Stadium is scheduled April 28 at Towson* (Lax Sports Network) ............. 11 AM for noon with all of the action set to broadcast live on Fairfield’sBTN Plus. Last Time Out * Colonial Athletic Association game DH denotes doubleheader with Fairfield women’s lacrosse Home games playedQuick on Conway Facts Field at Rafferty Stadium Fairfield picked up its first win of 2018 last Saturday afternoon with an 11-6 victory at Saint Joseph’s. Three Stags recorded three points on the day, including a hat Location .......................................................................Fairfield, Conn. trick for Brendan Quinn. Founded ........................................................................................... 1942 To go along with Quinn’s three goals – the first three of Enrollment ..................................................................................... 5,137 his career – Dylan Beckwith handed out three assists and Affiliation ...................................................................NCAA Division I Colin Burke notched three points by way of a goal and Conference ......................................Colonial Athletic Association two helpers. School Color ......................................................................................Red In addition to netting his first career goal, Will Fox was Nickname .........................................................................................Stags dominant at the faceoff X to keep the Fairfield offense ProgramHome Field History ...........Conway Field at Rafferty Stadium (3,500) on the field. The senior went 17-for-21 and collected 14 ground balls. Defensively, Fairfield held the host Hawks to their First Season .................................................................................... 1972 lowest scoring output in 12 games dating back to last First NCAA Varsity Season ....................................................... 1993 season. Sean McKee earned his first career win in goal Varsity Record ........................................................................180-176 with 12 saves. Last Game’s Starters NCAA Appearances (2) ................................................. 2002, 2005 Team Information Attack Close Defense Head Coach .....................................Andy Copelan (Bucknell ’03) #4 Joe Rodrigues #11 J.B. Smith #5 Charlie Horning #27 Nick Panara Record at Fairfield ........................................79-59 (10th season) Offensive#39 Charlie Midfield Curran Faceoff#48 Andrew Murrow Career Record .................................................97-74 (12th season) Associate Head Coach ...............................................Andy Whitley Assistant Coaches .................Colin Hulme, Justin Schneidman #8 Drew Murray Long#12 Will Stick Fox Midfielder 2017 Overall Record .......................................................................5-9 #20 Jack Brennan #22 Dylan Beckwith 2017 CAA Record .................................................................2-3 (5th) Defensive Midfield Goalkeeper#47 Spencer Noonan Starters Returning/Lost ............................................. 5+Faceoff/5 Players Returning/Lost ...........................................................32/14 #24 Adam Riestis Newcomers ...........................................................................................13 #32 Riley Peters #7 Sean McKee #36 Kendall Keahey 2018 Media Notes Fairfield University Men’s Lacrosse Head Coach Andy Copelan 10th Season • Bucknell ’03 2015 CAA Coach of the Year The 2018 season is Andy Copelan’s 10th at the helm of the Fairfield University men’s lacrosse team. He has posted a 79-59 (.572) record with the Stags and owns an overall NCAA Division I head coaching record of 97-74 (.567). 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 nine years on the sidelines and defeated a nationally-rank foe in eight of his nine 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 have 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 their first-ever CAA Championship Game. Copelan was tabbed as the CAA Coach of the Year in 2015. In three seasons with CAA Lacrosse, the Stags have collected 20 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 had 39 student-athletes earn All- ECAC Academic Team honors under Copelan’s tutelage, including a program-high 10 honorees in 2014. In 2015, Max Buchanan ’15 and Tristan Sperry ’15 collected USILA Scholar All-America distinctions following their senior campaigns. 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 has continued its upward trend under Copelan; the Stags have never closed the year with a sub-.500 record overall or in conference play during his tenure. 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