Fairfield University Men s Lacrosse 2017 Game Notes

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1 Fairfield University Men s Lacrosse 2017 Game Notes Fairfield University Athletic Communications Walsh Athletic Center 1073 North Benson Rd. Fairfield, CT SID: Drew Kingsley dkingsley@fairfield.edu O: (203) ext C: (203) F: (203) Schedule Feb. 11 at Richmond... L, 3-15 Feb. 18 at Bucknell...W, Feb. 25 #14 Rutgers (DH) (Lax Sports Network)... L, 3-8 Feb. 28 at UMass Lowell... W, 8-7 March 4 at #18 Stony Brook... L, 6-9 March 11 at #15 Yale (ESPN3)... L, (2OT) March 15 Cleveland State...Cancelled March 17 at #2 Penn State (ESPNU)... 4 PM March 21 NJIT... 3 PM March 25 Villanova (ESPN3)... 1 PM April 1 Hofstra*... 7 PM April 8 at Drexel* (Lax Sports Network)... 4 PM April 15 at UMass* (Lax Sports Network)... 1 PM April 22 Towson* (DH) (ESPN3)... 3 PM April 28 Delaware* (Lax Sports Network)... 7 PM * Colonial Athletic Association game DH denotes doubleheader with Fairfield women s lacrosse Home games played on Conway Field at Rafferty Stadium Quick Facts Location...Fairfield, Conn. Founded Enrollment... 5,137 Affiliation...NCAA Division I Conference... Colonial Athletic Association School Color... Red Nickname... Stags Home Field... Conway Field at Rafferty Stadium Program History First Season First NCAA Varsity Season Varsity Record (.509) NCAA Appearances (2) , 2005 Team Information Head Coach...Andy Copelan (Bucknell 03) Record at Fairfield (9th season) Career Record (11th season) Associate Head Coach...Andy Whitley Assistant Coaches... Colin Hulme, Joe Izzo Team Captains...Nico Panepinto... Jake Knostman, Logan Williamson 2016 Overall Record CAA Record (T-1st) 2016 Postseason...CAA Finalist Starters Returning/Lost...8+FOGO/2 Total Players Returning/Lost...30/10 Fairfield (2-4) Stags Last Meeting... W, 5-4 (OT) (3/21/2009 at Penn State) All-Time Series... Penn State leads 6-3 Copelan vs. Penn State Television... ESPNU / WatchESPN Live Stats... #2 Penn State (7-0) Nittany Lions Game 7 March 17, PM University Park, Pa. Penn State Lacrosse Field The Lead The Fairfield University men s lacrosse team wraps up a four-game road swing with a nationally-televised outing on ESPNU at No. 2 Penn State on Friday, March 17 at 4 p.m. Due to the cancellation of Wednesday s scheduled home game against Cleveland State, Friday s contest also concludes a season-opening stretch featuring six of seven games played away from Conway Field at Rafferty Stadium. Fairfield University s 75th Anniversary March 17, 2017 is the 75th Anniversary of Fairfield University, and Fairfield men s lacrosse will be a key participant in the institution s year-long celebration. Next Saturday, March 25, the Stags will officially celebrate the occasion in conjunction with their 1 p.m. game against Villanova on Conway Field at Rafferty Stadium. The spring also marks the 25th varsity season for Fairfield men s lacrosse, which joined the NCAA ranks beginning in 1993 following a run as a highlysuccessful club program. Fairfield s Last Time Out Fairfield erased a six-goal deficit in the second half to force overtime against host Yale this past Saturday at Reese Stadium. But unfortunately for the Stags, it was the No. 15 Bulldogs who found the back of the net in the second extra session to escape Reese Stadium with an win. Travis Ford had a career-high four goals for the Stags and Colin Burke added a hat trick. Tyler Behring made 12 saves in the cage, including several highlight reel stops at point blank range. The First Team All-CAA netminder also scooped up three ground balls. Last Game s Starters # Name Yr. Pos. G A P Other Notable Stats/Info 4 Joe Rodrigues Jr. A Dylan Beckwith Fr. A game-tying goal at Yale 29 Alex Wagner Fr. A Jake Knostman Sr. M Senior CLASS Award candidate 28 Travis Ford Fr. M CAA Rookie of the Week 42 Colin Burke So. M point in every game of career (23) 6 Andrew Eidenshink Sr. D GB, 1 CT 23 Logan Williamson Sr. D GB, 1 CT 48 Andrew Murrow Fr. D GB, 7 CT 40 Tyler Behring Sr. GK GAA,.523 save pct., 13 GB 10 Joe DeLasho Jr. F/O (.413) FO, 14 GB 2017 Game Notes Fairfield University Men s Lacrosse

2 Head Coach Andy Copelan Ninth Season Bucknell CAA Coach of the Year The 2017 season is Andy Copelan s ninth at the helm of the Fairfield University men s lacrosse team. He has posted a (.586) record with the Stags and owns an 11-year NCAA Division I head coaching record of (.578). Copelan was named the team s third head coach in varsity history on August 25, 2008 and has returned the Stags to the national conversation. Including this spring s preseason rankings, Fairfield has entered the USILA national rankings in seven of Copelan s nine years on the sidelines and defeated a nationally-ranked foe in seven of his 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 In two seasons with the CAA, the Stags have collected 14 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 continued to gain the national and regional spotlight in Burke and TJ Neubauer 16 were USILA All-America Honorable Mentions 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. He was the 10th Stag during Copelan s tenure to be drafted or signed as a free agent into the MLL ranks. Fairfield made four consecutive ECAC postseason appearances from , 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 a 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. 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 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 In his first season with the Red Foxes, he was named the 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. After his stint at Marist, Copelan held an assistant coaching position at the University of Maryland from , rising to the offensive coordinator position for his last campaign with the Terps. Maryland reached the NCAA Tournament in each of Copelan s three seasons, highlighted by a trip to the 2006 Final Four. With Copelan as recruiting coordinator, Inside Lacrosse ranked the Terps 2007 incoming class as the second best in the nation, and the 2008 class was tabbed as the third best in the country Game Notes 2 Fairfield University Men s Lacrosse

3 The Matchup: Fairfield vs. Penn State Scouting Penn State After matching the best start in program history at 7-0, Penn State has risen to No. 2 in this week s USILA Coaches Poll as one of five remaining unbeaten teams. The Nittany Lions are also No. 3 in the Inside Lacrosse/Maverik Media Poll and the nation s top-ranked team in the most recent US Lacrosse Rankings. Penn State most recently defeated previously unbeaten Harvard, 15-12, in Cambridge last Saturday. The Nittany Lions have both scored and ceded double-digit goals in all seven of their games this season. The attack is led by 29 goals and 32 total points from freshman Mac O Keefe, the nation s leading goal scorer. Grant Ament shares the team high in points courtesy of 16 goals and 16 assists, with Nick Spillane also cracking the 20-point plateau with 13 goals and seven assists. Colby Kneese has spent the majority of the time in the cage, playing 377:50 of 420 minutes between the posts en route to a goals-against average and.493 save percentage (72 goals allowed, 70 saves). Gerard Arceri has taken 186 faceoffs, winning 128 draws (.688) to rank second in the nation on the dot and has also collected an NCAA-best 71 ground balls. He has also potted three goals for the Nittany Lions. Billy Lombardi supplements the faceoff game with a 26-of-35 (.743) showing to guide Penn State to a collective 154-of-221 (.697) performance. March 21, 2009: Fairfield 5, Penn State 4 (OT) Nick Baglio s goal with 1:20 to play in the first overtime sent the Stags to a 5-4 win at Penn State on March 21, 2009 in what would prove to be the final ECAC Lacrosse League meeting between the two programs. Brent Adams added two goals for the Stags, with Logan Rausse and John Snellman each netting one goal and Max Trunz distributing a pair of assists. Charlie Cipriano made 12 saves in the cage, including four in the fourth quarter. Penn State was led by two goals from Chris Hogan, most recently of the Super Bowl Champion New England Patriots. The game was the only meeting between Fairfield and Penn State during the tenure of Head Coach Andy Copelan, who was in his first year on the Stags sideline during the 2009 campaign. All-Time Series vs. Penn State (Penn State leads 6-3) Date Location Result Notes 4/28/2001 University Park, Pa. L, 8-9 Penn State ranked #17 3/2/2002 Fairfield, Conn. L, 6-14 Penn State ranked #15 3/1/2003 University Park, Pa. L, 6-18 Penn State ranked #13 3/6/2004 Fairfield, Conn. W, 10-6 Penn State ranked #20 3/26/2005 University Park, Pa. W, (OT) 3/25/2006* Fairfield, Conn. L, /24/2007* University Park, Pa. L, 7-10 Fairfield ranked #12 (tied) 3/21/2008* Fairfield, Conn. L, 2-7 3/21/2009* University Park, Pa. W, 5-4 (OT) * ECAC Lacrosse League game Last Meeting vs. Penn State Fairfield (3-2, 2-0 ECAC) vs. Penn St. (3-4, 0-2 ECAC) Date: Mar 21, 2009 Attendance: 613 SCORE OT Total Fairfield Penn State Fairfield GOALS: Adams 2; Baglio 1; Snellman 1; Rausse 1. ASSISTS: Trunz 2. Penn State GOALS: Hogan 2; Forster 1; Vosburgh 1. ASSISTS: Forster 2. SHOTS OT Total Fairfield Penn State GROUNDBALLS OT Total Fairfield Penn State FACE-OFFS OT Total Fairfield Penn State F/O VIOLATIONS OT Total Fairfield Penn State MAN-UP OPPS OT Total Fairfield Penn State CLEARS OT Total Fairfield Penn State SAVES OT Total Fairfield Penn State Game 7 3 Fairfield at #2 Penn State

4 KEEPING UP WITH THE COMPETITION (through games played March 14) The Stags 2017 opponents are a combined this season. Five of Fairfield s 2017 foes appear in the most recent USILA Coaches Poll in addition to Stony Brook and Yale, who are unranked but receiving votes on the USILA ledger. See below for this week s rankings from three major national outlets. Opponent 2017 Record Current USILA Ranking Result vs. Fairfield at Richmond 6-1 T-19 Richmond, 15-3 at Bucknell Fairfield, Rutgers Rutgers, 8-3 at UMass Lowell Fairfield, 8-7 at Stony Brook 4-1 RV Stony Brook, 9-6 at Yale 2-3 RV Yale, (2OT) at Penn State March 4 PM NJIT March 3 PM Villanova March 1 PM Hofstra* April 7 PM at Drexel* April 4 PM at Massachusetts* April 1 PM Towson* April 3 PM Delaware* April 7 PM Fairfield vs. Ranked Opponents Fairfield has defeated at least one ranked opponent (in the USILA Coaches Poll) in seven of Andy Copelan s nine seasons at the helm of the Stags - including a win at then- No. 1 Denver during the 2013 season. The Stags have four wins over top-10 programs during the Andy Copelan era. Based upon this week s edition of the poll, Friday s game at No. 2 Penn State is the next of three upcoming chances for the Stags to topple a nationally-ranked foe this spring. After challenging then-no. 18 Stony Brook and then-no. 15 Yale in back-to-back outings, the Stags are playing three consecutive nationally-ranked opponents for the first time since In that campaign, Fairfield closed their spring with a 10-9 win at No. 1 Denver, a 14-8 loss at No. 13 Ohio State and a 10-8 loss to No. 3 Denver in the ECAC Championship Semifinals. The second-ranked Nittany Lions also mark Fairfield s highest-ranked opponent since that win at No. 1 Denver four seasons ago. Working Overtime Saturday s loss at Yale marked the third time in the last four meetings that the Stags and Bulldogs have gone into overtime, including the second straight clash contested at Reese Stadium. Fairfield s last double-overtime game prior to last Saturday was a win over CAA foe Delaware on April 18, At 66:46 of game time, Saturday s game at Yale was Fairfield s longest outing since a triple-overtime win (69:53) at Hofstra on Feb. 28, Travis Ford: CAA Rookie of the Week After his career-best four goals on Saturday at Yale, Travis Ford has been tabbed as the CAA Rookie of the Week. In addition to netting Fairfield s first goal of the day in the second quarter, he scored twice during the third quarter that saw the Stags shave the margin from 8-2 to 9-6 and also potted the man-up goal that cut the deficit to 9-8 early in the fourth frame. On the season, Ford ranks second on the Stags behind Colin Burke (10g, 6a) with nine goals. His nine points are also second behind Burke, a distinction Ford shares with classmate Dylan Beckwith (4g, 5a). Immediate Impacts Freshmen have accounted for 18 goals and 25 total points for the Stags thus far in Travis Ford (9g) and Dylan Beckwith (4g, 5a) currently share second place on Fairfield s scoring ledger - behind sophomore Colin Burke (10g, 6a) - with fellow rookie Alex Wagner adding five goals and two assists to the docket. The trio leads a freshman class will look to continue a recent trend, as Burke was the third straight Fairfield player to collect Rookie of the Year laurels at the conference level in Previously, Will Fox was named the 2015 CAA Rookie of the Year and Dave Fleming garnered the 2014 ECAC Rookie of the Year distinction. USILA DIVISION I COACHES POLL March Denver 2. Penn State 3. Notre Dame 4. Maryland 5. Rutgers 6. Syracuse 7. North Carolina 8. Army West Point 9. Albany 10. Towson 11. Hofstra 12. Duke 13. Virginia 14. Johns Hopkins 15. Princeton 16. Boston U. 17. Loyola 18. Ohio State T19. Penn T19. Richmond Also receiving votes Michigan, Stony Brook, Yale, Harvard, Bryant MAVERIK DIVISION I MEDIA POLL March Denver 2. Notre Dame 3. Penn State 4. Maryland 5. Rutgers 6. Syracuse 7. Hofstra 8. Albany 9. North Carolina 10. Army West Point 11. Towson 12. Virginia 13. Duke 14. Johns Hopkins 15. Boston U. 16. Princeton 17. Ohio State 18. Loyola 19. Penn 20. Richmond Also receiving votes Michigan, Harvard, Stony Brook, Air Force, Yale, Marist US LACROSSE RANKINGS March Penn State 2. Denver 3. Notre Dame 4. Maryland 5. Rutgers 6. Hofstra 7. Army West Point 8. Syracuse 9. Princeton 10. North Carolina 11. Towson 12. Virginia 13. Johns Hopkins 14. Albany 15. Michigan 16. Penn 17. Duke 18. Ohio State 19. Loyola 20. Boston U. Also considered* Binghamton, Harvard, Marquette, Richmond, Stony Brook * alphabetical 2017 Game Notes 4 Fairfield University Men s Lacrosse

5 Colin Burke: Tewaaraton Award Watch List Colin Burke has been named to the Tewaaraton Award Watch List. Burke is among 50 collegiate men s lacrosse players placed on the early season watch list for the nation s top individual honor. After netting a hat trick on Saturday at Yale, Burke has racked up a team-leading 16 points thus far in He entered the year as the CAA Preseason Player of the Year and an Inside Lacrosse Preseason All-America Third Team selection this preseason after earning a USILA All-America Honorable Mention, CAA co-player of the Year and CAA Rookie of the Year laurels last spring. Consistency Is Key Colin Burke enters Friday s game with a 23-game point streak, a run that encompasses every outing of his career to date. Currently, 25 Division I players own an active point streak of at least 20 consecutive contests. The list is headed by Connor Cannizarro of Denver at 47 straight games. Of the 25 student-athletes with an active stretch, Burke is one of seven whose scoring streak spans his entire collegiate career. Duke s Justin Guterding tops that list with at least one point in all 44 games of his career with the Blue Devils. These lists exclude active streaks from Vermont s Ian MacKay (46 games) and Saint Joseph s Mike Rastivo (38 games), both of whom are expected to miss the entire 2017 campaign due to injury. Stiff Competition The four teams that have defeated the Stags this season are a combined 18-5 thus far in All four teams have been among the top 15 in the USILA Coaches Poll in various weeks throughout the spring. Per the NCAA report containing games played on March 13, the Stags schedule to date is ranked as the ninth toughest in the nation by opponent win percentage (.621). Lucky 13 Fairfield s 13 goals scored at Bucknell on Feb. 18 matched the Stags 2016 season high attained in the wins over Georgetown and Quinnipiac. The last time Fairfield scored more than 13 goals was a 15-4 home win over Manhattan on Feb. 21, Sharing the Scoring Prior to the win at Bucknell, the last time at least 12 Stags scored in a game was on April 3, 2010, when 13 different players notched a point in a 13-4 win at Bellarmine. Becoming a Regular Occurrence The Stags have won back-to-back Colonial Athletic Association regular season titles in their first two seasons as a member of the conference. Fairfield has won the regular season championship in each of the four conferences that the program has called home during its tenure in the NCAA Division I ranks. The two CAA titles mark three straight championships for the Stags, who were regular season champions of the ECAC Lacrosse League in The Stags are one of three teams in the nation to have won regular season titles in each of the last three campaigns. Previously in the program s 25-year varsity history, the Stags took home three straight regular season titles in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference from and earned a share of the Great Western Lacrosse League regular season title in both 2002 and 2005 en route to two trips to the NCAA postseason. STAGS IN THE CAA (through games played March 14) Team Stats (6 Teams) Scoring Offense th Man-Up Offense th Assists Per Game th Points Per Game th Shot Percentage th Scoring Defense th Man-Down Defense th Ground Balls/Game th Fewest Turnovers/Game th Caused Turnovers/Game th Faceoff Percentage th Clearing Percentage rd Individual Stats (Top 10) Man-Up Goals 2. Travis Ford... 3 Assists Per Game 7. Colin Burke Dylan Beckwith Points Per Game 8. Colin Burke Faceoff Win Percentage 2. Will Fox Joe DeLasho Goals-Against Average 4. Tyler Behring Save Percentage 3. Tyler Behring Saves Per Game 2. Tyler Behring STAGS IN THE NCAA (through games played March 14) Team Stats (69 Teams) Scoring Offense th Man-Up Offense th Assists Per Game th Points Per Game th Shot Percentage th Scoring Defense th Man-Down Defense th Ground Balls/Game th Fewest Turnovers/Game st Caused Turnovers/Game st Faceoff Percentage th Clearing Percentage rd Individual Stats Man-Up Goals 29. Travis Ford... 3 Assists Per Game 105. Colin Burke Dylan Beckwith Points Per Game 104. Colin Burke Faceoff Win Percentage 33. Will Fox Joe DeLasho Goals-Against Average 39. Tyler Behring Save Percentage 31. Tyler Behring Saves Per Game 21. Tyler Behring Game 7 5 Fairfield at #2 Penn State

6 COLONIAL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION STANDINGS 2017 Standings CAA Overall Delaware Drexel Fairfield Hofstra Massachusetts Towson RECENT RESULTS & UPCOMING SCHEDULE Friday, March 10 Drexel 7, Bryant 5 Saturday, March 11 Towson 13, Johns Hopkins 8 Yale 11, Fairfield 10 (2OT) Hofstra 11, North Carolina 9 Binghamton 13, Delaware 9 Sunday, March 12 Drexel 12, Saint Joseph s 8 Wednesday, March 15 Ohio State at #17 Towson UMass Lowell at Massachusetts Friday, March 17 Fairfield at #3 Penn State Saturday, March 18 Drexel at St. John s Saint Joseph s at Delaware Massachusetts at Hartford Providence at Hofstra A Winning Culture In its eight prior seasons under the direction of Head Coach Andy Copelan, Fairfield has registered seven winning records both overall and in conference play. Including his two years as the head man at Marist, Copelan has never coached a team that finished below.500 overall or in its conference. Stag Watching The Feb. 25 home game against Rutgers was the first of four Lax Sports Network appearances on the slate for the Stags in LSN will be back at Rafferty Stadium for the regular season finale against Delaware on April 28 in addition to CAA road outings at Drexel on April 8 and Massachusetts on April 15. All of Fairfield s home games throughout the 2017 season are scheduled to be broadcast live, including appearances on ESPN3 on March 25 against Villanova and the April 22 CAA clash with Towson as the back end of a doubleheader following Fairfield women s lacrosse hosting perennial MAAC contender Canisius. The Week Ahead The Stags will play back-to-back home games for the first time this spring - and just their second and third home contests of the season overall - with visits from NJIT (March 21) and Villanova (March 25). Next Saturday s visit from the Wildcats, which will be broadcast live on ESPN3, marks the celebration of Fairfield University s 75th Anniversary and the 25th varsity season of Fairfield men s lacrosse. The homestand will span three games in total as the Stags open their CAA slate with a visit from Hofstra under the lights on Saturday, April 1 at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 21 NJIT at Fairfield Stony Brook at Hofstra Saturday, March 25 Brown at Massachusetts Denver at Towson Villanova at Fairfield Rutgers at Delaware St. John s at Hofstra Sunday, March 26 Drexel at Providence 2017 Game Notes 6 Fairfield University Men s Lacrosse

7 2017 Fairfield Men s Lacrosse Roster No. Name Cl. Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown/High School (Last College) 2 Matt Sharpe So. M Duxbury, Mass./Duxbury 3 Jake Knostman Sr. M Bainbridge Island, Wash./Bainbridge 4 Joe Rodrigues Jr. A/M Saratoga, Calif./Bellarmine College Prep 5 Charlie Horning Jr. A/M Laytonsville, Md./Georgetown Prep (Villanova) 6 Andrew Eidenshink Sr. D Wyncote, Pa./LaSalle Prep 7 Nico Panepinto Sr. A/M Needham, Mass./Needham 8 Drew Murray Jr. A Langhorne, Pa./William Penn Charter 9 Liam DaRos Jr. M Patterson, N.Y./Brewster 10 Joe DeLasho Jr. M Tuckahoe, N.Y./Fordham Prep 11 J.B. Smith Jr. LSM Dublin, Ohio/Dublin Jerome 12 Will Fox Jr. M Mullica Hill, N.J./St. Augustine 13 Ryan Antell So. M West Chester, Pa./Malvern Prep 14 Liam Lynch So. M Bronxville, N.Y./Bronxville 15 Brendan Quinn So. A Rockville Centre, N.Y./Chaminade 16 Brad Nordstrom Jr. GK Phoenix, Ariz./Brophy College Prep 17 Tim Mulrenan Gr. A/M Glen Ridge, N.J./Seton Hall Prep (Villanova) 18 Zach White Fr. A West Chester, Pa./Malvern Prep 19 Tim Gillis So. D Cohasset, Mass./Cohasset 20 Jack Brennan So. M Manhasset, N.Y./Chaminade (Colgate) 21 Christopher Giorgio Sr. M Sudbury, Mass./Lincoln-Sudbury 22 Dylan Beckwith Fr. A/M Wantagh, N.Y./Wantagh 23 Logan Williamson Sr. D New Rochelle, N.Y./Fordham Prep 24 Adam Riestis So. M Allen, Texas/Allen 25 Sean McKee Fr. GK Ambler, Pa./William Penn Charter 26 Tommy Fleming Fr. A/M San Carlos, Calif./Saint Ignatius Prep 27 Nick Panara Jr. D Pittsford, N.Y./Pittsford Sutherland 28 Travis Ford Fr. M Webster, N.Y./Webster Thomas 29 Alex Wagner Fr. A/M Thorndale, Pa./Bishop Shanahan 30 Brian Cosgrove Fr. D Bloomfield, Mich./Brother Rice 31 Clay Brady Fr. M Shaker Heights, Ohio/Shaker Heights 32 Riley Peters Jr. M Bethesda, Md./Boys Latin 33 Samuel Murphy So. M Cohasset, Mass./Thayer Academy 34 Adam Aronowitz Fr. M Dallas, Texas/Episcopal School of Dallas 35 Matt Fedorjaka Fr. A Lewisburg, Pa./Lewisburg Area 36 Kendall Keahey So. M Clay, N.Y./Liverpool 37 McKay Sheahan So. A Johns Creek, Ga./Johns Creek 38 Hunter Keech Fr. M Golden s Bridge, N.Y./John Jay 40 Tyler Behring Sr. GK Little Silver, N.J./Berkshire School 41 Dave Fleming Sr. A/M San Carlos, Calif./Saint Ignatius Prep 42 Colin Burke So. A/M Lloyd Harbor, N.Y./Cold Spring Harbor 43 Sam Gindhart So. GK Spring City, Pa./Bishop Shanahan 44 Matt Borda Sr. D Kensington, Md./Gonzaga Prep 45 Cameron Richard Fr. D Derry, N.H./Pinkerton Academy 47 Spencer Noonan Jr. D Sammamish, Wash./Skyline 48 Andrew Murrow Fr. D Clarksville, Md./Boys Latin 49 Bill McMenamin Fr. M Longport, N.J./St. Augustine Prep Head Coach Andy Copelan Ninth Season Bucknell 03 Associate Head Coach Andy Whitley Eighth Season Franklin & Marshall 96 Assistant Coach Colin Hulme Fifth Season Colgate 07 Volunteer Assistant Coach Joe Izzo Second Season Southern Conn. St. 88 Pronunciations #3 Jake Knostman... NAH-st-min #35 Matt Fedorjaka... fed-uh-rock-uh #7 Nico Panepinto...PAN-uh-PIN-toe #36 Kendall Keahey... KAY-hee #9 Liam DaRos... duh-rahs #40 Tyler Behring... Bearing #24 Adam Riestis...REES-tis AC Colin Hulme...rhymes with fume Game 7 7 Fairfield at #2 Penn State

8 2017 Statistics RECORD: OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL ALL GAMES CONFERENCE NON-CONFERENCE Date Opponent Score Att. Feb 11 at Richmond L Feb 18 at Bucknell W Feb 25 #14 RUTGERS L Feb 28 at UMass Lowell W Mar 04 at #18 Stony Brook L Mar 11 at #15 Yale Lo TEAM STATISTICS FFD OPP SHOT STATISTICS Goals-Shot attempts Goals scored per game Shot pct Shots on goal-attempts SOG pct Shots/Game Assists MAN-UP OPPORTUNITIES Goals-Opportunities Conversion Percent GOAL BREAKDOWN Total Goals Man-up 4 4 Man-down 0 1 Unassisted Overtime 0 1 Goals scored average GROUND BALLS TURNOVERS CAUSED TURNOVERS FACEOFFS (W-L) Faceoff W-L Pct CLEARS Clear Pct PENALTIES Number Minutes 9:30 14:30 ATTENDANCE Total Dates/Avg Per Date 1/2051 5/429 Neutral Site #/Avg 0/0 ## PLAYER GP G A Pts Sh Gw Up Dn GB Faceoff 42 Burke, Colin Ford, Travis Beckwith, Dylan Wagner, Alex Knostman, Jake Rodrigues, Joe Keahey, Kendall Fleming, Dave Brennan, Jack Sharpe, Matt Murray, Drew Panepinto, Nico DeLasho, Joe Horning, Charlie Peters, Riley DaRos, Liam Borda, Matt Riestis, Adam Williamson, Logan Fox, Will Murrow, Andrew Noonan, Spencer Behring, Tyler Murphy, Samuel Panara, Nick Nordstrom, Brad Quinn, Brendan Lynch, Liam Antell, Ryan Smith, JB Eidenshink, Andre Total Opponents ## Goalie GP Min. GA GAAvg Save Pct W-L-T 16 Nordstrom, Brad 3 76: Behring, Tyler 5 290: Total 6 366: Opponents 6 366: Goals by Period 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT OT2 Total Fairfield Opponents Saves by Period 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT OT2 Total Fairfield Opponents Shots by Period 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT OT2 Total Fairfield Opponents Shots on Goal 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT OT2 Total Fairfield Opponents Game Notes 8 Fairfield University Men s Lacrosse

9 Game 1: #20 Fairfield at Richmond #20 Stags Fall in Season Opener at Richmond Ford, Burke and Panepinto each score in 2017 debut RICHMOND, Va. Fairfield University men s lacrosse team dropped a 15-3 decision to host Richmond in its 2017 season opener on saturday, Feb. 11. Travis Ford, Colin Burke and Nico Panepinto had the Stags trio of goals, while Charlie Horning and Dylan Beckwith each handed out an assist for the visitors. Fairfield (0-1) came into the contest ranked No. 20 in the USILA Preseason Coaches Poll and as high as No. 17 in national preseason prognostications. Richmond (1-0) entered the season unranked but receiving votes from the USILA and was ranked as high as No. 15 on other national ledgers. #20 Fairfield (0-1) at Richmond (1-0) Date: Feb 11, 2017 Attendance: 476 SCORE Total Fairfield Richmond Fairfield GOALS: Burke 1; Panepinto 1; Ford 1. A 1-0 lead was Fairfield s only advantage of the contest as Ford s first career tally staked the Stags to a lead at 8:26 in the first quarter. The extra-man marker was set up by a Horning assist. Horning, who had 11 goals and 14 assists last season, extended his streak to 15 consecutive games with a point after his helper this afternoon. Burke s goal came in the final minute of the first frame as he converted a feed from Beckwith to rattle the cage. The 2017 CAA Preseason Player of the Year has totaled a point in all 18 games of his collegiate career after netting his first goal of the young campaign. Burke s tally, which cut the Richmond lead to 3-2, marked Fairfield s last goal for a span of over 11 minutes as the Spiders opened up an 8-2 advantage. At that juncture, Panepinto won a scramble for a ground ball on the door step, scooping and scoring to send the Stags into the locker room facing an 8-3 deficit. The Stags, however, were unable to score in the second half against the Spiders. Richmond, which was coming off of an 11-5 campaign and a trip to the Southern Conference Championship Game, added seven markers after the intermission to close out a 15-3 final margin. Tyler Behring started in goal for the Stags and made nine saves to go along with five ground balls. Brad Nordstrom took over the cage for the fourth quarter and turned away five shots. Richmond was led offensively by four goals and four assists from Teddy Hatfield and a six-point afternoon (4g, 2a) from Ryan Lee. Benny Pugh went the distance in goal and made 14 saves for the Spiders. - #GoStags - ASSISTS: Beckwith 1; Horning 1. Richmond GOALS: Hatfield 4; Lee 4; Ginestro 1; Nash 1; Collins 1; Forester 1; Cunningham 1; Haehl 1; Roseman 1. ASSISTS: Hatfield 4; Ginestro 2; Lee 2; Nash 2; Collins 1; Moran 1. SHOTS Total Fairfield Richmond GROUND BALLS Total Fairfield Richmond FACE-OFFS Total Fairfield Richmond F/O VIOLATIONS Total Fairfield Richmond EXTRA-MAN OPPS Total Fairfield Richmond CLEARS Total Fairfield Richmond SAVES Total Fairfield Richmond TURNOVERS Total Fairfield Richmond Game 7 9 Fairfield at #2 Penn State

10 Game 2: Fairfield at Bucknell Twelve Stags Post Points in Win at Bucknell Colin Burke leads the offense with four goals and two assists LEWISBURG, Pa. Twelve different Stags contributed at least one point as the Fairfield University men s lacrosse team topped host Bucknell, Colin Burke led the scoring effort with four goals and two assists in the Stags first victory of In addition to Burke s six-point day, Fairfield (1-1) got two goals apiece from Jake Knostman and Dave Fleming. Travis Ford netted a goal for the second straight game, while Alex Wagner, Kendall Keahey, Joe DeLasho and Matt Sharpe all converted the first goal of their respective careers. Dylan Beckwith, Jack Brennan and Joe Rodrigues each handed out two assists, while Wagner and Drew Murray contributed one assist apiece. Fairfield (1-1) at Bucknell (2-1) Date: Feb 18, 2017 Attendance: 400 SCORE Total Fairfield Bucknell Fairfield GOALS: Burke 4; Knostman 2; D. Fleming 2; Wagner 1; Keahey 1; Ford 1; DeLasho 1; Sharpe 1. Fairfield s 13 goals match the Stags 2016 season high attained in wins over Georgetown and Quinnipiac. DeLasho helped the Stags control possession from the faceoff X, where he won a career-best 16 draws on 26 attempts. He also came away with a game-high and personal-best 10 ground balls. Will Fox aided the effort with a 2-for-2 day on the draw. In the cage, Tyler Behring made 14 saves while going the distance to earn the win. In front of Behring, Andrew Eidenshink and Riley Peters each scooped up three ground balls. Bucknell (2-1) was led by six points (two goals, four assists) from Will Sands, five points (four goals, one assist) by Sean O Brien and a Connor O Hara hat trick. Christian Klipstein made 10 saves in goal, ceding 11 of Fairfield s 13 goals in 57:02 of work. The Bison struck first in the contest, keeping Fairfield off the board in the first quarter en route to a 2-0 advantage. However, the Stags responded with four straight markers in the second frame. Wagner and Fleming each converted passes from Burke to tie the game at 2-2, and then the 2017 CAA Preseason Player of the Year rattled the cage himself to put Fairfield in front. Ford added a man-up goal on Murray s feed to extend the margin to 4-2. Knostman added the first goal of his senior campaign to keep the Stags on top as Bucknell netted a pair to send the game into the intermission with Fairfield leading, 5-4. Burke and Fleming each scored less than 100 seconds into the third quarter, but the Bison responded in kind to hold the Stags lead at one goal, 7-6, with 8:50 to go in the period. At the point, Fairfield accounted for the next four markers, starting with Burke s second of the day. DeLasho picked up the ensuing faceoff and took it all the way to score his first career goal just eight seconds later. Burke then capped his hat trick, and Keahey added a goal on Rodrigues second assist of the afternoon to close the run with the Stags holding an 11-6 lead. That lead would evaporate, however, as Bucknell accounted for five straight goals over a period of 9:15 to tie the game at with 6:54 to play. Sharpe was the man to snap the deadlock, converting a pass from Brennan to put Fairfield back on top, 12-11, with 4:23 to go. Knostman then added the goal that proved to be the game-winner with 2:39 left. Bucknell struck once more in the closing seconds, but DeLasho won his 16th and final draw of the day with Beckwith swooping in to grab the ground ball as time ran out on a Fairfield victory. The Stags went 13-for-17 on faceoffs in the second half with Fox winning both of his attempts and DeLasho posting an 11-for-15 mark over the final two periods. For the game, the Stags were outshot, 51-34, and won the ground ball battle by a count. Fairfield was 12-for-13 clearing the ball and committed 12 turnovers while forcing seven Bucknell giveaways. - #GoStags - ASSISTS: Beckwith 2; Brennan 2; Burke 2; Rodrigues 2; Murray 1; Wagner 1. Bucknell GOALS: O Brien 4; O Hara 3; Sands 2; Malas 1; O Connor 1; Collison 1. ASSISTS: Sands 4; Malas 3; O Brien 1. SHOTS Total Fairfield Bucknell GROUND BALLS Total Fairfield Bucknell FACE-OFFS Total Fairfield Bucknell F/O VIOLATIONS Total Fairfield Bucknell EXTRA-MAN OPPS Total Fairfield Bucknell CLEARS Total Fairfield Bucknell SAVES Total Fairfield Bucknell TURNOVERS Total Fairfield Bucknell Game Notes 10 Fairfield University Men s Lacrosse

11 Game 3: Fairfield vs. #14 Rutgers Stags Stopped by #14 Rutgers in Home Opener Behring makes 16 saves for Fairfield FAIRFIELD, Conn. A fast start by visiting Rutgers ranked No. 14 in the USILA Coaches Poll was enough to hold off the Fairfield University men s lacrosse team on Saturday afternoon on Conway Field at Rafferty Stadium. Tyler Behring made 16 saves for the Stags in the 8-3 defeat at the hands of the Scarlet Knights. Behring s 16 saves marked a season high for the senior, who was a First Team All-CAA selection last spring. The defensemen in front of the cage forced 14 Rutgers turnovers, including two caused by Andrew Murrow, who also collected four ground balls. Offensively, Fairfield (1-2) got goals on the afternoon from Joe Rodrigues, Matt Sharpe and Alex Wagner with Colin Burke notching an assist to extend his point-scoring streak to 20 consecutive games. #14 Rutgers (3-0) at Fairfield (1-2) Date: Feb 25, 2017 Attendance: 2,051 SCORE Total Rutgers Fairfield Rutgers GOALS: Murphy 3; George 2; Rose 1; Scarpello 1; Heningburg 1. ASSISTS: Rose 2; Scarpello 1; Toliver 1. At the faceoff X, Joe DeLasho went 4-for-9 while Will Fox added a 3-for-6 performance. The action in the midfield was also aided by Samuel Murphy, who gathered three ground balls to go along with a caused turnover for the sophomore. After nearly seven minutes of scoreless lacrosse, the Rutgers attack began the stretch that would ultimately decide the game. Jeff George started the scoring at the 8:04 mark in the first quarter, followed less than 60 seconds later by a Jules Heningburg marker. Connor Murphy added the first of his three goals on the day at the 5:28 mark as the Scarlet Knights carried a 3-0 lead after one quarter of play. The Stags were kept off the board until midway through the second quarter, with George and Christian Scarpello each rattling the cage for Rutgers before Rodrigues broke through to cut the deficit to 5-1 with 7:36 remaining in the opening half. However, goals from Casey Rose and Murphy would extend the Scarlet Knights lead to 7-1 heading into the intermission. The Fairfield attack started to click in the opening stages of the third quarter beginning with a Sharpe goal with 13:23 on the clock. Less than a minute later Burke connected with Wagner for a marker that cut the margin to 7-3. However, while the Fairfield defense kept Rutgers on the board for the entire third quarter a drought that lasted over 20 minutes of game time in total the Stags would not score again in the contest. Rutgers ended their dry spell with 10:02 to play as Murphy completed his hat trick for the Scarlet Knights to round out the 8-3 final score. Both goalkeepers did their part in the second half with Behring making nine of his 16 stops after the break and Rutgers netminder Max Edelmann making six of his nine saves following halftime. Rutgers (3-0) was led by Murphy s hat trick and two goals from George. Rose added a goal and two assists for the Scarlet Knights. - #GoStags - Fairfield GOALS: Wagner 1; Sharpe 1; Rodrigues 1. ASSISTS: Burke 1. SHOTS Total Rutgers Fairfield GROUND BALLS Total Rutgers Fairfield FACE-OFFS Total Rutgers Fairfield F/O VIOLATIONS Total Rutgers Fairfield EXTRA-MAN OPPS Total Rutgers Fairfield CLEARS Total Rutgers Fairfield SAVES Total Rutgers Fairfield TURNOVERS Total Rutgers Fairfield Game 7 11 Fairfield at #2 Penn State

12 Game 4: Fairfield at UMass Lowell Stags Surge Past Host UMass Lowell, 8-7 Beckwith racks up two goals and an assist LOWELL, Mass. The Fairfield University men s lacrosse team scored five of the last goals of the game to come away with an 8-7 victory at UMass Lowell. Dylan Beckwith scored two goals with one assist for the Stags, and Travis Ford capped his two-goal day with the game-winning marker in the closing minutes of the fourth quarter. Alex Wagner added a goal and an assist for Fairfield (2-2), as freshmen accounted for five of the Stags eight goals. Joe Rodrigues, Jake Knostman and Colin Burke also rattled the cage for Fairfield, with Burke also handing out an assist. The 2017 CAA Preseason Player of the Year extended his point-scoring streak to 21 consecutive games a run that encompasses his entire career. Fairfield (2-2) at UMass Lowell (1-3) Date: Feb 28, 2017 Attendance: 200 SCORE Total Fairfield UMass Lowell Fairfield GOALS: Beckwith 2; Ford 2; Burke 1; Wagner 1; Rodrigues 1; Knostman 1. Will Fox helped control the game on the draw, posting a 14-of-19 mark with nine ground balls. Wagner added five ground balls while Beckwith and Matt Borda collected four apiece. In the cage, Brad Nordstrom made his first start since 2015 and came away with 10 saves to earn the win. The Fairfield defense in front of Nordstorm was guided by two ground balls and two caused turnovers from freshman Andrew Murrow and a pair of ground balls collected by Andrew Eidenshink. After falling behind 2-0, the Stags tied the game late in the first quarter as Beckwith and Wagner each banged home a goal to knot the contest at 2-2. After a man-up marker put the River Hawks back in front, 3-2, Rodrigues converted to tie the score with 12:52 remaining in the opening half. UMass Lowell (1-3) climbed in front, 5-3, with back-to-back goals but Fairfield once again struck to tie the contest before the quarter came to a close. Once again, it was Beckwith who started the action with a goal followed by Ford rattling the cage in the final minute of the half to send the contest into the intermission tied at 5-5. Fairfield s run continued out of the break as Knostman s third goal of the spring staked the Stags to their first lead of the day, 6-5, with 6:14 remaining in the third quarter. After being kept of the scoreboard for more than 17 minutes of game time, the River Hawks ended their drought and tied it up at 6-6 heading into the fourth quarter. UMass Lowell struck first in the final frame to grab a 7-6 advantage but would not score again as the Stags made their final push to take the victory. First, Burke sprinted from behind the cage and sent home a sprawling attempt to tie the game at 7-7 with 5:55 to play. Then, with 3:25 left, Ford fired home his second of the afternoon to put Fairfield on top, 8-7. The Stags made two defensive stops down the stretch to preserve their second victory of the spring. The River Hawks were led by three goals and an assist from Sean Tyrrell, with Jon Phillips adding three points (one goal, two assists) off the bench. Grant Lardieri made 16 saves in the cage for UMass Lowell. - #GoStags - ASSISTS: Beckwith 1; Burke 1; Wagner 1. UMass Lowell GOALS: Tyrrell 3; Lane 2; Phillips 1; Klingsporn 1. ASSISTS: Phillips 2; Balter 1; McMahon 1; Tyrrell 1. SHOTS Total Fairfield UMass Lowell GROUND BALLS Total Fairfield UMass Lowell FACE-OFFS Total Fairfield UMass Lowell F/O VIOLATIONS Total Fairfield UMass Lowell EXTRA-MAN OPPS Total Fairfield UMass Lowell CLEARS Total Fairfield UMass Lowell SAVES Total Fairfield UMass Lowell TURNOVERS Total Fairfield UMass Lowell Game Notes 12 Fairfield University Men s Lacrosse

13 Game 5: Fairfield at #18 Stony Brook No. 18 Stony Brook Holds off Stags, 9-6 Wagner and Keahey each score twice for Fairfield STONY BROOK, N.Y. A 5-0 third quarter for host Stony Brook proved decisive as the Fairfield University men s lacrosse team fell, 9-6, at the No. 18 nationally-ranked Seawolves on Long Island. Alex Wagner and Kendall Keahey each scored two goals for the Stags, while Colin Burke racked up three points with a goal and two assists. Fairfield (2-3) at #18 Stony Brook (4-0) Date: Mar 04, 2017 Attendance: 806 SCORE Total Fairfield Stony Brook Burke s three points extend his scoring streak to 22 consecutive games a run that encompasses his entire collegiate career to date. The Tewaaraton Award Watch List candidate leads the Stags this season with seven goals and six assists. In this afternoon s outing, Fairfield (2-3) also got a goal from Travis Ford, with Dylan Beckwith notching his fifth assist of the spring. The Stags defense was strong against a Stony Brook (4-0) attack that entered the day averaging 17 goals per game and most recently netted 25 in a rout of then-no. 10 Brown. In addition to a season-low scoring output for Stony Brook this afternoon, Fairfield pressured the Seawolves into a season-high 17 turnovers. Tyler Behring made six saves in the cage in 58:28 of work, and Brad Nordstrom turned away the lone shot he faced over the final 1:32. Will Fox led the effort in the midfield with an 8-for-14 showing on the draw and six ground balls. The only goal of the first quarter came off the stick of Keahey, whose second marker of the year staked Fairfield to a 1-0 lead after 15 minutes of action. Following an equalizer by Cory VanGinhoven, Keahey struck again this time courtesy of a Beckwith feed to put the Stags back on top 2-1, with 8:44 remaining in the second frame. After Stony Brook pulled even once again, Ford and Wagner each converted late in the period to send Fairfield into the locker room holding a 4-2 advantage. After the intermission, the Seawolves came out firing with five unanswered goals in the third quarter. Alex Corpolongo scored twice in the stanza, including a marker with just two seconds on the clock to cap the run and extend the Stony Brook advantage to 7-4 entering the fourth quarter. After nearly seven scoreless minutes in the final frame, Burke got on the board to cut the margin to 7-5. However, the next two goals went to Stony Brook to salt the game away. The Stags last tally saw Wagner convert a pass from Burke in the closing minute of action, rounding out the margin at its 9-6 final. Corpolongo and VanGinhoven each potted two goals for the Seawolves, while Ryan Blitzer added a goal and two assists. Brandon Maciejewski earned the win in the cage with six saves. - #GoStags - Fairfield GOALS: Wagner 2; Keahey 2; Burke 1; Ford 1. ASSISTS: Burke 2; Beckwith 1. Stony Brook GOALS: Corpolongo 2; VanGinhoven 2; Bitzer 1; Reh 1; White 1; Grippe 1; Haun 1. ASSISTS: Bitzer 2; Gerstner 1; Lloyd 1; Reh 1. SHOTS Total Fairfield Stony Brook GROUND BALLS Total Fairfield Stony Brook FACE-OFFS Total Fairfield Stony Brook F/O VIOLATIONS Total Fairfield Stony Brook EXTRA-MAN OPPS Total Fairfield Stony Brook CLEARS Total Fairfield Stony Brook SAVES Total Fairfield Stony Brook TURNOVERS Total Fairfield Stony Brook Game 7 13 Fairfield at #2 Penn State

14 Game 6: Fairfield at #15 Yale Double Overtime Thriller Goes to No. 15 Yale, Stags erase a six-goal deficit in the second half to force extra time NEW HAVEN, Conn. Fairfield erased a six-goal deficit in the second half to force overtime against host Yale. But unfortunately for the Stags, it was the No. 15 Bulldogs who found the back of the net in the second extra session to escape Reese Stadium with an win. Travis Ford had a career-high four goals for the Stags. In addition to Ford s quartet of goals for the Stags (2-4), Colin Burke netted a hat trick to extend his teamleading totals to 10 goals and 16 points. Dylan Beckwith had a pair of markers, including the game-tying tally in the closing minutes of regulation, and Jake Knostman added one. Drew Murray, Jack Brennan and Dave Fleming each handed out an assist to round out the scoring. Fairfield (2-4) at #15 Yale (2-3) Date: Mar 11, 2017 Attendance: 263 Weather: 14 degrees, clear sky SCORE OT OT2 Total Fairfield Yale Fairfield GOALS: Ford 4; Burke 3; Beckwith 2; Knostman 1. Tyler Behring made 12 saves in the cage, including several highlight reel stops at point blank range. The First Team All-CAA netminder also scooped up three ground balls. The defense in front of Behring was guided by three caused turnovers from freshman Andrew Murrow. After falling behind 5-0 after the first quarter of action, Ford put the Stags on the board three minutes into the second frame. The Bulldogs would add two more goals before Burke capped the first half scoring with a strike to send Fairfield into the locker room trailing, 7-2. Matt Gaudet scored his fourth goal for Yale (2-3) to start the second half scoring, staking the Bulldogs to an 8-2 advantage. At that point, the Stags rattled off four straight tallies two from Ford and one apiece by Beckwith and Burke - to trim the margin to 8-6. Jack Tigh s goal in the final minute of the quarter extended the Bulldogs edge to 9-6 entering the fourth quarter. In a span of less than five minutes in the last stanza of regulation, the Stags pulled even for the first time since the opening whistle. First Knostman rattled the cage for his fourth of the season, followed by back-to-back man-up goals for Ford and Burke to knot the count at 9-9 midway through the frame. Tigh put Yale back on top, 10-9, at the 6:25 mark of the period, but the Stags struck last in the quarter as Beckwith eluded his defender and converted with 3:11 remaining to level the score at After two possessions for each side came up empty in the first overtime, the contest headed into its second extra period. Again, both teams made a scoreless trip before Ben Reeves connected on the game-winner to give the decision to Yale, The Bulldogs were led by five points from Reeves, who netted a hat trick to go along with two assists. Gaudet also had a five-point outing, scoring four times prior to distributing the assist on Reeves game-winner. Brody Wilson made six saves to earn the win in the cage in his collegiate debut for Yale. The game marked the third time in the last four meetings that Fairfield and Yale have gone into overtime, including the second straight meeting contested at Reese Stadium. The Stags last double-overtime game prior to this afternoon was a win over CAA foe Delaware on April 18, 2015 at Rafferty Stadium. - #GoStags - ASSISTS: Brennan 1; D. Fleming 1; Murray 1. Yale GOALS: Gaudet 4; Reeves 3; Tigh 2; Scott 1; Alessi 1. ASSISTS: Reeves 2; Alessi 1; Gaudet 1; Morrill 1; Scott 1; Sessa 1. SHOTS OT OT2 Total Fairfield Yale GROUND BALLS OT OT2 Total Fairfield Yale FACE-OFFS OT OT2 Total Fairfield Yale F/O VIOLATIONS OT OT2 Total Fairfield Yale MAN-UP OPPS OT OT2 Total Fairfield Yale CLEARS OT OT2 Total Fairfield Yale SAVES OT OT2 Total Fairfield Yale TURNOVERS OT OT2 Total Fairfield Yale Game Notes 14 Fairfield University Men s Lacrosse