FAIRFIELD, CONN. - The Fairfield University women’s lacrosse team will meet No. 11 Princeton on Friday, May 8 at 7 p.m. in the NCAA Championship First Round. The MAAC Champion Stags and Ivy League Champion Tigers will play in Stony Brook, N.Y., with the winner advance to play host and sixth-seeded Stony Brook on Sunday, May 10 at noon.
The Stags advance to their first NCAA postseason since 2009 following this afternoon’s 9-7 win at top-seeded Canisius in the 2015 MAAC Championship Game.
FairfieldStags.com will announce additional details as they become available throughout the week.
Yesterday’s win marked the Stags’ third MAAC Championship (2001, 2009, 2015) overall and the second during the tenure of Head Coach Mike Waldvogel. Junior goalkeeper Chelsey Sidaras was named the Most Valuable Player of the tournament and was joined on the All-Championship Team by Courtney Chmil, Alex Fehmel, Meghan Reda and Colleen Reynolds.