Fairfield Stags men's lacrosse
Fairfield Stags | |
---|---|
2005 | |
Conference Tournament championships | |
1998 (ECAC), 1999 (ECAC) | |
Conference regular season championships | |
(8) 1996 (MAAC), 1997 (MAAC), 1998 (MAAC), 2002 (GWLL), 2005 (GWLL), 2014 (ECAC), 2015 (CAA), 2016 (CAA) |
The Fairfield Stags men's lacrosse team represents
History
As a
Dawn of the Stags
The Fairfield Stags men's lacrosse program first began in 1973 as a club team. Future Fairfield University Athletic Hall of Famer Will Mraz was a founding member and the offensive leader of the inaugural club team. The first coach of the Fairfield University Lacrosse Club was Ken Gilstein, Cornell '70, who coached the team during the 1972, 1973, 1976 and 1977 seasons. It was led by standout players Bob Rupp, and John Hughes in the 70s and John Callegari, future Fairfield University Athletic Hall of Famer Hugh "Skeets" Coyle, Joe Sargent, Mike Hone, Kevin Kuryla and Rich MacDonough in the 80s, the club team established itself as amongst the best in New England. In 1987, the team had an undefeated 11-0 season and won the New England Club Championship.[2]
Red Stags rising
Fairfield elevated the lacrosse program to NCAA Division I in 1993 with Tom McClelland at the helm. The Stags first victory as a varsity program came in its very first game with an 11-6 defeat of a visiting St. Joseph's team. In 1996,
NCAA Tournament time
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Stags_Lax.gif/220px-Stags_Lax.gif)
In 2002, the Stags finished in first place in the GWLL and received the league's automatic bid to the
The 2005 season will go down as one of the greatest in Fairfield history with the Stags' finishing as the 15th ranked team in the nation. Not one for dramatics, the Stags won the Great Western Lacrosse League and earned a trip to the
The Stags first official season as a member of the ECAC Lacrosse League in 2006 proved a successful one with Stags posting a winning league record. Major victories included wins over Harvard and then 16th ranked Loyola. The victory over Loyola marked the program's first win over the Greyhounds and included the now infamous hidden ball goal.
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/Fairfield_Lax_Game_Day.jpg/220px-Fairfield_Lax_Game_Day.jpg)
Copelan era
All-time head coaches
Years | Head Coach | Record | Postseason |
---|---|---|---|
1993–1995 | Tom McClelland | 8-27 | - |
1996–2008 | Ted Spencer | 93-90 | 2005 NCAA
|
2008–2019 | Andrew Copelan | 87-78 | |
2019– | Andrew Baxter | 19-27 | |
- | Total | 134-148 | - |
Annual records
Year | Wins | Losses | Percent | Conference | Playoffs | National Rank | RPI | SOS | Power Rating (1) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2023 | 5 | 9 | .357 | 5th | 57 | 51 | 54 | ||
2022 | 7 | 7 | .500 | 4th (t) | |||||
2021 | 2 | 9 | .182 | 6th | 16 | 38 | 48 | ||
2020 | 5 | 2 | .714 | 16 | 38 | 48 | |||
2019 | 5 | 9 | .357 | 6th | 53 | 49 | 57 | ||
2018 | 4 | 11 | .267 | 6th | 50 | 32 | |||
2017 | 5 | 9 | .357 | 5th | 39 | 25 | |||
2016 | 9 | 8 | .529 | 1st | CAA Finals (2) | 22 | 10 | ||
2015 | 9 | 7 | .563 | 1st | CAA Semi Finals | 34 | 51 | ||
2014 | 12 | 4 | .750 | 1st | 18 | 19 | 39 | 19 | |
2013 | 8 | 7 | .550 | 4th | 19 | 24 | 29 | ||
2012 | 12 | 4 | .750 | 3rd | 15 | 11 | 26 | 23 | |
2011 | 8 | 8 | .500 | 3rd | 23 | 21 | 27 | ||
2010 | 8 | 6 | .575 | 3rd | 25 | 26 | 26 | ||
2009 | 7 | 6 | .542 | 3rd | 28 | 29 | 29 | ||
2008 | 4 | 9 | .500 | 6th | 45 | 27 | 36 | ||
2007 | 6 | 6 | .500 | 5th | 26 | 27 | 26 | ||
2006 | 6 | 7 | .490 | 3rd | 34 | 25 | 28 | ||
2005 | 11 | 5 | .700 | 2nd | NCAA 1st Round (3) |
15 | 31 | 28 | |
2004 | 5 | 9 | .400 | 4th | 35 | 25 | 36 | ||
2003 | 5 | 6 | .460 | 4th | 26 | 33 | |||
2002 | 7 | 6 | .520 | 3rd | NCAA 1st Round (4) |
19 | 26 | 27 | |
2001 | 7 | 8 | .420 | 4th | 28 | 28 |
- (1)Laxpower Power Rating[5]
- (2) Lost CAA Finals 4-2 to Towson.
- (3) Lost NCAA 1st round 23-4 to Duke.
- (4) Lost NCAA 1st round 14-7 to Massachusetts.
Awards
All-American
USILA Scholar All-American
USILA North-South All Stars
|
First Team All-New England
League Coach of the Year
League Player of the Year
League Scholar of the Year
First Team All-League
|
All-Time statistic leaders
Career leaders
Single-game leaders
|
Single-season leaders
|
Stags in the MLL
Twelve Stags have been drafted by Major League Lacrosse and one by the National Lacrosse League. Peter Vlahakis is the leading face-off man in MLL history holding four MLL All-Time face-off records and was selected to the 2007 and 2008 MLL All-Star Game. Greg Downing was the sixth overall pick in the 2007 MLL Collegiate Draft and was selected to the 2008 MLL All-Star Game. The following Stag players were selected in the Major League Lacrosse draft:
Player | Year | Team |
---|---|---|
Spencer Steele | 2000 | Bridgeport Barrage, New Jersey Pride
|
C. J. Kemp | 2003 | Baltimore Bayhawks
|
Peter Vlahakis | 2004 | Long Island Lizards, New Jersey Pride
|
Nate Bauers | 2004 | Washington Bayhawks
|
Greg Downing | 2007 | Boston Blazers
|
Mike Bocklet | 2007 | Long Island Lizards
|
Matt Scanlon | 2008 | Denver Outlaws |
Chris Atwell | 2009 | Boston Cannons |
Chris Ajemian | 2009 | Boston Cannons |
Joe Marra | 2010 | Chicago Machine
|
Brent Adams | 2012 | Chesapeake Bayhawks |
Charlie Cipriano | 2012 | Denver Outlaws |
Sam Snow | 2013 | Denver Outlaws |
Marshall Johnson | 2013 | Rochester Rattlers
|
Jack Murphy | 2014 | Boston Cannons |
TJ Neubauer | 2016 | Rochester Rattlers
|
See also
- NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship(1971– )
- Wingate Memorial Trophy (1934–1970)
References
- ^ Fairfield University Visual Standard Manual (PDF). July 1, 2017. Retrieved August 13, 2017.
- ^ "Fairfield University :: 2004 Hall of Fame Inductees".
- ^ "NCAA Lacrosse: No. 1 Denver Falls to Fairfield 10-9 in OT". BleacherReport.com. April 21, 2013. Retrieved February 28, 2014.
- ^ "Fairfield Upsets No. 3 Notre Dame in Texas Match". Laxpower.com. March 13, 2010. Retrieved November 14, 2011.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2017-07-05. Retrieved 2014-11-26.
{{cite web}}
: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)