Game 4- Fairfield at SB
2/28 12pm
televised AETV
http://www.americaeast.com//mediaPortal/player.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=14000&KEY=&id=1306308&catid=0 27' and sunny
Fairfield is a program that has quite a bit in common with SB. games are reasonably close with the stags winning the last few. id argue that SB competes for similar talent in the recruiting world.
a few years ago the stags were set to make headlines with an emerging upper class, prolific offense, and a stud goalie. they flopped in the conference tourney (sound familiar?) and a lot of players graduated. regardless, theyve been pretty good over the last two seasons registering a good record and some nice wins.
fast forward to 2015- a transfer out (greenfield... or is he in grad school?) and a few key graduation losses make the stags potentially a different team. not much to go on with wins over manhattan and providence.
in 2014 the stags won 15-13 at LaValle. the attack did well for SB, but the defense couldnt stop any one of the starting offense. one mid had 5 goals. another had 3. on the positive side, their finisher (warden) was held to one. he graduated.
fairfield seemingly generates offense from midfield and shares the ball well. but then again, they've played providence, manhattan, and holy cross (whose major upsets remain to be evaluated so far). expectations were high this year for the stags, and they lost by one to HC to start- HC might be really good this year- consider the weather too.
fairfield has a lot of west coast players- also recruits MD, PA, NE, etc. not sure about their recruits, but they have a huge roster. they have a significant transfer (Schnider) at midfield from OSU. the preseason ECAC poll has them fourth, just in front of hobart.
we are also catching fairfield in the middle of a long road stretch. cold weather too.
GO SB
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