2008 Woodie Awards
Fairfield snaps Marist's four-game win streak, Foxes fall to 6-8 in MAAC play
Drew Budd
Issue date: 11/2/06 Section: Sports
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Strength is a word that can be used to describe many things. Using it to describe Fairfield's volleyball team could be deemed sufficient.
The Fairfield Stags came to the McCann Center Saturday with a vengeance to get their 13th straight win and stay undefeated in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC). They got it in convincing fashion beating Marist in three straight sets.
In the first game, Fairfield never relinquished the lead having runs of six and eight points. They would go on to win 30-13.
Early in game two, Marist took a 1-0 lead on a kill by Sally Hanson. The Stags however would tie it at one point apiece and never look back. They went on runs of six and five points and would win the game 30-13 as well.
Fairfield from the beginning of warm-ups to the end of the match had great intensity. Marist head coach Tom Hanna felt that his team lacked that same intensity from the beginning of the first game.
"I felt that we played very flat from the beginning," he said. "We need to come out and play with a higher level of intensity."
Game three was a bit different than the first two. The score was tied four different times throughout the game and there were two lead changes, a stat that was vacant in the first two games.
For the first three points of the game, both Marist and Fairfield went back and forth with the lead until Fairfield was able to put together a six-point run and take the lead 7-2.
At points throughout the day it appeared that the Red Foxes were back on their heels and maybe even out of position. Coach Hanna believed it was the play of Fairfield that made it appear that way.
"They were exploiting spots," he said.
The Red Foxes put together a strong come back and went on their first real run of the day with six straight points and took the lead 11-8 before Fairfield head coach Jeff Werneke called a timeout.
After the timeout, Fairfield came out and went on an eight-point run to take the lead 17-11. Marist fought well throughout the game but fell by a score of 30-24.
The Fairfield Stags came to the McCann Center Saturday with a vengeance to get their 13th straight win and stay undefeated in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC). They got it in convincing fashion beating Marist in three straight sets.
In the first game, Fairfield never relinquished the lead having runs of six and eight points. They would go on to win 30-13.
Early in game two, Marist took a 1-0 lead on a kill by Sally Hanson. The Stags however would tie it at one point apiece and never look back. They went on runs of six and five points and would win the game 30-13 as well.
Fairfield from the beginning of warm-ups to the end of the match had great intensity. Marist head coach Tom Hanna felt that his team lacked that same intensity from the beginning of the first game.
"I felt that we played very flat from the beginning," he said. "We need to come out and play with a higher level of intensity."
Game three was a bit different than the first two. The score was tied four different times throughout the game and there were two lead changes, a stat that was vacant in the first two games.
For the first three points of the game, both Marist and Fairfield went back and forth with the lead until Fairfield was able to put together a six-point run and take the lead 7-2.
At points throughout the day it appeared that the Red Foxes were back on their heels and maybe even out of position. Coach Hanna believed it was the play of Fairfield that made it appear that way.
"They were exploiting spots," he said.
The Red Foxes put together a strong come back and went on their first real run of the day with six straight points and took the lead 11-8 before Fairfield head coach Jeff Werneke called a timeout.
After the timeout, Fairfield came out and went on an eight-point run to take the lead 17-11. Marist fought well throughout the game but fell by a score of 30-24.
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