Women’s lacrosse hungry for another win after Fairfield loss

By Paige Apps, Sports Reporter

With a later start than usual, the Griffs entered Wednesday’s game hungry for a third straight win, looking to hand Fairfield their second conference loss of the season. In a 20–9 defeat, the women’s lacrosse team walked away with a few lessons to carry into the rest of the season.

“I think sometimes you need to get your butt kicked and we definitely did. We’ll flip the switch, we’ll learn from what we did wrong, we’ll be proud of the things we did right, and we’ll hopefully grow in those areas. But I think it’s about moving on from that quickly because that’s how this conference is,” Head Coach Russell Allen commented on the outcome of the game.

Entering the 2025 season, the Griffs were and still are searching for their first victory against Fairfield since 2017. Despite the losing streak, the team has positives to draw from the defeat. Sophomore Maddie Fitzgerald answered Fairfield’s offensive attacks with four goals of her own, aided by freshman Leah Pfieffer’s talent and ability to split the defense. Both senior defender Taylor McArthur and sophomore goaltender Olivia Licardi caused two turnovers apiece preventing the Stags from snatching more goals in the match.

“I thought Leah Pfieffer did a lot of little things extremely well. It won’t show on the stat sheet that Maddie was finishing on a lot of eight meters because Leah was creating driving lanes for her, because Leah was active in the middle,” Allen stated on the topic of the team’s offensive performance during the game.

“I think Taylor McArthur has been playing at an All-Conference level this year, this is a kid who didn’t see the field as a freshman and has put in more work than probably any kid I’ve ever coached in my life. And it’s beautiful to see her in her senior year continue to show how special she truly is,” explained Allen.

With the Blue and Gold still hungry and looking for their next meal, the team hits the road once again to face Rider on Saturday before Quinnipiac next Wednesday.

Photo courtesy of Tom Wolf