POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. – The Red Foxes surrendered three first-half goals and could not recover, as Marist women's soccer came up short at home against MAAC foe Fairfield, 3-0, Wednesday evening inside Tenney Stadium.
With the loss, Marist fell to 3-9-3 on the campaign and 3-5-2 in the MAAC, while Fairfield improved to 13-2-1 on the season and 8-1-1 in conference play with the win.
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Fairfield is the best and most athletic team in the MAAC. They have the best-attacking group, their speed of play, their movement off the ball was top tier and they showed that in the first half. Our talk at halftime was to come out and win the half, going into a game we need to win on Sunday and that was the emphasis. I think the girls responded to that and won the second half. We shut their offense down and got some opportunities ourselves and competed, that's all I can ask for.
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Nicole Pacapelli
- Maddy Theriault carried the ball to the far side of the goal and fired low past the keeper to give Fairfield a 1-0 lead in the 20th minute
- Alex Darcy corralled a loose ball in the box and fired home off her right foot, it deflected off a Marist player and went in to give the Stags a 2-0 lead
- Ella Pisani tracked down a ball and headed it to the foot of Kelly Caroline, who shot it past the keeper to push Fairfield's lead to 3-0 in the 38th minute
- Fairfield outshot Marist, 18-2
- Fairfield generated five shots on goal, compared to two for Marist
- Fairfield totaled 13 corner kicks, while Marist generated one
- The Red Foxes will be back in action on Sunday, when Marist plays host to Rider
- The match is set for a 1PM start on ESPN+ from Tenney Stadium, with Senior Day starting prior to the match
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