On this Date in Stag History:

January 15th 1975: The Stags defeated the Georgetown Hoyas at home 76-65. Coming into that game Fairfield was 3-5 overall while the Hoyas were 5-2.

Man how times have changed.

Women's Soccer needs to bounce back

After a scorching start to the season, the Fairfield University women's soccer team has cooled off in their last three games. The team experienced their lowest point of the season when they were shut out by UMASS on a chilly Sunday. Coach Jim O'Brien had only one word to describe the loss: "embarrassed."

The team has now dropped to .500 after starting the season winning 3 in a row without allowing a goal. Since then, the team has been outscored 8-1 and has been outshot 73-18 over that span.

Despite the recent slide, this team has shown promise. They nearly upset #22 Georgetown by managing to bring them into overtime, and held their own against Boston College, the fifth best team in the country. Coming into this year, the Stags knew that this difficult schedule, which featured back-to-back games against nationally ranked teams, would test their skill and depth. "It's always important for us to have a challenging non-conference schedule," O' Brien said. The sixth year head coach has seen many successful teams at Fairfield. He ranks second in wins on the all-time school list and has led the Stags to at least nine wins in each of his seasons and a NCAA Tournament bid in two of those years. You can say he knows talent. And he sees the promise of this team, comparing them to the 2008 team. That squad received 16 votes in the final NSCAA National poll by winning the MAAC championship and only losing by a goal in the Big Dance.

The one aspect of the game that he is most worried about is the team's inability to bounce back after adversity. "The way games are scheduled is to play Friday and Sunday, so you have to get over the tough losses." The ability to recuperate after these types of games defines the character of any team. It would be hard for any group who just had a heartbreaking narrow upset to come back and play an even better school in less than a week. However, O'Brien can see this now and is trying to improve early in the campaign. The loss to UMASS might have been the wakeup call that the team needed. "It's back to the drawing board," O'Brien sighed. If Fairfield is to be successful they are going to have to not just forget but learn from this "embarrassing" loss. That journey will begin when the team travels to Stony Brook on Thursday. Maybe it is a change of scenery that will help propel this promising team and have all their talent pay off.

Pictures from last night's loss

Check out the Georgetown athletic website for great still pictures of the loss.

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The Fairfield Stags women's soccer team (3-1) became the latest victim of the #22 Georgetown Hoya (6-0) during the final game of the D.C. Invitational. For a complete recap click here.

The Least you should know:

-Ingrid Wells scored the first goal aganist the Stags this season during a penalty kick at 16:47 snapping a 286:47 shutout streak.

-After a missed penalty kick by the Hoyas, Shannon Fay turned it into a transition score. It was her first of her career.

-Samantha Baker made the game winning goal in overtime to stay undefeated.

-Kelly Boudreau made a season high 9 saves.

-The Hoyas outshot the Stags 24-4

This overtime loss made me believe in this team. I know they allowed 24 shots but they were only one kick away from taking down the 22nd best team in the nation. The Stags had looked dominant in their first 3 games and I hope that if this loss affects them it is only positive outlooks of the season.

Up Next:

The Stags will take on another ranked team when they host the #6 ranked Boston College Eagles Friday night on Lessing Field starting at 7 PM.