Sacred Heart Pioneers at Fairfield Stags
· MAAC Championship - Quarterfinal
L’Amoreaux scores 21, No. 25 Fairfield women beat Sacred Heart in MAAC tourney for 9th straight win
Fairfield (26-4), the No. 2 seed, continues its quest for a third straight MAAC championship and NCAA Tournament appearance. The Stags already secured their third straight regular-season title, the seventh in program history.
L’Amoreaux, the conference player of the year, and Andersen combined for 22 points in the first half to help Fairfield build a 35-24 lead. Andersen scored five points during a 12-0 second-quarter run that gave the Stags a 14-point lead.
Fairfield led by double figures the entire second half. The Stags closed the third quarter on a 9-0 run and led by as many as 27 in the fourth before Sacred Heart scored the final 11 points of the game against reserves.
L’Amoreaux and Andersen each went 7 of 11 from the field to help Fairfield shoot 46% overall, while Sacred Heart was held to 19-of-54 shooting (35%). L’Amoreaux reached 20-plus points for the sixth time this season.
Cyanne Coe added 10 points for Fairfield. Carly Thibault-DuDonis reached 100 wins during her four-year career to become the fastest coach in MAAC history to reach the mark.
Emma Kirby led Sacred Heart (13-18), the No. 7 seed, with 15 points. Amelia Wood added 11 points, Missy Nuku had 10 points and Nalyce Dudley grabbed 10 rebounds.
Fairfield: Awaits the winner of Saturday's quarterfinal game between Merrimack and Mount St. Mary's — with the semifinal set for Sunday.
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Recent Plays
| 4th 0:00 |  |
End of Game | 53 - 69 |
| 4th 0:00 | |
End of 4th Quarter | 53 - 69 |
| 4th 0:18 |  |
Faith Pappas makes free throw 2 of 2 | 53 - 69 |
| 4th 0:18 | |
Faith Pappas makes free throw 1 of 2 | 52 - 69 |
| 4th 0:18 |  |
Foul on Alli Campbell. | 51 - 69 |
Statistics
 SHU |
FAIR |
|
|---|---|---|
| 19-54 | FG | 25-54 |
| 35 | Field Goal % | 46 |
| 3-14 | 3PT | 8-24 |
| 21 | Three Point % | 33 |
| 12-14 | FT | 11-19 |
| 86 | Free Throw % | 58 |
| 42 | Rebounds | 27 |
| 10 | Offensive Rebounds | 2 |
| 32 | Defensive Rebounds | 25 |
| 10 | Assists | 13 |
| 4 | Steals | 7 |
| 3 | Blocks | 8 |
| 19 | Turnovers | 9 |
| 4 | Team Turnovers | 0 |
| 19 | Total Turnovers | 9 |
| 0 | Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 0 | Total Technical Fouls | 0 |
| 4 | Points Off Turnovers | 21 |
| 0 | Fast Break Points | 15 |
| 32 | Points in Paint | 32 |
| 13 | Fouls | 18 |
| 2 | Largest Lead | 27 |
| 9 | Lead Changes | 9 |
| 4 | Percent Led | 93 |
Game Information
Location: Atlantic City, NJ
Attendance: 1,785 | Capacity:
2025-26 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Standings
| TEAM | CONF | GB | OVER |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fairfield | 19-1 | - | 26-4 |
| Quinnipiac | 19-1 | - | 25-5 |
| Merrimack | 15-5 | 4 | 18-11 |
| Iona | 12-8 | 7 | 19-11 |
| Mount St. Mary's | 11-9 | 8 | 15-14 |
| Siena | 11-9 | 8 | 13-16 |
| Sacred Heart | 10-10 | 9 | 13-18 |
| Manhattan | 10-10 | 9 | 11-20 |
| Marist | 8-12 | 11 | 11-20 |
| Saint Peter's | 6-14 | 13 | 7-23 |
| Rider | 5-15 | 14 | 7-22 |
| Canisius | 3-17 | 16 | 5-24 |
| Niagara | 1-19 | 18 | 1-28 |