For the first time this season the Fairfield University men's lacrosse team has earned a top-20 ranking in the national polls after a road win at Hobart on Saturday. Freshman goalkeeper Charlie Cipriano (Williston Park, N.Y.) was named the ECAC Co-Defensive Player of the Week by the ECAC as well for his efforts in the win that kept the Stags perfect in league play.  Ryan Mulford (Crownsville, Md.) was named to the ECAC weekly Honor Roll as well.

Fairfield, 5-2 overall, is ranked 19^th in the Nike/Inside Lacrosse Media Poll, receiving 38 points.  The Stags received nine points in the USILA Coaches Poll on Monday as well, good for 20^th place.  The win over Hobart also moved the Stags up one spot, to fourth, in the NEILA Coaches Poll.

The Stags are hosting Vermont on Tuesday at 3 p.m. at Alumni Stadium.  The game is the first at home for Fairfield since March 14 and is the only one of the current seven game stretch.  The Catamounts enter the game with a 4-4 overall record, with three losses coming to teams ranked in the top-16 in the nation, at the time of the game, including #1 Virginia and #3 Notre Dame.

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Cipriano receives a weekly award from the ECAC Lacrosse League for the fourth time, winning his second defensive honor.  He made 12 saves in the contest, his fourth consecutive game with 10 or more saves, and fifth overall on the year. Cipriano allowed only seven goals in the game, good for a .632 save percentage.  He was at his best in the fourth quarter, making five saves, including a point-blank robbery of Mike Lazore with 3:23 to play, preserving the Stags one-goal advantage.

Mulford, a graduate of Mt. St. Joe's, saw his first action since March 7 against Hobart and made the most of it.  The sophomore tallied his first collegiate hat trick, the first points of the 2009 season.