Field Hockey Wins Fairfield’s First CAA Championship

The Stags also won the conference’s regular season crown. Field Hockey is the 2026 Coastal Athletic Association Champion.

Official response and confirmed impact

The Stags defeated Monmouth, 2-1, in the Championship Final on Friday, Nov.

6, in Philadelphia to win the league title in their first season a member of the conference.

“I think it’s going to take some time to process that we just won the championship,” said Head Coach Laura Gebhart, the 2026 CAA Coach of the Year.

“We played some really phenomenal opponents in this tournament and throughout the season, which makes this so special.”

Camille Perlov ’28 scored both Fairfield goals in a span of 75 seconds in the fourth quarter of last Friday’s game to propel the Stags to the win.

Kylie Corcoran ’28 had a goal and an assist in the tournament to earn Championship MVP honors, with Perlov and graduate students Rylee LaLoup ’26 and Alice Pifferi ’26 also gaining All-Championship honors.

Incident background

The Stags earned an NCAA postseason berth for the third consecutive season and the eighth time in program history.