Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p The Fairfield Stags men's lacrosse team represents Fairfield University in Fairfield, Connecticut and competes in the ECAC Lacrosse League of NCAA Division I. The Stags play their home games at Lessing Field. The team was nationally ranked in 2005 (15th), 2006 (20th) and 2007 (12th) and competed in the NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Tournament in 2002 and 2005. The team is currently coached by Andrew Copelan. The Stags were previously coached by Ted Spencer from 1996 to 2008. After taking the helm in 1996, Ted Spencer guided the Stags to great success on the national stage including two NCAA Tournament appearances (2002 and 2005), two Great Western Lacrosse League Championships (2002 and 2005), 2 ECAC Tournament Championships (1998 and 1999), three MAAC Championships (1996, 1997 and 1998) and developed 2 All-Americans (C. J. Kemp and Greg Downing) along with 21 All-New England selections and 8 Academic All-New England selections. In 2002, the Stags were selected as the winner of the Joseph (Frenchy) Julien Memorial Award for Sportsmanship. As a Jesuit university, Fairfield shares a unique historical connection to the discovery of modern-day lacrosse. Jesuit missionaries first witnessed the game of "baggataway" being played amongst Native Americans during the 17th century. According to histories of the game, it was Saint John de Brebeuf S.J., a French Jesuit missionary in Canada, who named the present-day version of the Indian game lacrosse because the stick used reminded him of a bishop’s crosier, pronounced la crosse in French. de Brebeuf is memoralized at Fairfield University with the #1 de Brebeuf Townhouse Unit named in his honor.In July 2014, Fairfield will leave ECAC Lacrosse to become an associate member of the Colonial Athletic Association.. }
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- Fairfield_Stags_men's_lacrosse abstract "The Fairfield Stags men's lacrosse team represents Fairfield University in Fairfield, Connecticut and competes in the ECAC Lacrosse League of NCAA Division I. The Stags play their home games at Lessing Field. The team was nationally ranked in 2005 (15th), 2006 (20th) and 2007 (12th) and competed in the NCAA Division I Men's Lacrosse Tournament in 2002 and 2005. The team is currently coached by Andrew Copelan. The Stags were previously coached by Ted Spencer from 1996 to 2008. After taking the helm in 1996, Ted Spencer guided the Stags to great success on the national stage including two NCAA Tournament appearances (2002 and 2005), two Great Western Lacrosse League Championships (2002 and 2005), 2 ECAC Tournament Championships (1998 and 1999), three MAAC Championships (1996, 1997 and 1998) and developed 2 All-Americans (C. J. Kemp and Greg Downing) along with 21 All-New England selections and 8 Academic All-New England selections. In 2002, the Stags were selected as the winner of the Joseph (Frenchy) Julien Memorial Award for Sportsmanship. As a Jesuit university, Fairfield shares a unique historical connection to the discovery of modern-day lacrosse. Jesuit missionaries first witnessed the game of "baggataway" being played amongst Native Americans during the 17th century. According to histories of the game, it was Saint John de Brebeuf S.J., a French Jesuit missionary in Canada, who named the present-day version of the Indian game lacrosse because the stick used reminded him of a bishop’s crosier, pronounced la crosse in French. de Brebeuf is memoralized at Fairfield University with the #1 de Brebeuf Townhouse Unit named in his honor.In July 2014, Fairfield will leave ECAC Lacrosse to become an associate member of the Colonial Athletic Association.".