The Fairfield University women’s basketball team will head back to the NCAA Tournament for the third straight year, after defeating Quinnipiac 51-44 Monday night in the MAAC championship game and getting the conference’s automatic berth in Atlantic City.
Junior Jillian Heurter led the second-seeded Stags (28-4), who are ranked No. 25 in the AP poll, with 16 points, including four of Fairfield six 3-pointers and sophomore Cyanne Coe had a double-double with 15 points and 10 rebounds.
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Anna Foley had 17 points and nine rebounds for top-seeded Quinnipiac (26-6).
It was the second straight year that Fairfield beat Quinnipiac in the MAAC final. The Stags held Quinnipiac to its lowest point total of the season.
The two teams had split games during the regular season with Quinnipiac winning in Fairfield, 72-58 on Jan. 29 but the Stags won on Feb. 14 in Hamden, 75-63.
