Fairfield beat Monmouth 2-1 on Friday, Nov. 6, 2026, at Buckley Field in Philadelphia to capture the program’s first CAA Field Hockey Championship, caasports.com reported. Junior Camille Perlov scored both goals in a 1:15 span of the fourth quarter to lift the top-seeded Stags (12-7) past the No. 2 Hawks (11-7).
The game stayed scoreless through three quarters before Fairfield opened the scoring at the 51-minute mark, when Kylie Corcoran’s shot from outside the circle was deflected into the cage by Perlov. Seventy-five seconds later, Courtland Schumacher sent a pass in front of the goal and Perlov finished for a 2-0 lead. Monmouth answered at 52:38 when Florence van Doorn converted a penalty corner, assisted by Anna Moors, but the Hawks couldn’t find an equalizer.
Georgia McDade’s Seven Saves Keep Monmouth Off the Board Early
Fairfield goalkeeper Georgia McDade recorded seven saves, including stops against Monmouth’s Milla Frye in the first quarter and Claire Campen in the second, caasports.com reported. Monmouth generated two penalty corners and three shots in the third quarter; Fairfield matched that with two corners and three shots of their own, but both defenses held until Perlov’s late goals.
Monmouth Reached the Final With a Semifinal Win Over Drexel
Monmouth advanced to the title game for the fourth straight year, knocking off No. 3 seed Drexel in the semifinal, monmouthhawks.com reported. Junior captain Claire Campen scored both the equalizer and the go-ahead goal in that game, the winner coming four minutes into the fourth quarter.
Corcoran Named Tournament MVP as Fairfield Earns NCAA Berth
Kylie Corcoran was named the tournament’s Most Outstanding Player, joined on the all-tournament team by teammates Rylee LaLoup, Perlov and Alice Pifferi, caasports.com reported. Monmouth’s Campen, Maia McCourt and Alicia Vanderlyde also made the team, along with Drexel’s Halle Geiger and Fleur Hamers and Northeastern’s Jessica Garden and Juana Gonzalez-Peyru.
The win gives Fairfield the CAA’s automatic bid to the NCAA Field Hockey Championship, with the Stags’ destination to be announced during Sunday’s selection show at 10 p.m. ET. The title is Fairfield’s third straight conference championship, following Northeast Conference crowns in 2024 and 2025, and it came in the program’s inaugural season as a CAA associate member, in which the Stags went 5-1 in conference play, fairfield.edu reported. Fairfield shared the CAA regular-season championship after a 3-2 overtime win at No. 20 Monmouth on Oct. 23, with LaLoup scoring the equalizer and Pifferi the overtime winner. The university becomes a full, all-sport CAA member on July 1, 2027.
Questions About Fairfield’s CAA Championship Win
How many straight conference titles does Fairfield now have? Three: NEC championships in 2024 and 2025, then the 2026 CAA title, caasports.com reported.
The Stags went 5-1 in conference play and shared the regular-season championship, fairfield.edu reported.
Kylie Corcoran of Fairfield, alongside four Stags total on the all-tournament team.
July 1, 2027, according to fairfield.edu.
The championship gives Fairfield its first CAA title in its inaugural season as an associate member. ET.
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