(August 18, 2006) ?C The 2006 Fordham University football Rams continue to prepare for the upcoming season, going through a double-session practice under the guidance of first-year head coach Tom Masella on Thursday in preparation for a scrimmage set for Saturday afternoon at 2:00 p.m. Also today, head strength and conditioning coach Jason George released results of the preseason strength and conditioning testing. The highlight of the testing was the performance of senior defensive lineman Eduardo Boza, who set a school bench press record with a lift of 465 pounds. There were also three positional records set as senior linebacker Marcus Taylor recorded a school best for linebackers, tight ends and full backs with a 425-pound bench press and senior running back James Prydatko registered a three lift total of 1,228 pounds in the bench press, power clean and squat, the best total for a defensive back, wide receiver, quarterback, tail backs, and kickers in school history. Senior defensive lineman Cory Terzis also set a positional mark for linemen with a 5.49 second conditioning test (the average time of ten 40-yard sprints with 25 seconds of rest between each sprint). Freshman linebacker Asil Mulbah, who was on campus during the summer, also had a strong showing in the testing program, leading the linebacker, tight ends, and full back group with a 451-pound squat. He also benched 415 pounds and cleaned 270 pounds. Here are the complete position-by-position breakdown of the strength and conditioning testing: Offensive Line & Defensive Line Bench Press: Eduardo Boza - 465 * new school record Power Clean: Ricky Bencivenni - 315 Squat: Mike Nardone - 682 (9 lbs off school record of 691 by Aymen Aboushi) 3 Lift Total: Mike Nardone - 1417 40: Greg DeMarco - 4.94 Conditioning Test: Cory Terzis - 5.49 seconds* new positional record Linebackers, Tight Ends, & Full Backs: Bench Press: Marcus Taylor - 425 *new positional record Power Clean: Marcus Taylor - 320 Squat: Asil Mulbah - 541 3 Lift Total: Asil Mulbah - 1221 40: Asil Mulbah - 4.60 Conditioning Test: Dominique Owens - 5.50 Defensive Backs, Wide Receivers, Quarterbacks, Tail Backs, & Kickers Bench Press: James Prydatko - 380 Power Clean: James Prydatko - 330 Squat: James Prydatko - 518 3 Lift Total: James Prydatko - 1228 *new positional record 40: Raymond Loney - 4.51; James Prydatko - 4.53; Larry Rhea - 4.58 Conditioning Test: Raymond Loney - 5.23 Practices will continue to alternate single sessions with two-a-days until August 25th. Fordham will open its 2006 season on Saturday, September 2nd when the Rams host Monmouth University on Jack Coffey Field at 6:00 p.m. For ticket information contact the Fordham Ticket Office at 718-817-4300 or go to www.fordhamsports.com.