Box Score Nov. 2, 2008
Box Score
Cincinnati, Ohio -
Still with an opportunity for a first round bye, the Fordham women's soccer team got goals from Katie Sanchez, Kim Boulos, and Michelle Ancelj to post a 3-1 win over the Xavier Musketeers in Cincinnati, Ohio. The Rams however will be the #3 seed at the 2008 Atlantic 10 Championship, as Dayton also won on Sunday to earn the #2 seed and the bye.
With the win, Fordham ends the regular season at 11-5-2 overall, 8-2-1 in the Atlantic 10, while Xavier ends their season at 1-16-2, 0-9-2 in the league.
Fordham quickly jumped out to a 1-0 lead, just 3:57 into the game. Courtney Fedge found Katie Sanchez for a shot that scored to the right side of the goal for her fifth of the season. The goal gave Sanchez 75 career points, which moves her past Kirstin Gellatly (2000-02) for second place on Fordham's career scoring list.
The Rams made it 2-0 only 2:26 later, as Katie McDermott got the ball to Michelle Ancelj. Ancelj then crossed the ball to Kim Boulos, who scored her team-leading tenth goal of the season. Boulos is now the seventh Fordham women's soccer to score at least ten goals in a season.
The score stayed that way until the 58th minute, where Xavier got on the board. Maggie O'Neal scored on a shot to the upper right of the goal on a pass from Sara Doutt.
Just 4:03 later, Fordham regained their two-goal advantage, as Ancelj headed home a Mariella Romano corner kick for her third goal of the season, giving Fordham a 3-1 lead, which would hold up, as Fordham out shot Xavier, 21-8, in the game.
For Fordham, Jen Byer posted the win in net without recording a save, though Fordham was credited with a defender save. Susan Loeffler made five saves for Xavier with the Xavier defense credited with two defender saves.
As the #3 seed, Fordham will now play Duquesne in the opening round of the 2008 Atlantic 10 Championship at 9:00 PM Eastern time on Thursday, November 6th in Saint Louis, Missouri. Charlotte and Dayton will receive first round bye as the top two seeds, while #4 seed Saint Louis will meet #5 seed St. Bonaventure.
