Women's Soccer Travels to Dayton for Sunday Matinee

The Fordham women's soccer team takes on its second offensively potent team of the week on Sunday, as the Rams travel to Dayton for a Sunday matinee against the Flyers, beginning at 1:00 PM.
 
The game features Dayton's third-ranked scoring offense against Fordham's #1-rated defense from a team perspective, but it also sees the top two scorers in the league face-off against each other with Dayton's Ashley Campbell (24 points – 9 goals, 6 assists) and Fordham's Jessica Widmann (23 points – 10 goals, 3 assists).
 
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SERIES HISTORY: This will be the 20^th all-time meeting between the Rams and Flyers.  Dayton has had the Rams number for the most part, posting a 14-2-3 mark against Fordham.  Dayton has won the last six meetings, including a 2-0 decision last year in Dayton.  Fordham's last win over Dayton was a 3-2 decision in October 2008.
 
RAMS RANK #10 IN LATEST NSCAA MID-ATLANTIC POLL: For the fifth time in the last six weeks, the Fordham women's soccer team is in the NSCAA Division I Women's Soccer Regional Rankings after a split of games last week.  The Rams are currently #10 in Mid-Atlantic Region this week.
 
Princeton rates as the top-ranked team in the Mid-Atlantic region, followed by Northeastern, Hofstra, William & Mary, James Madison, UNC-Wilmington, George Washington, Dartmouth, Harvard, and Fordham.
 
MOVIN' UP: Fordham's Kristina Maksuti and Jessica Widmann have slowly climbed the all-time leaders at Rose Hill in goals, assists, and points this season.  With a goal in her last game, Maksuti is now tied for fourth in career points at Fordham with 55 and in goals with 22, as well as tied for ninth in assists (11), while with a goal and an assist last Sunday, Widmann is now tied for eighth all-time in goals (17), tied for sixth in assists (12), and eighth in points (46).   The goal on Sunday for Widmann was also her tenth of the season, making her the first Ram to reach 10 goals in a season since Kim Boulos in 2008.
 
LAST TIME OUT: It was a showdown between the Atlantic 10's #1 offense against the #1 defense on Thursday night at Jack Coffey Field.  In the end, Fordham's top-rated defense kept the Saint Louis Billikens off the scoreboard, while Kristina Maksuti scored in the 51st minute, as the Rams took the 1-0 victory.  The win gave Fordham its first 10-win season since the 2008 season.

 
Fordham was the aggressor from kickoff, registering the first five shots on goal, making Saint Louis goalkeeper Hanna Benben busy as she made all five stops.  The Rams controlled most of the half, outshooting the Billikens, 10-2, but the game remained scoreless at the half.
 
The Rams didn't wait long to finally get on the board in the 51st minute.  Nicol Natale started the action with a run down the left side, crossing the ball to the top of the six-yard box.  Jessica Widmann's initial shot was blocked, but eventually ended up on the foot of Carlie Wagner, who tapped the ball forward to Kristina Maksuti.  Maksuti quickly turned and fired a shot from 12 yards, scoring just inside the right post for her fifth goal of the season.
 
The Rams anchored down over the final 39 minutes for the 1-0 victory, as the Billikens were held without a shot on goal over that stretch and were shut out for only the third time this year.
For Maksuti, it was her 22nd career goal, which moved her into a tie for fourth on the Fordham's career goals list with Danielle Tanzi (1994-96) and Leah Jerome (2003-06), while also moving her into a tie for fourth in career points at Rose Hill with Jerome at 55.
 
In goal, Megan Fitzgerald made two saves for her sixth shutout of the season, while Benben finished with eight stops for the Billikens.
 
WHO'S NEXT: The Rams are next in action on Thursday, October 22nd, when Fordham travels to George Washington for a 3:00 PM match against the Colonials.