It is opening weekend for Atlantic 10 men's soccer on Saturday, and the Fordham men's soccer team kicks off league play with a home contest against La Salle Explorers on Saturday at Jack Coffey Field. Game time is set for 1:00 PM.
Both teams are looking for a fresh start, as both are coming of losses in their last game. Fordham fell at Lehigh by a 3-0 score, while La Salle dropped a 2-0 decision to Villanova.
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Twitter Updates @FordhamSoccer SERIES HISTORY: The Fordham-La Salle series dates back to the early 1980s, when both squads were a part of the MAAC. Saturday will be the 30
th meeting between the schools since 1983 with the Explorers holding a 16-9-4 record against the Rams. However, Fordham got the better of La Salle in last year's match-up down in Philadelphia, taking a 3-1 win back in the Bronx.
In that game, La Salle scored in the opening minute, but Fordham responded with goals from
Mike McNamara (5'),
Andres Penfold (52'), and
Christopher Bazzini (81') to earn the win.
NUHU NAMED A-10 ROOKIE OF THE WEEK: The Atlantic 10 Conference announced its weekly men's soccer awards today, and Fordham men's soccer freshman
Rashid Nuhu (Accra, Ghana) was named the conference's Rookie of the Week. It is Nuhu's first career weekly award, and marks the second straight week that a Rams' player has receieved the award (
Janos Loebe)
Nuhu recorded the first two shutouts of his career this week as the Rams went 1-0-1. The goalkeeper made one save to go with a number of catches on set pieces in the Rams' 1-0 upset win over #21 Columbia on Wednesday. He then made three stops in a scoreless draw against NJIT on Saturday.
Ryan CupoloNuhu lowered his GAA from 1.90 to 1.34 for the season after the two shutouts, improving his record to 2-3-2 on the season.
MEN'S SOCCER HONORED WITH NSCAA TEAM ACADEMIC AWARD: The National Soccer Coaches Association of America (NSCAA) has announced its Team Academic Award winners for the 2014-15 academic year. Among those honored were both the Fordham men's and women's soccer teams for the sixth consecutive year. Fordham was one of 208 schools to have both of its soccer programs receive the Team Academic Award. A total of 859 collegiate soccer teams (305 men, 554 women) posted a team grade point average of 3.0 or higher, thereby earning the NSCAA Team Academic Award for the 2014-15 academic year.
WHO'S NEXT: The Fordham men's soccer team continues Atlantic 10 play on Wednesday, October 7
th, when the Rams travel to Davidson for a 7:00 PM showdown.
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