Women's Soccer Heads to Saint Joseph's for A-10 Matinee on Sunday

After earning a 1-0 win on Thursday night, the Fordham women's soccer team continues its Atlantic 10 schedule on Sunday at Saint Joseph's.  Game time is set for 1:00 PM.
 
The Rams are looking for their first 2-0 start to league play since 2012 as well as for their eighth win of the year, which would already match last year's total.
 
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SERIES HISTORY: The two Jesuit institutions will meet for the 20^th time as members of the Atlantic 10 Conference.  Fordham holds a 9-6-4 advantage in the series after winning last year's match-up at Jack Coffey Field.  In that game, Maria Lorena Canicatti scored just 17 seconds into overtime to give Fordham a 1-0 win.
 
CAPTAIN CLUTCH: Graduate student captain Jessica Widmann has taken on the moniker of "Captain Clutch" this season, as four of her career-high eight goals have gone for game-winning tallies.  The four game-winning goals lead the Atlantic 10 and are tied for sixth nationally.  Only Cece Kizer of Ole Miss (6), Rachel Daly of St. John's (5), Stephanie Ribeiro of Connecticut (5), Jessica Schifer of the College of Charleston (5), and Rebecca Wilson of Cal St. Fullerton (5) have more.
 
RAMS BACK IN THE REGIONAL RANKINGS: After a week's hiatus, the Fordham women's soccer team is back among the NSCAA Division I Women's Soccer Regional Rankings, it was released on Tuesday.  After falling out of the top ten last week, the Rams are in the #10 spot in Mid-Atlantic Region this week.

 
Hofstra rates as the top-ranked team in the Mid-Atlantic region, followed by Dartmouth, Princeton, William & Mary, Northeastern, James Madison, Saint Louis, Saint Joseph's, UNC-Wilmington, and Fordham.
 
LAST TIME OUT: It was a rainy, wet night at Jack Coffey Field on Thursday for the Atlantic 10 women's soccer opener for Fordham as they took on Rhode Island.  In those conditions, it took just one moment of brilliance from Jessica Widmann to give Fordham the 1-0 victory and post their first opening conference win since 2013.
 
The only goal of the game came in the 83^rd minute, when Fordham finally broke through.  Brianna Blunck started the play in front of the Fordham bench, crossing the ball into the middle of the field.  The ball snuck by a Rhode Island defender trying to clear and three-hopped to Wagner on the right side. Wagner got the ball to Jessica Widmann at the top of the box, who one-touched around a URI defender and scored inside the left post for her team-high eighth goal of the season.

Rhode Island had one chance over the final seven minutes to try and tie the game.  After a Fordham foul in the 89^th minute, Amanda Nardella got a header toward the Fordham goal, which Megan Fitzgerald was able to handle on one hop and finish out her fourth shutout of the season.   Fitzgerald totaled two saves in the shutout, while Rhode Island's Katie Nickles had five saves to her credit.
 
WHO'S NEXT: The Fordham women's soccer team continues A-10 play on Thursday, October 8^th, when the Rams play at VCU, beginning at 7:00 PM.