The Fordham men's soccer team will celebrate Senior Night on Saturday at Jack Coffey Field, as the Rams host the Dayton Flyers at 7:00 PM
The Saturday night showdown feature two of the top three teams in the Atlantic 10, as Dayton leads the conference with a 5-0-1 record, followed in second by Fordham and George Washington at 4-2-0. The game will also be the final home match for nine Fordham players:
Gabe Stauber,
Lars Zimmermann,
Tomas Penfold,
Andres Penfold,
Greg McNamara,
Tommy Granot,
Kyle Bitterman,
Ryan Walsh, and
Ryan Cupolo.
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Follow Updates on @FordhamSoccer SERIES HISTORY: This is the 18
th meeting between Fordham and Dayton as members of the Atlantic 10 Conference. Dayton holds a 10-6-1 series edge, but Fordham is 4-1- 1 in the last six meetings, which include a 2-1 win at Dayton last year, where
Jannik Loebe and
Ollie Kelly both scored for Fordham.
LOEBE NAMED TO CoSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT: The 2015 College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-District™ Men's Soccer Teams have been announced, and recognize the nation's top student-athletes for their combined performances athletically and in the classroom. Among those honored was Fordham men's soccer player
Jannik Loebe. Loebe, who currently holds a 3.38 GPA as a sophomore, earns the first major academic award of his career. He currently is tied for the team lead with four goals and two game-winning goals this season and ranks second in total points with 11. He was named Atlantic 10 Co-Player of the Week once this year, after being named to the 2014 Atlantic 10 All-Rookie Team and Atlantic 10 All-Championship team selection last season.
First-team Academic All-District™ honorees advance to the CoSIDA Academic All-America® Team ballot, where first-, second- and third-team All-America honorees will be selected later in November.
LAST TIME OUT: George Mason's Henning Dirks and Conlan Kemmerer each scored twice, while Ahmed Ismail also scored, as the Patriots defeated the Fordham Rams, 5-1, in men's soccer action at Jack Coffey Field on Sunday.
The Patriots got on the scoreboard in the 19
th minute after a flurry of shots in front of the Fordham goal. Henning Dirks started with an initial shot from the right side, which was stopped by Fordham goalkeeper
Rashid Nuhu. The rebound went to Brice Colcombe, who headed the ball toward goal, but was headed away by Fordham defender
Ryan Cupolo. The ball still wasn't cleared with Dirks taking another shot, which was blocked, before eventually putting in the rebound for his third goal of the year.
Dirks struck again in the 25
th minute, as he received a cross from Matt Tucker near the six-yard box. Dirks then chipped a shot over Nuhu for his second goal of the game.
In the 29
th minute, George Mason made it a 3-0 game, as Ahmed Ismail blasted a shot from 30 yards out that glanced off a Fordham player and into the bottom left corner of the net for his first of the season.
In the second half, Fordham pulled to within 3-1 on a set piece.
Janos Loebe took a corner kick in the 56
th minute that glance off a Patriots defender into the air and was headed into the goal by Fordham's
Eric Ohlendorf for his first career goal.
The Patriots though quickly regained a three-goal lead just a minute later. Off a throw-in, Nuhu went to catch the ball, but the ball was fumbled and kicked into the goal by Conlan Kemmerer for his first of the season.
George Mason then closed out the scoring in the 76
th minute, as Kemmerer put in his second goal of the game from six yards out off a touch pass from Dirks.
In goal, Steffen Kraus made five saves for the Patriots in the win, while Nuhu made two saves over 75 minutes of action with
Dan Miklos adding one in the final 15 minutes.
WHO'S NEXT: The Fordham men's soccer team finishes the regular season at Massachusetts on November 7
th at noon.
