Women’s Soccer Takes on George Mason in A-10 Semifinal on Friday

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Following a 1-0 win over VCU on Thursday, the Fordham women's soccer team will make their fifth appearance in the Atlantic 10 Championship semifinals on Friday, when the Rams take on the George Mason Patriots at 5:00 PM at Davidson's Alumni Soccer Stadium.
 
Fordham is looking to advance to the Atlantic 10 Championship game for the third time in program history and the first time since 2007.
 
SERIES HISTORY: The Rams look to advance against a team they saw this past Sunday in the George Mason Patriots.  Fordham is 0-2-1 against the Patriots with the tie having come in this year's regular season finale.  In that game, Brianna Blunck netted her first career goal with 26.5 seconds left in regulation to earn the draw.
 
HOW WE GOT HERE: George Mason opened the championship with a 1-0 upset over top seed George Washington in the first quarterfinal on Thursday.  Abby Downey scored the lone goal on a header off a George Washington defender in the box in the 75^th minute.

 
In quarterfinal #2, Fordham pulled out a 1-0 win over the VCU Rams, marking Fordham's first ever win over VCU in five tries.  Fifteen minutes into the contest, Natalie Sims found Brooke Salmon for a shot from 20 yards out, as she scored her first collegiate goal to the lower left corner of the net.
 
WHAT'S NEXT: The winner of this semifinal takes on the winner of the Duquesne-La Salle semifinal in the Atlantic 10 Championship game on Sunday, November 8^th at noon.  The game will be televised by the American Sports Network and seen locally in New York on SNY.