St. Louis, Mo. – Trailing 1-0 and under ten minutes in regulation, the Fordham men's soccer team let everything loose on the Saint Louis Billikens. The Rams got the game-tying goal with six minutes left, and then with 58 seconds remaining in the second overtime period,
Janos Loebe scored the game-winner to give Fordham a 2-1 come-from-behind win over the Billikens at Hermann Stadium on Saturday night.
With the win, Fordham improved to 7-5-3 overall, 4-1-1 in the Atlantic 10, extending its conference win streak to four games, while handing Saint Louis their first home loss of the season, as the Billikens fell to 6-6-3 overall, 6-1-0 in the league. More importantly for the Rams, the win secured a spot at the 2016 Atlantic 10 Championship, which will be held at Davidson in two weeks.
After a scoreless first half, Saint Louis struck first, when Joe Saad connected on his fourth goal of the season on a shot from the top left corner of the box in the 63
rd minute.
Cole Stevenson
Fordham tied the score in the 85
th minute with some heavy pressure. The ball was played into the box, where
Dantae Greer popped the ball up in the air on a header.
Cole Stevenson then headed the ball toward goal, which went off the crossbar and down over the goal line for his third goal of the season.
The Rams controlled most of the action from there, getting the game winning goal in the final minute of the second overtime period. Stevenson took a corner kick from left of goal, which was punched out to the top of the box.
Janos Loebe picked up the loose ball and blistered a shot into the lower right corner of goal for his team-leading sixth marker of the season and the 2-1 win.
In net,
Rashid Nuhu made two saves for the Rams in the win, while Ben Yeager had three stops for the Billikens.
The Fordham men's soccer team will next be in action on Wednesday, November 2
nd, as the Rams host Massachusetts for a 3:30 PM conference game. This is the re-scheduled contest from October 9
th.
