Men’s Soccer Clinches #2 Seed at A-10 Championship with Senior Night Win

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Bronx, N.Y. – After a disappointing performance on Wednesday against UMass, the Fordham men's soccer team did not want a repeat performance on Senior Night against St. Bonaventure at Jack Coffey Field on Saturday.  The team responded with a plethora of offense, sending seniors Ole Sandnes and Andrew Hickey off in style with a 4-0 win over the Bonnies.
 
With the win, Fordham improves to 8-6-3 overall, 5-2-1 in the Atlantic 10, and locks the Rams into the #2 seed at next week's Atlantic 10 Championship to be held in Davidson, North Carolina.  It is the highest seed for the Rams since winning the Atlantic 10 regular season title in 2011.  St. Bonaventure was eliminated with the loss, ending their season at 4-12-2, 3-4-1 in the league.
 
The Rams wasted little time getting on the board in the 11^th minute.  Janos Loebe made a run down the left sideline, crossing the ball to the top of the box for a one-timer by Cole Stevenson, who glanced a shot off the crossbar and in from 17 yards out.  It was his fourth goal of the season.
 
Fordham made it a 2-0 game in the 17^th minute.  The play began with a corner kick by Stevenson on the left side.  Fordham had multiple chances inside of eight yards with Eric Ohlendorf getting a shot blocked.  The ball came back to Joergen Oland, who buried a shot from ten yards into the lower right corner for his first career goal.
 
The Rams weren't finished scoring in the first half, as Fordham picked up a third marker in the 45^th minute.  Jannik Loebe made a run right down the center of the field, slipping a pass left, right to Dantae Greer.  Greer then placed a perfect shot right through the St. Bonaventure goalkeeper's legs for his second goal of the season.

 
The Fordham seniors then got into the scoring act for the final goal of the game in the 54^th minute.  Right after subbing into the game, senior Ole Sandnes laid off a pass to fellow senior Andrew Hickey, streaking toward the box on the left side.  Hickey's cross found Jannik Loebe right in front of goal for the perfect finish from six yards out.  It was Loebe's fifth goal of the season.
 
A trio of Fordham goalkeepers posted the shutout on Saturday, as starter Rashid Nuhu made three saves over the first 65 minutes, while Jordan Black and Dan Miklos wrapped up the final 25 minutes without allowing a goal.
 
The Fordham men's soccer team now turns their attention to the 2016 Atlantic 10 Championship, which begins on Thursday, November 10^th, at Davidson's Alumni Soccer Stadium in North Carolina.  The second-seeded Rams will face the seventh-seeded Duquesne Dukes at 5:00 PM.