DeLand, Fla. – It's been 10 years since the Fordham men's soccer team played in the state of Florida. In 2006, the Rams came away with a win that led them to a national ranking that season. This year's team hopes the same thing happens this year, as behind two goals from the Loebe brothers, Fordham came away with a 2-1 win over the Stetson Hatters at the Athletic Training Center in DeLand, Florida.
With the win, Fordham improved to 2-3-2 on the year, while Stetson fell to 2-3-2.
Fordham got the scoring started in the 34
th minute, when
Janos Loebe scored his first goal of the season.
Andrew Hickey started the play with a cross to the right side to Loebe, who found the back of the net inside the right post from 10 yards out.
Just a little over eight minutes later, Stetson tied the game at one off a set piece. After a quick, short corner kick, Finn Busmann's cross found Daniel O'Brien for a header that bounced past Fordham goalkeeper
Rashid Nuhu into the lower right portion of the goal for a 1-1 score.
Jannik Loebe scored his sixth career game-winning goal on Saturday.
The score remained that way until the 73
rd minute, when Fordham regained the lead. The Rams had the ball near the corner after a foul call on Stetson.
Janos Loebe took the free kick and found his brother
Jannik Loebe for a one-touch deflection into the left side of goal for his first tally of the season.
With that goal, it marked the second time that the Loebe brothers have scored in the same game at Fordham. The previous time came against La Salle last season.
Jannik's goal held up as the game-winning goal, making it the sixth game-winning goal of his career.
In net, Nuhu made three saves in the win, while Stetson goalkeeper Paul Ladwig had six saves in the loss.
The Fordham men's soccer team will next be in action on Friday, September 23
rd, when the Rams host Columbia at Jack Coffey Field, beginning at 5:00 PM.
