Following their first win of the season on Monday, the Fordham men's soccer team wraps up a three-match homestand on Friday night, when the Rams host the Lafayette Leopards. The Rams (1-2-1) will look to get to the .500 mark against the Leopards (0-4-0), who are still searching for their first win of the year.
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Lafayette at Fordham – 7:00 PM –
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SERIES HISTORY: This will be the ninth all-time meeting between the two former Patriot League rivals. Lafayette holds a 5-2-1 edge in the series, after the two teams played to a scoreless draw last season. Fordham last win over Lafayette came in 2014 at Jack Coffey Field, where
Andres Penfold scored twice in a 2-1 victory. Lafayette's last win in the series was in 2009, a 2-0 decision in Easton, Pa.
LAST TIME OUT: As most people were heading home from Labor Day weekend, the Fordham men's soccer team put in some extra work on Monday, and it paid off, when
Cole Stevenson scored 39 seconds into overtime, giving Fordham a 2-1 victory over the Fairfield Stags at Jack Coffey Field.
Fairfield opened the scoring in the eighth minute of action. Dominic Marshall took the initial shot for the Stags, which deflected off a Fordham defender right to Ben Wignall. Wignall then laced a shot inside the left post from 25 yards out for his third goal of the season.
Jannik Loebe
The score remained that way until the 52
nd minute, when Fordham knotted the game as one.
Janos Loebe crossed the ball from the left side of the field to the right side of the box.
Jannik Loebe got off a header shot that deflected off a defender up in the air.
Eric Ohlendorf then headed that deflection into the goal for his first of the season, and the second of his career.
The Rams then relied on the goalkeeping talents of
Rashid Nuhu to keep the game tied at one. In the 68
th minute, Nuhu came up with back-to-back diving saves on Wignall, while in the 73
rd minute, Nuhu stopped a shot from James Contino, reaching behind and stopping the ball just short of the goal line.
The game remained tied into overtime, when Fordham struck quickly to capture the 2-1 win. On a rush, Ohlendorf slipped a pass to the penalty spot, where
Cole Stevenson drove in the game-winning goal for his second marker of the season, just 39 seconds into the extra session.
Nuhu finished with four saves in the win, while Fairfield's Joe Martin had four saves through 83 minutes before he left the game with an injury. Jack Robinson played the remainder of the game in goal for the Stags.
WHO'S NEXT: Following Friday's game, Fordham hits the road for a pair of matches, as the Rams travel to Manhattan on Wednesday, September 14
th, for a 7:00 PM game at Gaelic Park, and then head to DeLand, Florida for a game at Stetson on September 17
th at 7:00 PM.
