Bronx, N.Y. – (October 30, 2018) – The final regular season men's soccer match for the Fordham Rams still has plenty of meaning on Wednesday night at Jack Coffey Field, as the Rams host the Dayton Flyers at 7:00 PM. It will be Senior Night for Fordham, as the Rams will honor its senior class prior to the game, plus the Rams are still fighting for a top-four seed in the Atlantic 10 Championship and host a quarterfinal match.
Fordham (8-3-4, 4-2-1) punched its ticket into the Atlantic 10 Championship on Saturday with a 3-0 win at La Salle.
Janos Loebe had a big day for the Rams, netting two goals and an assist for his second career five-point game, while
Sameer Fathazada added a goal and an assist in the contest. The Rams are tied for third in the Atlantic 10 standings with Davidson.
Dayton (7-5-4, 3-3-1) has rallied back from a 0-3-1 start to conference play with three consecutive wins to put them in seventh position in the standings. The Flyers still need points to secure their spot in the championship or get help from other results in the league. Offensively, Jonas Fjeldberg leads the squad with a team-high four goals and nine points. In goal, Federico Barrios has played the majority of the minutes, recording a 0.81 goals against average and seven shutouts.
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SERIES HISTORY: This will be the 21
st all-time meeting between Fordham and Dayton with the Flyers holding an 11-7-2 edge in the series. The last meeting came in last year's Atlantic 10 Championship quarterfinals, where Fordham took a 3-2 win over the Flyers at Baujan Field. Since 2010, Fordham is 4-1-2 against Dayton.
MOVIN' UP: As the season rolls on, Fordham seniors
Janos Loebe and
Rashid Nuhu continue their upward climb in the all-time Fordham record book. With two goals and an assist at La Salle, Loebe is tied for sixth in career goals with 26, while his 83 points are now fourth on the career points list, passing Brian Borrhello (82 – 1999-2002) and Ifeatu Oute (78 - 1970-72). He is also second in career assists with 31, trailing only John Wolyniec (34 – 1995-98) and ranks tied for fourth in games played (77), and tied for fifth in games started (76).
For Nuhu, he picked up his 30
th career shutout last week, which puts him second on the Rams' all-time list. He is also second in career minutes (6761) and appearances (72), and second in career goals against average (0.91).
LAST TIME OUT: Behind a pair of goals from
Janos Loebe and one from
Sameer Fathazada, the Fordham men's soccer team clniched a spot in the Atlantic 10 Championship, posting a 3-0 win over the La Salle Explorers at McCarthy Stadium in Philadelphia, Pa.
Janos Loebe
The Rams struck first in the game in the 25
th minute, as
Janos Loebe got a cross in to
Sameer Fathazada, who finished into the back of the net for his fifth goal of the season.
Loebe then found the back of the net in the 40
th minute to give Fordham a 2-0 lead, as Fathazada played a through ball to Loebe, who found the bottom right corner of the net for his sixth goal of the season.
Fordham then capped the win in the 90
th minute, as the Rams were awarded a penalty kick after a foul on
Johannes Pieles in the box. Loebe then stepped to the penalty spot and scored his second goal of the game and seventh of the year and the 3-0 win.
In net,
Rashid Nuhu had only one save in the game, recording his third straight shutout and sixth of the season.
WHO'S NEXT: Depending on seeding the Fordham men's soccer team will next be in action over the weekend in the quarterfinals of the 2018 Atlantic 10 Men's Soccer Championship. Stay tuned to Fordhamsports.com for details.
