#12 Men’s Soccer Heads to Marist for Mid-Week Match

Bronx, N.Y. – (September 11, 2018) – Following a tie at Bryant on Saturday, the 12^th-ranked Fordham men's soccer team looks to get back in the win column on Wednesday night, as the Rams travel to Poughkeepsie, N.Y. for a 7:00 PM match at Tenney Stadium at Leonidoff Field
 
Fordham (3-0-1) needed a late goal by Joergen Oland to post a 1-1 double-overtime tie at Bryant as the Rams remained unbeaten in 2018.  Marist (1-3) lost to Rhode Island, 2-0, on Saturday in its most recent contest, but are a dangerous team, having knocked off then-#17 Pacific, 1-0, on September 3^rd.
 
GAME COVERAGE:
Fordham at Marist – 7:00 PM – Live Video | Live Stats | Follow on Twitter @FordhamSoccer
 
SERIES HISTORY: This will be the 29th all-time meeting between Fordham and Marist.  The Rams hold a 19-7-2 edge in the series with the Red Foxes, and are 6-0-1 in the last seven meetings.  The teams last met a year ago when Janos Loebe's goal in the 81^st minute proved to be the difference maker in a 2-1 win over Marist.  Joergen Oland also scored in that game, while Rashid Nuhu made five saves in net for the Rams.
 
IN THE POLLS: The Rams are still ranked in all three polls this week, as they dropped one spot to #12 in the United Soccer Coaches Top 25 poll, up one spot in the College Soccer News Top 30 Poll to #9, while the Top Drawer Soccer Poll saw Fordham stay at #11.
 
OLAND EARNS WEEKLY HONORS (9/10): The Atlantic 10 Conference released its men's soccer weekly awards on Monday with Fordham junior defender Joergen Oland being named the conference's Offensive Player of the Week.  It marks the third straight week that Fordham has been honored with a weekly accolade, while being the first career weekly award for Oland.
 
Oland netted a pair of game-tying goals and was named to the Wisconsin All-Invitational Team this week.  Last Monday, he netted the game-tying goal in the 83rd minute against Northwestern, a game Fordham eventually won in overtime by a 3-2 score.  Then on Saturday, he did it again, scoring in the 88th minute against Bryant to give the Rams a 1-1 double overtime draw.

 

LAST TIME OUT: In a proverbial "slugfest" that saw 41 fouls in the match, the 11^th-ranked Fordham Rams played to a 1-1 double overtime draw with the Bryant Bulldogs in men's soccer action on Saturday afternoon at Bulldogs Soccer Stadium.
 
The game was scoreless into the 84^th minute, when Bryant broke through for the first goal of the game.  Ben Williams flicked a header over Fordham goalkeeper Rashid Nuhu that snuck into the top corner of the goal for his first of the season.
 
The Rams answered that late goal with one of their own in the 88^th minute, knotting the game at one.  Johannes Pieles headed down a corner kick from Janos Loebe to Joergen Oland, who finished for his second goal of the season, marking the second straight game that Oland has scored a game-tying goal in the final ten minutes of regulation.

Neither team was able to find another marker in regulation or overtime, leaving the contest as a 1-1 draw.  In net, Fordham's Rashid Nuhu posted four saves in the game, while Olivier Larente had two stops for Bryant. 

WHO'S NEXT: Following this match, the Rams will next be in action on Tuesday, September 18^th, when Fordham is at Manhattan for the annual Battle of the Bronx, beginning at 7:00 PM.