Bronx, N.Y. – (September 5, 2018) – Following the team's win on Sunday at Lehigh, the Fordham women's soccer team will look to keep the momentum rolling from that win at home this week, as the Rams begin a five-match homestand at Jack Coffey Field, which starts with Yale on Thursday. Fordham then hosts the annual "Battle of the Bronx" on Sunday against Manhattan.
GAME COVERAGE:
Thursday – Yale at Fordham – 7:00 PM ET –
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Sunday - Manhattan at Fordham – 1:00 PM ET –
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SERIES HISTORY: This will be the first-ever meeting between Fordham and Yale.
In contrast on Sunday, this will be the 26
th all-time meeting for the Battle of the Bronx between Fordham and Manhattan. The Rams hold the series lead at 16-8-1, having won the four meetings, which included a 1-0 win on a
Crea Baker-Durante goal at Gaelic Park last year.
QUICK LOOK: Yale is 1-2-1 on the season after posting a 2-0 loss to Central Connecticut State on August 30
th and a draw with Colgate on September 3
rd. Noelle Higginson is the team's top scorer with a goal and three assists, while Alyssa Fagel has seen most of the action in goal, registering 22 saves in four games.
Manhattan enters the week at 1-2-0 as the team's match at North Florida was cancelled after 50 minutes, due to inclement weather and heavy lightning. The Jaspers face Binghamton on Thursday at Gaelic Park.
LAST TIME OUT: It was a complete 90-minute effort for the Fordham women's soccer team on Sunday with solid defensive work throughout and a moment of brilliance from sophomore
Maura Holst in the first half, giving the Rams a 1-0 road win at Lehigh in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
Fordham (1-4) got an early scoring chance in the 12
th minute, as
Margaret Roughley had the ball near the endline, getting a cross past the Lehigh defender.
Morgan Busacca got a head on the cross, but glanced wide of the goal.
At the other end, Lehigh (2-3) put together a number of passes in the box in the 26
th minute with the last being a hard cross in front of the Fordham net, but Fordham keeper
Kelly LaMorte quickly snatched the ball out of the air and out of danger.
Emma Johnson
The scoreless game was then broken in the 43
rd minute on a brilliant shot by Fordham's
Maura Holst.
Emma Johnson took control of the ball, and lofted a pass over a Lehigh player to Holst. After gaining control, Holst ripped a two-step shot into the top left corner of the goal from 25 yards out for her first career goal and a 1-0 lead.
The Rams were almost able to make it a 2-0 game heading into halftime, when
Marissa Stanco had a shot to the right post with just a few seconds left but was handled by the Lehigh netminder.
After a LaMorte save to start the second half off a Lehigh corner, the Rams again had an opportunity to make it a two-goal game, as
Amanda Miller ran on to a lead pass for a shot that Lehigh backup goalkeeper Sam Miller just got a fingertip on for a save pushing the ball to the left where the rebound was cleared.
Lehigh had one final major push to tie the game on a long free kick into the box that slipped by LaMorte. However,
Brooklyn Gonzalez was right there to knock the ball off the goal line in the 70
th minute. The rebound shot was then blocked away for a Lehigh corner, where the ensuing shot was stopped by LaMorte for her fourth and final save of the game.
WHO'S NEXT: Following this week's action, the Rams continue their homestand on Friday, September 14
th, against the Marist Red Foxes, beginning at 7:00 PM on Jack Coffey Field.
