Bronx, N.Y. – The Fordham women's soccer (1-5-2) travels to Stony Brook (4-3) for its final nonconference match of the year, kicking off at 7 p.m. on Thursday night, before hosting St. Bonaventure (4-4) on Sunday at 1 p.m.
GAME COVERAGE:
Thursday – Fordham at Stony Brook – 7:00 PM ET –
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Sunday – Fordham vs. St. Bonaventure – 1:00 PM ET –
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LAST TIME OUT: The Rams have been on the road for the last week and have an 0-1-1 record, falling at Yale, 2-0, and holding Syracuse to a scoreless draw on Sunday. Senior keeper
Kelly LaMorte made a combined 13 saves during the two matches, a career-best nine coming against the Orange.
SERIES HISTORIES:
Stony Brook – Fordham holds an 8-4-1 record over the Seawolves since 1995. Stony Brook has enjoyed more success in recent years, taking three of the last four meetings, but the two schools have only met twice in the last decade. Most recently, Stony Brook edged the Rams, 3-2, in overtime at home in 2014.
St. Bonaventure – Fordham leads the all-time series with the Bonnies, 16-5-2, since 1994. The Rams have either won or tied their Atlantic 10 rivals in each of the last six meetings since 2011 and, before that won four straight dating back to 2006. Last year,
Lane Cronin's goal towards the end of the first half off a corner kick proved to be the difference in the road win for Fordham.
LAMORTE SHUTS 'EM DOWN: Senior keeper
Kelly LaMorte recorded her 13
th career shutout on Sunday against Syracuse. She already moved past Jen Byer ('09) earlier this year for fourth-most all-time and is now just one and two behind Megan Fitzgerald ('16) and Rachel Suther ('12), respectively.
Shannon Misiaszek ('03) holds the record with 20.5. She has also moved up to fifth all-time with 3,866 minutes played, as well, and ranks 10
th in Division I, and first in the league, with 48 total saves.
SOCIAL MEDIA: For the latest updates and behind the scenes look at the Fordham women's soccer program, make sure to follow them on Twitter and Instagram at @FordhamWoSoc.
RECRUITING CLASS EARNS ACCOLADES FROM TOP DRAWER SOCCER: The Rams received recruiting class accolades from Top Drawer Soccer for the team's current crop of freshmen. Overall, the recruiting class came in at #49, one of two Atlantic 10 teams to crack the top 50. Additionally, freshman
Danielle Etienne, who was rated No. 76 on their top 100 recruit list, was also a part of Top Drawer Soccer's list of "Impact Freshman to Watch", where the rest of the list comes from "Power 5" conferences or teams receiving votes for the Top 25.
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Impact Freshmen for 2019
TOP NOTCH: The Rams have put together a challenging schedule for 2019, which features three games against teams from the "Power 5" conferences in Tennessee (SEC), Rutgers (BIG 10), and Syracuse (ACC). This is first time since 2012 that Fordham has seen a non-conference slate like this, when the Rams faced Michigan (BIG 10), Michigan State (BIG 10), and Maryland (ACC).
WHO'S NEXT: Two more A-10 match-ups upcoming for the Rams, both on the road, over four days next week. Fordham will play at George Washington on Thursday (9/26) at 3 p.m. and at Richmond (9/29) at 1 p.m.
