Women’s Soccer Continues A-10 Schedule on Thursday

Bronx, N.Y. – (September 22, 2021) – The Fordham Rams continue Atlantic 10 women's soccer conference action this week with a pair of contests on the schedule, starting on Thursday with a late afternoon match with Richmond and ending with a home Sunday showdown with St. Bonaventure at 1:00 PM on Jack Coffey Field.
 
Fordham (2-5-2, 0-0-1 A10) began league action this past Sunday, playing to a 1-1 draw with La Salle, as Alexandra Taylor scored for Fordham, while goalkeeper Serena Mensah made a personal-best six saves in the contests.
 
Richmond (3-4-1, 1-0-0 A10) started A-10 play with a 1-0 win over St. Bonaventure on Sunday, getting the game-winning goal in the 88^th minute by Jaclyn Kemly.  Jessie Prillaman and Molly Wierman are the Spiders' leading scorers during the early part of the season with three goals and two assists each.
 
St. Bonaventure (2-4-3, 0-1-0 A10) starts the week with a home match against VCU on Thursday before playing Fordham on Sunday.  The Bonnies are searching for their first win since August 29^th and are led by Cristina Torres, who has a team-high five goals on the year, and goalkeeper Chiara Gottinger, who has 66 saves in nine starts this season.
 
GAME COVERAGE:
Thursday – Fordham at Richmond – 4:00 PM – Live Video (ESPN+) | Live Stats
 
Sunday –St. Bonaventure at Fordham – 1:00 PM – Live Video (ESPN+) | Live Stats
 
SOCIAL MEDIA: Make sure to follow the Fordham Rams all season long on their social media channels on Facebook, Twitter, & Instagram - @FordhamWoSoc
 
SERIES HISTORY: Thursday will be the 17^th all-time meeting between Fordham and Richmond with the Spiders holding a 9-6-1 edge in the series.  The teams have been fairly evenly matched over the last few meetings with the last three (2017-19) ending in 1-0 finals with two going to double overtime.
 
On Sunday, Fordham and St. Bonaventure will get together for the 25^th time in their series history.  Fordham is 17-5-2 against the Bonnies, having gone unbeaten in the last seven meetings (6-0-1).  St. Bonaventure's last win in the series came in 2010.
 
LAST TIME OUT: A late tally in regulation by La Salle foiled the Fordham Rams on Sunday afternoon in their Atlantic 10 women's soccer opener, as the teams ended up in a 1-1 double overtime draw at McCarthy Stadium in Philadelphia.

 
After a scoreless first half, Fordham goalkeeper Serena Mensah made the first big play of the second half in the opening moments, making a diving one-handed stop on a shot from in tight by Molly O'Brien.
 
The first goal of the game came on a brilliant effort from Fordham's Alexandra Taylor in the 68th minute of the match.  A cleared ball out of the box came to Taylor about 22 yards from goal.  Taylor then juked around a La Salle defender and found the lower right corner of the goal from 20 yards for her second goal of the season.
 
The score remained 1-0 Rams until the final minutes, when La Salle found the equalizer in the 88th minute.  From near the corner, Danielle Rooney crossed a ball that found its way to the top left of the box, where Shea Collins took a shot that deflected off Molly O'Brien in front and ended up inside the right post to tie the game at one.  It was her first of the season.
 
The match then went into overtime, where Mensah and the Fordham defense stopped three La Salle chances to keep the game at one all.  Fordham's best chance in extra time, came off the boot of Olivia Redden, who took a free kick in the first overtime from about 35 yards out that lobbed its way into the goal, but the Rams were called for a foul on the goalkeeper, negating the play.
 
Mensah finished with a career-high six saves in the match, while La Salle goalkeeper Michela Auguadro was credited with five.
 
KENNEDY STREAKIN': Junior forward Caitlin Kennedy has had a superb start in 2021 and is among the Atlantic 10 leaders in goals (5) and points (11), both of which are already career-highs.  She has already been named Offensive Player of the Week twice by the league, had a four-game goal scoring streak, and had a six-match points streak snapped against La Salle.
 
WHO'S NEXT: The Rams are next in action on Thursday, September 30th, as the team hosts Davidson for a 7:00 PM match with the Wildcats.  Fordham then returns to the road on Sunday, October 3^rd for a 2:00 PM match at Rhode Island.