Bronx, N.Y. – (September 6, 2022) – Following its opening win of the season, the Fordham men's soccer team kicks off a busy week of action on Tuesday with the Battle of the Bronx match-up against Manhattan. The Rams will then face UMBC on Friday and Loyola (Md.) on Monday.
Fordham (1-1-1) flipped the script from an earlier match, scoring a late goal on Friday to pull out a 2-1 win over LIU, giving the Rams their first win over LIU since 2000.
For Manhattan, the Jaspers enter Tuesday night's match with a 1-1-1 record after posting a 1-1 draw at La Salle. Gunner Studenhofft has two goals in the first three games of the season to lead the Jasper offense, while in net Danny DiMarco has allowed one goal over his two starts, recording seven saves.
UMBC will enter Friday's match with an unblemished record at 4-0, posting four home victories over Fairfield, Lehigh, St. Francis Brooklyn, and Fairleigh Dickinson. The Retrievers have scored 16 goals in those four games, led by Spencer Hanks with five goals, while Taylor Calheira has three. In goal, Quantrell Jones had made all four starts, allowing a goal per game with seven saves.
For Loyola (Md.), the Greyhounds are currently 2-1-0 and will meet St. John's on Friday before seeing the Rams. They have picked up wins over Delaware and Old Dominion in their last two matches. Offensively, Kelan Swales has gotten off to a good start with two goals and an assist in three games.
GAME COVERAGE:
Tuesday (9/6) – Manhattan at Fordham – 7:00 PM –
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Friday (9/9) – UMBC at Fordham – 6:00 PM –
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Monday (9/12) – Fordham at Loyola (Md.) – 4:00 PM –
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SERIES HISTORY: Fordham and Manhattan renew the Battle of the Bronx series on Tuesday for the 49
th time. The Rams lead the all-time series with a 30-15-3 record, however Manhattan has won each of the last three match-ups. Fordham's last win over the Jaspers came in 2017.
Fordham has only met UMBC twice before, falling to UMBC in 1990, while playing to a 1-1 draw in 2016.
The Rams and Greyhounds will meet for only the fifth time with Loyola holding a 3-1 edge in the series. The teams first met in 1989 with the second contest being the 1996 NCAA Play-In game, that Fordham won by a 3-2 score. The teams also met in 2007 and 2008, both Loyola wins.
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LAST TIME OUT: In the early part of the 2022 season, the newcomers to the Fordham men's soccer team have made their presence felt and Friday was no exception. Graduate student
Timo Hummrich and freshman
Nathan Simes, both in their first seasons at Rose Hill, each had a goal and an assist, as the Rams knocked off LIU, 2-1, at LIU Soccer Park.
Fordham opened the scoring in the 26
th minute.
Nathan Simes had the ball near the LIU endline and cut across into the box. He put a cross toward the front of the net, which
Timo Hummrich knocked into the net for his first marker as a Ram.
The next crucial moment of the match came in the 49
th minute, when LIU's Emil Jaaskelainen picked up his second card of the game, leaving the Sharks down a player of the remainder of the contest.
LIU then caught a break in the 53
rd minute, as a handball was called in the box, awarding a penalty kick to the Sharks. Michael Mollica stepped to the spot and scored inside the left post to knot the score at one.
The score remained tied until the 88
th minute when Fordham struck for the game-winning tally. Hummrich made a run toward the box, slipping a through ball to Simes at the six-yard box. Simes quickly chipped the ball past the keeper for his first goal of the season.
In a series that dates back to 1952, it was Fordham's first victory over LIU since 2000.
RAMSES CHALLENGE: As a part of a new fundraising challenge this season, fans can pledge support for the team in the Ramses Challenge for each goal the men's soccer team scores this season.
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WHO'S NEXT: After the match with Loyola, Fordham begins Atlantic 10 play on Saturday, September 17
th against Rhode Island for a 7:00 PM home match.
