Bronx, N.Y. – (September 7, 2022) – The Fordham women's soccer team hits the middle of a four-match road swing this week, as the Rams head to Quinnipiac on Wednesday and Columbia on Sunday.
Fordham (1-4) has played well over the last two matches, but unfortunately has come out on the wrong end of 1-0 losses to Hofstra and Yale.
The Rams will have two stiff tests, starting with Quinnipiac on Wednesday. The Bobcats are 3-1-0 on the year after picking up a 3-2 win over Maine on Saturday. Quinnipiac is led by Rebecca Cooke, who has a team-high five goals to go with an assist, while Courtney Chochol has two goals and three assists thus far. In net, Sofia Lospinoso had played all four matches, posting a 1.75 goals against average and 13 saves.
Then on Sunday, Fordham goes across town to meet Columbia, who is 1-1-1 on the year, following a 2-0 loss to #17 Georgetown. The Lions will face Stony Brook on Thursday, before the match against the Rams. Shira Cohen and Ania Prussak led the offensive attack through three games, as each has a goal and two assists.
GAME COVERAGE:
Wednesday – Fordham at Quinnipiac – 2:30 PM –
Live Video (ESPN+) |
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Sunday – Fordham at Columbia – 3:00 PM –
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SERIES HISTORY: This is the third all-time meeting between Fordham and Quinnipiac, splitting the first two matches. Fordham won the first meeting 3-2 in overtime in 2005, while Quinnipiac took a 3-2 decision last year.
For Sunday, this is the 20
th all-time match-up between the Rams and Lions. Columbia holds a 12-7-0 edge in the series with the last meeting being a 3-1 win for the Lions in 2019. The Rams last win in the series came in 2017.
LAST TIME OUT: A simple late afternoon women's soccer match turned into a full-blown marathon on Sunday, as the Fordham Rams and Yale Bulldogs saw multiple in-game delays pushing their match over three hours long from the initial kickoff. Despite a flurry of chances both before and after the delays, the Rams were unable to find an equalizer, falling to the Bulldogs by a 1-0 score.
The match was scoreless for the first 40 minutes, when Yale notched the lone goal of the contest. Chloe Laureano pushed a through ball to Ashley Kirschner in the box, where she slipped a shot past
Maria O'Sullivan for her first goal of the year.
Fordham peppered Yale the entire second half, totaling 11 shots toward the Bulldogs' goal.
Kristen Cocozza and
Ryann Lucas each had shots on goal in the 51
st and 77
th minute, respectively that Maya Bellomo was able to knock away.
Then came the delays in the 80
th minute. A 59-minute lightning delay put the game on pause and once the match resumed, the lights in the stadium turned off, which caused another 20-minute delay.
Once the lightning and lighting situations were finished, the Rams threw everything they had at the Bulldogs.
Caitlin Kennedy almost tied the game off a scrum in front of the net in the 82
nd minute as well as a shot from distance in the 85
th minute.
Olivia Redden also had two chances in the final five minutes, hitting the goal post with a long free kick and then putting a shot right on goal in the final seconds that Bellomo caught to end the game.
Fordham ended the match with a 16-5 shot edge, as well as 6-1 corner kick advantage.
FORDHAM FIRSTS: The Rams had a number of firsts through the opening two games of the season. Three players,
Maura Murphy,
Caroline Monahan, and
Carmen Hardwick, all scored their first goal as a Ram in the opening weekend, while head coach
Magnus Nilerud registered his first coaching win at Fordham.
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 women's soccer team scores this season.
Be a part of the challenge by clicking here.
WHO'S NEXT: The Rams are in action twice next week, as the team begins Atlantic 10 play. Fordham travels to St. Bonaventure on Thursday, September 15
th, while hosting George Washington on Sunday, September 18
th.
