Bronx, N.Y. – (August 23, 2023) – After picking up its first win of the season on Sunday, the Fordham women' soccer team looks for two straight on Thursday afternoon, when the Rams welcome the Stonehill Skyhawks to Jack Coffey Field for a 4:00 PM start.
Fordham (1-1) earned a split of matches for their opening week of play, falling to Drexel, while picking up a dominant 4-0 win over Wagner.
Stonehill (0-1) dropped its season opening match at New Hampshire by a 1-0 score, despite nine saves from goalkeeper Mia Jackson.
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SERIES HISTORY: This will be the second-ever meeting between Fordham and Stonehill. The only other meeting came during the Rams' second varsity season in 1994, where Stonehill posted a 4-0 win.
LAST TIME OUT: Behind a two-goal performance from graduate student
Caroline Monahan, the Fordham women's soccer team checked off a lot of firsts on Sunday, as the Rams posted a 4-0 win over the Wagner Seahawks at Jack Coffey Field.
Fordham opened the scoring in the seventh minute, as
Sari Frankl slipped a through ball ahead to
Caroline Monahan, who tucked a shot inside the right post for a 1-0 lead.
The Rams made it 2-0 in the 32
nd minute.
Riley Carroll made a long run up the right side and cut a cross to
Cianna Elmazaj, who registered her first goal as a Ram in her first game at Rose Hill.
The offense continued to roll in the second half, as Fordham made it a three-goal game in the 52
nd minute, Frankl got loose again on a run, finding Carroll on the right side of the box. Carroll then laced a shot inside the left post for her first collegiate goal.
Fordham capped the scoring in the 74
th minute on a free kick by Monahan, as she blasted a shot from 20 yards that hit the crossbar and went into the net for her second marker of the game.
Fordham out shot Wagner by a 20-8 count in the match. In net,
Kyla King recorded two saves for Fordham for her second career shutout, while Wagner's Sam Hughes was credited with six saves.
TEAM CAPTAINS: The Fordham women's soccer team announced that seniors
Cambrie Arboreen and
Olivia Redden and junior
Abby Doyle will serve as the team's captains for the 2023 seasons.
This is the second straight season that Arboreen will wear the captain's armband, after doing so a year ago. A three-year member of the Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll, she found the scoresheet for the first time in her career in 2022, netting a goal in Fordham's win over Rhode Island.
Redden has been a staple on the Rams' backline since joining the team in 2020. She has started 30 of the 32 games she has appeared in over her first three seasons, playing almost 2,600 minutes to go with a pair of assists. A three-year member of the Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll, she set career-highs in games played (15), games started (14), and minutes played (1,166).
Doyle had an immediate impact on the Rams' midfield in 2022, after transferring from Army West Point. She was one of three Rams to start all 17 games last season, playing a team-high 1,489 minutes. She was also selected as the team's MVP after netting a goal and an assist, while being named to the Atlantic 10 Commissioner's Honor Roll.
PRESEASON POLL: The Atlantic 10 Conference released its preseason coaches' poll on August 14
th, where Fordham finished ninth in the poll. The Rams look to crack the top eight and secure a spot in the Atlantic 10 Championship for the first time since 2019.
FOREIGN IMPORTS: The Rams have spread their recruiting across the globe with four internationals on the team in 2023, representing Canada (
Tristan McFarlane), Sweden (
Ellen Schedin,
Sarah Berkling), and Belgium (
Marie Degroote). Fordham also has international experience with
Serena Mensah, who played with the Jamaican National Team at the 2022 Concacaf U-20 Championship.
FIRST THINGS FIRST: Fordham's home opening win on August 20
th saw plenty of firsts other than the match being the first win of the year. The win for the Rams was their first home opening win since 2016, while the four-goal performance had not happened since September 2018 against Davidson. Freshmen
Riley Carroll (goal & assist) and
Sari Frankl (two assists), as well as graduate student
Cianna Elmazaj (goal), each found the scoresheet for the first time as a Ram, while
Caroline Monahan recorded her first multi-goal game as a Ram. It was the first two-goal game by a Fordham player since
Kristen Cocozza had two against Rhode Island in the 2020-21 spring season.
WHO'S NEXT: The Rams are next in action on Thursday, August 31st, as the Rams host Stony Brook at 6:00 PM in the Bronx.
